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To: grenouille who wrote (93)	7/6/1999 10:01:00 AM
From: Roger Bodine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110

Headlines from Reuters 07/06 06:18 RESEARCH ALERT - Goldman upgrades Numico<NUMCc.AS> LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it had raised its recommendation for shares in Dutch food group Numico NV to "trading buy" from "market outperformer". The investment bank said the upgrade followed news on Monday of Numico's $2.5 billion bid for U.S. food supplement maker and retailer General Nutrition Cos Inc <GNCI.O>. "The transaction, if successful, could roughly double Numico's sales and is expected to be significantly accretive to EPS in 2000 and beyond," Goldman said in a research note. Goldman said it was retaining its current estimates ahead of a meeting with the company later on Tuesday. ((Silvia Aloisi, London newsroom +44 171 542 5106, fax +44 171 542 2120, uk.equities.news@reuters.com)) COPYRIGHT © 1999 REUTERS LIMITED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.