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To: Jenna who wrote (51024)	7/17/1999 7:13:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

IS THIS RUMOR CIRCULATING?.....CMGI/ AltaVista to buy out Lycos? story... I have been saying that CMGI should buy LCOS for quite some time now, and an article in Monday's Investor's Business Daily (which is out today) also discusses the idea. IN FACT, the article states that AltaVista is searching for acquisitions and that CEO Rod Schrock "freely admits he'd welcome a merger with Lycos." AGAIN: AltaVista CEO FREELY ADMITS HE'D WELCOME A MERGER WITH LYCOS Interesting... Schrock was quoted by the IBD for saying, "I don't see a downside to it." The article goes on to state that Ullas Naik, analyst with FAC Equities believes that, "For CMGI, it doesn't make sense to own a fifth-ranked portal... it would be better for CMGI to see if there is synergy between AltaVista and Lycos." This news in addition to Wetherell stating in the past that he intends to build the largest portal in the world leads me to believe that Lycos just may get taken out by CMGI. IMHO, it makes perfect sense. The article also points out a very valuable point, as Barry Parr, an analyst at International Data Corp. believes "Lycos offers services that AltaVista lacks, such as community Web sites Tripod and Angelfire. Combining Lycos and AltaVista would pose a serious threat to rivals." Whooaa. Page A6 - IBD I love it! Just yesterday, I posted about this potential reality on the "Stock Rumors" thread. Here is a link to that post: 24.0.102.78 If CMGI takes out Lycos next, I truly believe that they will possess the potential to become the biggest and most successful Internet company in the world.

To: Jenna who wrote (51024)	7/18/1999 12:15:00 AM
From: kha vu	Respond to of 120523

IPOs: for new subscribers Check out Stockscape.com's IPO Dispatch for upcoming public offerings and star performers from the week that was. Or search Edgar-Online's filings for all details. ipodispatch.com edgar-online.com Quiet period is covered in Business 2.0 page 41 for August 1999 issue. Extensively documented in: ftp://ftp.sec.gov/edgar/rfp96/337606a.zip As it stands, investment bankers should be pricing 22 IPOs next week generating $1.7 billion in financing. redherring.com good trading

To: Jenna who wrote (51024)	7/19/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: kha vu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

Hi Jenna, The Earning Plays newsletter and the wathclist are beautilly designed. They are very impressive on the hard copy, but as one subscriber made this note: Message 10553000 I think we could have TWO options: 1) If one click on File - Print then one would have the color and the asis image as one sees on the screen. 2) But there is somewhere at the corner of the page an option worded as: View Printable (as in ATT Worldnet) or FORMAT FOR PRINTER ( as in MSN Investor ) then the document will be reformatted as black and White TEXT without all the images and the ads (as in MSN investor). The second option will save a lot of ink and time for printing. Just another suggestion to our great newsletter and watchlist. kha