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To: Jerry Olson who wrote (51035)	7/17/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: Burjis S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

OJ .... HBC (NYSE-ADR)this one is truly a Market Gem that you buy for your Retirement Portfolio and forget about it. A lot of our Gemmers have been asking about a solid Co. for their long term investment portfolio. Below is an excerpt of what I just posted on the HBC SI site. To: +David C. Parker (7 ) From: +Burjis S. Saturday, Jul 17 1999 5:11PM ET Reply # of 9 David, I have been very familiar with this Bank for the past 30 yrs + . More people in this world have become Millionaires thanks to HongKong Bank than you can ever imagine! This is such a solid Co. more like a mutual fund of World Bank Stocks with its presence in every continent of this world, I have often wondered how such a Co had gone unnoticed for so long by the Savvy American Investors. This is a Co with a tremendous track record run by a very smart group of people who have very rarely made a bad acquisition. Just in the last 12 years if you owned US $10,000 worth of this stock it would be worth approx US$120,000+ today! With minimal risk and worry. My strong recommendation is to BUY THIS STOCK put it away in your Retirement Portfolio and rest assured you will Retire Very Well. I will be happy to give anyone on this thread more info if needed. Best wishes as always, Burjis

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (51035)	7/17/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

LCOS..??takeover.from the yahoo threads......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.