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Technology Stocks : NewKidCo International (OTC:NKCIF) (TSE:NKC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (3497)	9/4/1999 12:06:00 AM
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[09-03-99 08:32 PM PT] COVERAGE INITIATED ON (NYSE:MAT) WITH A 'BUY' FROM US BANCORP PIPER JAFFRAY AND ABN AMRO CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH A FEATURE FRONT COVER ARTICLE [CRITICAL] ON MATTEL IN THE SEPTEMBER 6 ISSUE OF BUSINESS WEEK ("BW"). BW SUGGESTS MAT CEO BARAD HAS BEEN OVERPROMISING AND UNDERPERFORMING AND IS 'UNDER THE GUN TO PROVE SHE CAN DELIVER THE GOODS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON'. BARAD DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED WITH BW. BW FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT IF MAT INVESTORS 'ARE NOT STARING AT A BIG TURNAROUND IT MAY NOT MATTER WHAT KIND OF SONG AND DANCE BARAD HAS PLANNED.' CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM BARADs TURNAROUND 'BUSINESS MODEL' WAS/IS A MATTEL.COM IPO PURSUANT TO MATs WEB VENTURE WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO LOSE $70M IN 1999. MEANWHILE, TO EXACERBATE AND POSSIBLY SUBSTANTIATE THE BARAD BANDWIDTH QUESTION IS THAT MAT TURNAROUND GODSEND?, NEWKIDCO, IS CONCERNED WHETHER MAT EVEN KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE SITTING ON WITH [PENDING NEWKIDCO FALL '99 RELEASES] ELMO© IN GROUCHLAND© (PS) (GBC), HELLO KITTY© (PS)(GBC), ELMO© LETTER/NUMBER PARADE (N64)... ¸ copyright 1996-1999 esecurities.com corporation and WallStreetRadio.com (tm) Newswires.