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To: rudedog who wrote (70420)	10/27/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

U.S. TRADING SUMMARY: Stocks were mixed at midday Wednesday as strong corporate profits were largely ignored by a Wall Street more concerned about a potential hike in interest rates. ''You have a lot of people marking time ahead of tomorrow's economic data,'' said Charles Payne, the head analyst at Wall Street Strategies, an independent market research firm. ''There's a ton of money waiting to come into this market if we get the right signal.'' Nervous about a potential interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve on Nov. 16, Wall Street was anxious for the Thursday release of the Employment Cost Index and the third-quarter gross domestic product data.