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To: Mephisto who wrote (23308)	11/22/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Alex Chun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

> Congratulations!!!!! Thank you, thank you. Taking some profits after 4 1/2 years feels great! > I am trying to remember if I like "Staples". It didn't > join up with Office Depot, did it? I've always disliked > Office Depot (not to be confused with the Home Depot). No, Staples still competes with those other office superstores. Staples is off-topic, so I will try to make this the last time I mention it here, but briefly: SPLS is a 30% grower with a strong balance sheet and excellent earnings predictability, trading at a forward PE of about 30. I highly recommend the 10/22/99 analysis in Value Line to anyone interested in finding out more. Also, see November 1999 Money, page 110. > Do you have plans for your windfall, apart from paying > huge income taxes? (g) My plans for the money are exceedingly boring, I'm afraid. 1) Retire 100% of my margin debt. 2) Pay capital gains taxes. 3) Invest in SPLS (oops, I mentioned it again!). Good luck! -Alex

To: Mephisto who wrote (23308)	11/23/1999 3:07:00 AM
From: Lafayette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

OT Earlier this year Staples tried to acquire Office Depot, but the government wouldn't allow it.

To: Mephisto who wrote (23308)	11/23/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Scott McNealy's Top Ten Signs that Microsoft Just Bought Las Vegas: 10. Siegfried and Roy have a new trick that makes Judge Jackson disappear. 9. On every fourth pull the slot machines have to be rebooted. 8. The rollercoaster at the New York New York hotel only goes down. 7. The pirates at the Treasure Island hotel really steal your money. 6. The headquarters for Windows 2000 marketing moves to the Mirage hotel. 5. Crooner Wayne Newton changes his signature tune to "Start Me Up." 4. All new development stops immediately. 3. Microsoft buys 20 percent of Reno and Atlantic City and puts Windows CE in all the gaming machines 2. The showgirls all strip down to their Visual Basics. ... and Scott McNealy's Number One Sign that Microsoft Just Bought Las Vegas: 1. The biggest game in town? Monopoly.