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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (73540)	1/13/2000 10:26:00 PM
From: Fred Fahmy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Skeeter, < however, i'm sure you have observed people in your line of work manipulate accounting> I took a 6 year break from my engineering position to work in our financial department doing revenue forecasting. I have seen plenty of accounting. IMO, there is nothing wrong with using GAAP to your best advantage. There is nothing dishonest or hidden about it.... Abuses of the system will be exposed sooner or later and can easily be spotted by knowledgable investors. BTW, Dan Niles (one of Intel's biggest critics for the last 12 months) just upped his target from 100 to 125 (he also upped his 2000 EPS from 2.55 to 2.9). I'll keep my year end target at 115 until I see Q1 <gg>. He was quick to note that even if you take out the extra Other Income (i.e. the amount over the guidance of 280 given 3 months ago) you still get 0.64. biz.yahoo.com FF

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (73540)	1/13/2000 10:50:00 PM
From: Earlie	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

SB: Your analysis is too rational. It includes "risk" in its equation. Everybody knows that there is no risk in this market. (g) I'm just getting into the INTC numbers. Shall we bet that there is a nice rise early tomorrow, but a return to Earth once the boys have a chance to sift through the material? The plain and simple fact is that the operating numbers are not encouraging. Big unit shipments but flat revenues and reduced operating earnings reflect the micro price pressures and price wars. I'd sure as heck also be worried about a manufacturing company that is about to spend big on increased manufacturing expansion even as business (2/3 of PC sales)cuts buying to the bone. mb put it succinctly,...Intel's big gains came from successful (this quarter at least) net stock bets. More tomorrow. Best, Earlie