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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (18388)	2/22/2000 4:17:00 PM
From: 993racer	Respond to of 54805

Hello, Regard BALLARD and other Fuel Cell co's...these are FAR away from gorilla status etc....the whole industry is still in its infacy but it is something to keep track of..sorta like cree was 5 or 7 years ago... My Dad happens to be a private investor in a company called HPower that has some pretty cool technology (I saw it in action) that will compete with the likes of ballard and PLUG... HPower is going public soon..investment banks are competing for the bizness..while this might be an interesting tech play it is FAR AWAY from being a gorilla or even creating a tornado..the tech still has to be perfected..but when you can run your laptop for 4 days on "seltzer" cartidges...well talk then racer

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (18388)	2/22/2000 8:43:00 PM
From: Yan Li	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I took a quick glance at Ballard Power's profile on Yahoo and came up with some questions: biz.yahoo.com Why are so many speculative Story Stocks based in Canadia? No inferences regarding jdsu or ntel intended. I don't know the answer either. Why have the markets rewarded such poor financial performance a market cap of almost $10B? For the 3 months ended 09/30/1999, revenues were 16,316; after tax earnings were -22,181. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Canadian Dollars.) Expecting they do MUCH better in near future... Also, when will they issue an earnings report for the period ended 12/31/99? Mar 6. If this company has a bright future, why haven't the normally astute institutional buyers perceived it? With only 8% institutional ownership, it seems only retail investors have bought Ballard's story. what is happening may be that institutions buying... Just a wild guess. Any way to find out?