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To: Zach who wrote (19280)	2/25/2000 1:32:00 PM
From: Greg h2o	Respond to of 42804

looks like volume is really picking up again.... mo-mo is driving this car today!

To: Zach who wrote (19280)	2/25/2000 1:32:00 PM
From: cmg	Respond to of 42804

Recommended on CNBC by a MF ..cmg

To: Zach who wrote (19280)	2/25/2000 1:34:00 PM
From: Robert G. Harrell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

Mighty quiet around here. Everyone busy writing their resignation letters to Mr. Dinky or just taking a long celebratory lunch? Someone just asked about MRVC on Power Lunch. Answer: "One of the hottest stocks in a very hot area." Perhaps MRVC should send the salesmen who negotiated the Caspian Sea deal to talk to the FSS, successors to the KGB. Maybe we can create a network just for spying. The missionary I help support in Rostov on Don just sent me the following: usatoday.com Going to take a nap. Making all this money makes me sleepy. Bob

To: Zach who wrote (19280)	2/28/2000 9:19:00 AM
From: Mr. Sunshine	Respond to of 42804

"...you would want to check to make sure that your plan doesn't run afoul of the deemed sale rules" Zach, I think I have this one right. IRS pub 550 (Investment Income and Expenses, Including Capital Gains and Losses) says: <<If a call you write is exercised and you sell the underlying stock, increase your amouunt realized on the sale of the stock by the amount you received for the call. The gain or loss is long term or short term depending on your holding period of the stock.>> Steve