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Non-Tech : SPIN-OFFS "secret hiding places of stock market profits" -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stewart Whitman who wrote (384)	7/10/2000 1:08:52 AM
From: Stewart Whitman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1185

A summary of spin-off information gathered thru 07/07/00. Stew Spin-offs In Progress: ---------------------- New: Fluor (NYSE:FLR) spinning off Massey Energy (coal) - '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com Sybron International Corp (NYSE:SYB) spinning off Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. - Winter '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Southern Company (NYSE:SO) spinning off Southern Energy - '01: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Sea Containers (NYSE:SCRA) spinning off Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE:OEH) - '01: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Adaptec (NASDAQ:ADPT) spinning off Software Business Unit - ?: newsalert.com Comdisco (NYSE:CDO) spinning off Comdisco Ventures (tracking stock) (NASDAQ:CDOV) - ?: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com New Announcements: Ziff-Davis Inc. (NYSE:ZD) spinning off Key3Media (:KEME) - Q2 '00: cbs.marketwatch.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Workflow Management, Inc. (NASDAQ:WORK) spinning off iGetSmart.com, Inc. - '00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Modis Professional Services (NYSE:MPS) spinning off Prolianz Corp. (NYSE:PRO) - '00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. (NYSE:KSU) spinning off Stilwell Financial (NYSE:SV) - 07/12/00: biz.yahoo.com cbs.marketwatch.com newsalert.com newsalert.com IMS Health (NYSE:RX) spinning off Strategic Technologies - 07/00: biz.yahoo.com American Telesource International (AMEX:AI) spinning off GlobalSCAPE, Inc. - 07/00: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Chronimed Inc. (NASDAQ:CHMD) spinning off MEDgenesis (NASDAQ:MDGN) - 07/00: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) spinning off lawn and garden distribution business - 07/00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS) spinning off Palm Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) - 07/27/00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com Applied Power Inc. (NYSE:APW) spinning off APW Electronics - 08/00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE:DNB) spinning off Moody's Corp. - Q3 '00: biz.yahoo.com dnb.com Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) spinning off Avaya (enterprise networks) - 09/00: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com lucent.com Methode Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:METHA) spinning off Stratos Lightwave, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLW) - Early '01: newsalert.com The Colonel's International Inc. (NYSE:COLO) spinning off Sports Resorts International Inc - ?: biz.yahoo.com Old: FRP Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRPP) spinning off real estate business - '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com Reliance Group Holdings (NYSE:REL) spinning off RCG Information Technology - '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com rgh.com rgh.com Shared Technologies Cellular, Inc. (NASDAQ:STCL) spinning off CellEase.com - '00: newsalert.com The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE) spinning off Florida East Cost Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FLA) - Early Q3 '00: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com HNC Software Inc. (NASDAQ:HNCS) spinning off Retek Inc. (NASDAQ:RETK) - Summer '00: newsalert.com RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) spinning off Chaparral Boats, Inc - Q3 '00: newsalert.com BRE Properties Inc. (NYSE:BRE) spinning off VelocityHSI - Q3 '00: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) spinning off Eckerd Drugstores (tracking stock) - Late '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com Broken Hill Proprietary Co. (NYSE:BHP) spinning off OneSteel (steel long products) - 09/00: newsalert.com cbs.marketwatch.com AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) spinning off Sygenta AG (agribusiness) - H2 '00: newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com cbs.marketwatch.com newsalert.com thestreet.com Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) spinning off Enzyme business - 12/00: newsalert.com Thermo Electron (NYSE:TMO) spinning off medical products company - Early '01: newsalert.com Thermo Electron (NYSE:TMO) spinning off Thermo Fibertek - Early '01: newsalert.com Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Riverstone Networks - ?: newsalert.com Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Global Network Technology Services - ?: newsalert.com Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) spinning off Enterasys Networks - ?: newsalert.com National Data Corporation (NYSE:NDC) spinning off eHealth/eCommerce companies - ?: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) spinning off internet business - ?: newsalert.com Cabletron Systems (NASDAQ:CS) spinning off Aprisma Management Technologies - ?: newsalert.com Aetna (NYSE:AET) spinning off global financial services - ?: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Spin-offs Completed: -------------------- New: 07/06/00 (NASDAQ:PFSW) PFSweb Inc. - (NASDAQ:DZTK) Daisytek 07/06/00 (NASDAQ:SERA) SeraNova (internet B2B) - (NASDAQ:ITIG) Intelligroup, Inc. 06/30/00 (NASDAQ:ANCX) ANC Rental Corporation - (NYSE:AN) AutoNation, Inc. 06/30/00 (NASDAQ:TIGA) Tioga Technologies Ltd. - (NASDAQ:ORCT) Orckit 06/28/00 (NYSE:VC) Visteon Corporation - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co 06/20/00 (NASDAQ:MIPSB) MIPS Technologies - (NYSE:SGI) SGI 06/02/00 (NYSE:A) Agilent Technologies - (NYSE:HWP) Hewlett-Packard 05/05/00 (NYSE:NT) Nortel Networks - (NYSE:BCE) BCE 05/03/00 (NASDAQ:CUBE) C-Cube Microsystems - (NASDAQ:HLIT) Harmonic 04/14/00 (NYSE:GRP) Grant Prideco - (NYSE:WFT) Weatherford International, Inc. 04/14/00 (NASDAQ:GSOL) Global Sources - (NYSE:FA) Fairchild Corp. 04/03/00 (NYSE:EW) Edwards Lifesciences - (NYSE:BAX) Baxter International Inc. 04/01/00 (NASDAQ:TRBC) Three Rivers Bank and Trust Comp - (NASDAQ:UBAN) USBANCORP, Inc. 03/31/00 (NYSE:ENR) Eveready Battery Company - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina Company Old: 03/30/00 (NYSE:ACI) Arch Coal, Inc. - (NYSE:ASH) Ashland Inc. 03/27/00 (AMEX:IPK) Imperial Parking - (NYSE:FUR) First Union Real Estate 03/15/00 (NYSE:TSG) Sabre Holdings - (NYSE:AMR) AMR Corp. 03/10/00 (NASDAQ:MIEC) MI Entertainment (non-auto asset - (NYSE:MGA) Magna International 02/16/00 (NASDAQ:ELOY) eLoyalty - (NASDAQ:TSCC) Technology Solutions Company 12/31/99 (NYSE:RIG) Transoceanic Sedco Forex - (NYSE:SLB) Schlumberger 12/31/99 (NASDAQ:CRTK) CoorsTek - (NYSE:GPK) Graphic Packaging Corp 12/16/99 (NYSE:HBP) Huttig Building Products - (NYSE:CR) Crane Co. 11/30/99 (NYSE:TDY) Teledyne Technologies - (NYSE:ALT) Allegheny Teledyne 11/30/99 (NYSE:PIK) Water Pik Technologies - (NYSE:ALT) Allegheny Teledyne 11/05/99 (NYSE:LR) Lanier Worldwide, Inc. - (NYSE:HRS) Harris Corp. 11/05/99 (NYSE:PTV) Pactiv - (NYSE:TEN) Tenneco Automotive 10/25/99 (NYSE:CZ) Celanese AG - (NYSE:HOE) Hoechst AG 10/22/99 (NYSE:NMGA) The Neiman Marcus Group - (NYSE:H) Harcourt General, Inc. 10/18/99 (NYSE:CIR) CIRCOR International, Inc. - (NYSE:WTS) Watts 10/12/99 (NYSE:SNH) Senior Housing Properties Trust - (NYSE:HRP) HRPT 10/04/99 (NYSE:OMN) OMNOVA Solutions Inc. - (NYSE:GY) GenCorp 09/28/99 (NASDAQ:VTIV) Ventiv Health, Inc. - (NYSE:SNC) Snyder Communications, Inc. 09/10/99 CORUS Entertainment - (NYSE:SJR) Shaw Communications Inc. 09/01/99 (AMEX:LIC) Lynch Interactive Corporation - (AMEX:LGL) Lynch Corp. 08/24/99 (NYSE:TOO) Too, Inc. (girl's clothing chain - (NYSE:LTD) The Limited 08/08/99 (NASDAQ:SWIM) Anthony & Sylvan Pools - (NASDAQ:ESSF) ESSEF 07/26/99 (NYSE:ITB) Gartner Group, Inc. - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health 06/18/99 (NASDAQ:IHCO) Interstate Hotels Corporation - (NYSE:PAH) Patriot American Hospitality 06/14/99 (NYSE:RJR) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings I - (NYSE:NGH) Nabisco Group Holdings 06/07/99 (NASDAQ:UBID) uBid, Inc. - (NASDAQ:MALL) Creative Computers, Inc. 05/28/99 (NYSE:DPH) Delphi Automotive - (NYSE:GM) General Motors Corp. 05/12/99 (NASDAQ:LPNT) LifePoint Hospitals - (NYSE:COL) Columbia/HCA 05/12/99 (NASDAQ:TRIH) Triad Hospitals - (NYSE:COL) Columbia/HCA 05/03/99 (NASDAQ:VSTR) VoiceStream Wireless - (NASDAQ:WWCA) Western Wireless 04/30/99 (NYSE:GK) GenTek - (NYSE:GCG) General Chemical 04/27/99 (NYSE:ITG) Investment Technology Group - (NYSE:JEF) Jefferies Group 04/06/99 (AMEX:EVRC) Evercel - (AMEX:ERC) Energy Research 04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VARI) Varian Inc. - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems 04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VSEA) Varian Semiconductor Equipment A - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems 03/19/99 (NYSE:PTZ) Pulitzer Publishing - (NYSE:HTV) Hearst Argyle Television 02/08/99 (NASDAQ:ARJ) Arch Chemicals - (NYSE:OLN) Olin 01/20/99 (NASDAQ:MMTM) Momentum - (NASDAQ:PSFT) Peoplesoft 01/04/99 (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment - (NYSE:HLT) Hilton Hotels 01/04/99 (NASDAQ:CNXT) Conexant - (NYSE:ROK) Rockwell International 01/04/99 (NYSE:PZE) PennzEnergy - (NYSE:PZL) Pennzoil Quaker State 01/04/99 (NYSE:CVG) Convergys - (NYSE:CSN) Cincinnati Bell 01/04/99 (NYSE:PHCC) Priority Healthcare - (NYSE:BDY) Bindley Western 01/04/99 (NASDAQ:LACO) Lakes Gaming - (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment 12/29/98 (NYSE:CLJ) Crestline Capital - (NASDAQ:HMT) Host Marriott 12/16/98 (NASDAQ:HIFN) Hi/FN - (NASDAQ:STAC) STAC Software 11/16/98 (NYSE:TNE) Tele Norte Leste - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSP) Telesp Participacoes - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:EMT) Embratel - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TCS) Tele Centro Sul - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TCP) Telesp Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSD) Tele Sudeste Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TMB) Telemig Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSU) Tele Celular Sul - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TRO) Tele Centro Oeste Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TND) Tele Nordeste Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TBE) Tele Leste Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TCN) Tele Norte Celular - (NYSE:TBR) Telebras 11/06/98 (NYSE:WDR) Waddell & Reed Financial - (NYSE:TMK) Torchmark 10/29/98 (NASDAQ:BVRS) BVR Systems - (NASDAQ:BVRTF) BVR Technologies 10/16/98 (NASDAQ:MRYP) Merry Land Properties - (NYSE:MRY) Merry Land & Investment 09/28/98 (NYSE:MXT) Metris Companies - (NYSE:FHUT) Fingerhut Companies 09/28/98 (NASDAQ:AMZ) American Medical Security - (NYSE:UWZ) United Wisconsin 09/24/98 (NASDAQ:LWIN) Leap Wireless International - (NASDAQ:QCOM) Qualcomm 09/15/98 (NYSE:IFG) Insignia Financial Group - (NYSE:AIV) Apartment Investment & Management 09/03/98 (NASDAQ:CLRP) Cellular Communications of Puert - (NASDAQ:COMM) CoreComm 09/01/98 (NASDAQ:PPCO) Penwest Pharmaceuticals - (NASDAQ:PENX) Penford 08/19/98 (NASDAQ:CSON) Cohesion Technologies - (NYSE:CGEN) Collagen Aesthetics 08/10/98 (NYSE:PME) Penton Media - (NYSE:PRYA) Pittway 08/06/98 (NYSE:BH) Bristol Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:FCH) FelCor Lodging Trust 08/03/98 (NYSE:MMH) MeriStar Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:MHX) MeriStar Hotels 07/02/98 (NASDAQ:JPSP) JPS Packaging - Sealright 07/01/98 (NYSE:NMR) Nielsen Media Research - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health 06/29/98 (NYSE:TP) TNT Post Group - (NYSE:KPN) Royal PTT Nederland 06/23/98 (AMEX:AWX) Avalon Holdings - (NYSE:AW) Allied Waste 06/22/98 (NYSE:RHD) R.H. Donnelly - (NYSE:DNB) Dun & Bradstreet 06/18/98 (NASDAQ:MTLX) Marine Transport Corp. - (NYSE:OMM) OMI Corp. 06/18/98 (NYSE:CTZ) Chicago Title Corp. - (NYSE:Y) Alleghany Corp. 06/16/98 (NASDAQ:CCHE) Clinichem - (NASDAQ:BCHE) Biochem Pharma 06/15/98 (NASDAQ:HGPI) Horizon Group Properties - (NYSE:PRT) Prime Retail 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:AZTC) Aztec Technology Partners - (NASDAQ:OFIS) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:FLYR) Navigant International - (NASDAQ:OFIS) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:SCHS) School Specialty - (NASDAQ:OFIS) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:WORK) Workflow Management - (NASDAQ:OFIS) US Office Products 05/13/98 (NYSE:OTL) Octel - (NYSE:GLK) Great Lakes Chemical 05/01/98 (NYSE:VC) Vencor - (NYSE:VTR) Ventas 04/07/98 (NYSE:AFS) Associates First Capital - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co 04/06/98 (NASDAQ:SONO) SonoSite - (NASDAQ:ATLI) ATL Ultrasound 04/01/98 (NYSE:LVLT) Level 3 Communications - Kiewit 03/31/98 (NYSE:MWY) Midway Games - (NYSE:WMS) WMS Industries 03/27/98 (NYSE:AGX) Agribrands International - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina 03/27/98 (NYSE:SDH) Sodexho Marriott Services - (NYSE:MAR) Marriott International 03/13/98 (NASDAQ:BEYE) Bolle - (NYSE:LNM) Lumen Technologies 03/10/98 (NYSE:VL) Vlasic - (NYSE:CPB) Campbell Soup Spin-offs Considered: -------------------- New: Kroll-O'Gara (NASDAQ:KROG) considering spin-off of 3 Separate Units: biz.yahoo.com Spectrian (NASDAQ:SPCT) considering spin-off of UltraRF: newsalert.com Diageo (NYSE:DEO) considering spin-off of Burger King: biz.yahoo.com New Announcements: Old: Aztec Technology Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZTC) considering spin-off of PCSI: newsalert.com newsalert.com PSINet (NASDAQ:PSIX) considering spin-off of Inter.net Ltd.: newsalert.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Home Properties (NYSE:HME) considering spin-off of Conifer Realty Corp.: newsalert.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Lynch Interactive Corp. (AMEX:LIC) considering spin-off of emerging tech. / wireless apps: newsalert.com Micros-To-Mainframes, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTMC) considering spin-off of network services business: biz.yahoo.com Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) considering spin-off of RoadOne (towing and recovery business): newsalert.com millerind.com Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. (NYSE:DPH) considering spin-off of high-tech (e.g. multimedia): CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR) considering spin-off of enterprise e-business company: newsalert.com Ultrak (NASDAQ:ULTK) considering spin-off of SecurityandMore.com: The National Australia Bank (NYSE:NAB) considering spin-off of e-commerce interests: newsalert.com Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) considering spin-off of Internet ventures: newsalert.com Viacom (NYSE:VIA) considering spin-off of Blockbuster, Inc. (NYSE:BBI): infoUSA (NASDAQ:IUSA) considering spin-off of internet division: newsalert.com newsalert.com Media General (AMEX:MEGA) considering spin-off of cable assets: Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BOL) considering spin-off of eyewear division: GM (NYSE:GM) considering spin-off of Hughes Electronics (NYSE:GMH): GM (NYSE:GM) considering spin-off of Saturn dealership units: News Corp. (NYSE:NWS) considering spin-off of Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE:FOX): DaimlerChrysler AG (NYSE:DCX) considering spin-off of financial services: Odetics (NASDAQ:ODETA) considering spin-off of Iteris: newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) considering spin-off of mixed-use main street retail assets: newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com