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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (26221)	4/18/2000 10:11:00 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	Respond to of 71041

07:14 ET Clarus Corp (CLRS) 33: B2B concern comments again (issued upside press release on 3/31) that expects its quarterly results to exceed analyst expectations for both software revenue and earnings per share from operationns. 08:23 ET Level 3 Comms (LVLT) 79 61/64: Reports Q1 loss of $0.75 a share, $0.25 above the First Call consensus of loss $1.00, vs year-ago loss of $0.33; revenues rose 73.5% to $177.0 mln from a year-ago of $102.0 mln. 08:29 ET Cypress Semi (CY) 49: Released Q1 earnings of $0.41 a share, beating First Call by $0.06 and well ahead of year-ago $0.09; revenues rose 20.2% to $264.24 mln from a year-ago of $219.91 mln. 08:49 ET Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS) 73 1/16: --Update-- CSFB citing limited potential upside over the next year for firm's downgrade from STRONG BUY to BUY; while company remains franchise player in Comm IC, believes transition to CMOS-based strategy and large share count, severely limit potential over next 4 qtrs; reduces FY00 estimate by a penny to $0.66 and FY01 by 6 cents to $0.97... Should note that several firms out defending stock this morning, including Prudential and Cowen; Pru raising its target price from $125 to $130. 08:51 ET Texas Instruments (TXN) 149: --Update-- Stock trading 4 pts lower in pre-market on quality of earnings issues; TXN benefitted from lower tax rate and one-time gains in Q1. Caterpillar (CAT) 40 15/16: Reports Q1 earnings of $0.73 a share, $0.15 above the First Call consensus of $0.58, vs year-ago earnings of $0.57; revenues rose 1.1% to $4.92 bln from a year-ago of $4.87 bln;