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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (102543)	5/4/2000 6:48:00 AM
From: Bouf	Respond to of 108040

INTERNET company SHOCKS the world..makes money!!!:) ZDNet beats estimates with profit, as sales rise 94 pct PALO ALTO, Calif., May 3 (Reuters) - ZDNet Inc. (NYSE: ZDZ), a unit of Ziff-Davis Inc. (NYSE: ZD), on Wednesday reported an unexpected first-quarter operating profit as sales rose 94 percent. The operator of popular Web sites for technology consumers said that operating income rose to $3.7 million, or 4 cents a share, from $1.3 million, or 2 cents, a year ago. Revenues rose to $35.9 million from $18.6 million.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (102543)	5/4/2000 8:16:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108040

Homestore.com should gain ground Thursday after it topped analysts' estimates in its first quarter, losing $10 million, or 14 cents a share, on sales of $38.6 million. First Call Corp. consensus expected the online real estate site to lose 16 cents a share in the quarter. Its shares fell 1 13/16 to 23 1/8 Wednesday. The $38.6 million in sales represents a 271 percent improvement from the year-ago quarter when it posted a loss of $17.2 million, or 31 cents a share, on sales of $10.4 million. Including a variety of stock-based and amortization charges, Homestore.com lost $29.2 million, or 39 cents a share, in the quarter. Company officials credited a surge in professional subscription sales for the upside surprise.