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To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (13940)	5/26/2000 8:53:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

On Death and Dying...in Tech Stocks - an opinion: Message 13779396

To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (13940)	5/26/2000 3:18:00 PM
From: Justa Werkenstiff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

Market is killing MSFT again. Hard to imagine any rally with MSFT getting hammered. Test of 3174 closing had been on target today today until MSFT started to fade. Stll time as I write.

To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (13940)	5/27/2000 12:21:00 AM
From: Ken Brown	Respond to of 15132

The Delray Beach, Fla.-based company said slow comparable retail store sales in the month of May, greater weakness in foreign currencies, and cost savings efforts that have been taking longer to implement than expected are seen to depress second quarter earnings to 4 to 6 cents per share, well below the 24 cents per share analysts consensus estimates quoted by First Call/Thomson Financial, a research company that tracks forecasts. I suppose this could account a bit for the huge haircut ODP received today. My point? The actual press release, AFAIK, stated "4 to 6 cents below analysts consensus estimates of 24 cents", not "4 to 6 cents, below estimates of 24 cents". Amazing how much difference a comma (or lack thereof) can make! I suspect there might be a bit of a pop come Tuesday morning; by that time everyone should have figured out there was no comma in the release. Too bad I didn't find out until after the market closed. Ken