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To: Stock Watcher who wrote (37762)	8/24/2000 10:55:07 AM
From: Dave Gore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

Looks like FTRL (nasdaq) making a move today; worth watching perhaps Recap: FTRL and Citrix News...Zack's rating 1.3...near 52wk low - Stock near 52 week low Annual high: 38-1/2 Annual low: 3-4/4 Current: 4-1/2 (up 1/2) Recent news: FutureLink Honored by Citrix Systems, Inc. as Largest Volume Reseller in Multiple Territories; ASP Continues Its Success As the Leading Citrix Reseller biz.yahoo.com - Partnership with Microsoft; Microsoft invests $10 Million in FTRL (see partial PR below) - Revenues from June qtr up 49% from March 31 quarter. - Zack's rating of 1.3 (3 strong buy, 1 moderate buy, 0 hold, 0 moderate sell & 0 strong sell) - NASDAQ stock (not OTC/BB) For those that missed it; Press Release that relates to Microsoft Partnership IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000-- R&D Lab to assist ISVs in preparing for Hosted Application Offerings; Showcase Facilities to serve as a sales tool for ISVs to demonstrate their applications running in an ASP-hosted environment based on Windows 2000 Terminal Services; Microsoft also to make an equity investment in FutureLink FutureLink Corp. (Nasdaq: FTRL), one of the first Application Service Providers (ASPs), today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to jointly establish an R&D Lab and two Hosted Application Showcase facilities for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who wish to provide hosted versions of their applications using Windows 2000 Terminal Services. FutureLink also announced Microsoft is making a $10 million equity investment in the company.

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (37762)	8/24/2000 10:55:47 AM
From: BlueCheap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

PLCO Announces 30% SALES Growth (PR NEWSWIRE) Play Co. Toys & Entertainment Corp. Announces 30% Sales Growth Growth In July and Sees an End to Same Store Sale Declines in August SAN MARCOS, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Play Co. Toys & Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLCO) ("Play Co. Toys" or the "Company" for Play Co. Toys and subsidiaries collectively) announced today that it posted an overall sales growth of 30% during the month of July 2000 compared to the previous July. Richard Brady, Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are happy to report the 30% increase in July sales. While we are pleased with this overall increase, our same store sales for July remained in a negative position, which was a continuation of the pattern in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 that arose out of our strong sales of Beanie Babies in the prior year. However, the 7.4% decline in same store sales in July represented a significant improvement from the levels of same store sales declines in the recently ended fiscal year." "We feel that our buyers have worked hard to overcome the same store sales hurdles imposed by our Beanie Baby sales in the prior year and we believe that our same store sales results should begin to turn positive again in the month of August." Play Co. Toys is a toy retailer with 34 stores located in nine states. 30 of those stores are operated by the Toys International subsidiary. The Company operates under the Play Co. Toys, Toys International and Toy Co. tradenames. The Company specializes in offering educational, specialty, collectible, specialty imported and traditional toys. Statements contained in this press release which are not historical facts may be considered forward looking information with respect to plans, projections, or future performance of Play Co. Toys as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. SOURCE Play Co. Toys & Entertainment Corp. -0- 08/24/2000 /CONTACT: Play Co. Toys, 760-471-4505, fax 760-471-9624/ /Web site: playco.com (PLCO PLCOP) CO: Play Co. Toys & Entertainment Corp. ST: California IN: REA SU: * end of story *