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To: johnd who wrote (51650)	10/19/2000 11:33:10 AM
From: johnd	Respond to of 74651

RESEARCH ALERT-Goldman, Merrill raise Microsoft estimates NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch on Thursday said their analysts had raised fiscal 2001 earnings estimates for Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Goldman Sachs analyst Rich Sherlund raised his 2001 earnings estimate to $1.91 a share from $1.88, while Merrill Lynch analyst Chris Shilakes raised his forecast to $1.90 a share from $1.86. Microsoft's fiscal first-quarter revenues of $5.8 billion were ahead of Goldman's $5.65 billion estimate, and its earnings of 46 cents a share beat Goldman's 41 cents forecast.

To: johnd who wrote (51650)	10/19/2000 11:33:52 AM
From: johnd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

23% EPS growth in Q1, supposed to be slowest Q for the fiscal year. 59 pts to go to get back to 120.

To: johnd who wrote (51650)	10/19/2000 11:40:32 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

545 million sub 60 shares sold this month. So far today 69 million bought back. Harvey P.S. Sorry to say none of the 545 mil were mine.