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To: yard_man who wrote (30297)	10/20/2000 10:42:59 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

HO HO HO! This is hilarious! (thanks to Les Horowitz for originally posting link on MDD): www2.marketwatch.com Friday, October 20, 2000 MCTR sales staff distracted --9:42 am - By Michael Baron Mercator Software (MCTR: news, msgs) is plunging $6.69, or 54.5 percent, to $5.56, after the Wilton, Conn., e-business software firm reported a third-quarter pro forma loss of $4 million, or 14 cents a share, down from last year’s equivalent profit of $2.2 million, or 8 cents a share, and well below the average estimate of analysts polled by First Call for a profit of 9 cents a share. Revenue rose to $32.2 million in the latest three months from $26.7 million in the same period a year earlier. The company attributed the shortfall to weak revenue bookings in September caused by sales force distraction related to a decline in Mercator’s stock price. Mercator also cited soft sales in Europe and net income adjustments in August. HO HO HO! Yet more victims of the "New Econom"?<g>