To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (57479 ) 10/24/2000 4:46:01 PM From: Jorj X Mckie Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 63513 Actel Corp (ACTL) 30 7/8 -4 3/4: Reports Q3 earnings of $0.45 a share, $0.04 better than the First Call consensus of $0.41, vs year-ago earnings of $0.26; revenues rose 39.2% to $60.08 mln from a year-ago of $43.16 mln; see press release. Excite@Home (ATHM) 10 1/8 +1/16: Reports Q3 loss of $0.10 a share, in line with the First Call consensus of ($0.10); revenues rose 51.0% to $169.95 mln from a year-ago of $112.56 mln; see press release. Compaq (CPQ) 27.00 -0.70: Reports Q3 earnings of $0.30 a share, $0.01 better than the First Call consensus of $0.29, vs year-ago earnings of $0.07. Revenues of $11.2 bln were above Street estimates in the $10.8 bln neighborhood. Affymetrix (AFFX) 52 5/16 -3 1/16: Reports Q3 net of breakeven, , $0.12 better than the First Call consensus of ($0.12); revenues rose 88.9% to $55.77 mln from a year-ago of $29.52 mln; see press release. Optical Action : Optical stocks trading lower after hours on the heels of Nortel's (NT) disappointing report, NT looks like it will open at about 60 after closing at 63 5/16. Other optical stocks, changes vs close: AMCC -7 (NT is 40% of its business), CSCO -1, JDSU -4, CIEN -5, CORV -3, SCMR -2, GLW -4. Amazon.com (AMZN ) 29 9/16 -7/16: -- Update -- Trading higher after hours at 33 1/2. Company says Q4 revenues will be $950 mln to $1.05 bln (lower end of analyst range) and FY01 will be $4 bln, in line with projections. Creative Tech (CREAF) 16 7/16 -1/16: Reports Q1 earnings of $0.18 a share, $0.03 better than the First Call consensus of $0.15, vs year-ago earnings of $0.08; revenues rose 13.1% to $304.37 mln from a year-ago of $269.08 mln; see press release. Adv. Fibre Comm (AFCI) 28 7/8 +1 5/16: Reports Q3 earnings of $0.15 a share, $0.01 better than the First Call consensus of $0.14, vs year-ago earnings of $0.07; revenues rose 49.2% to $114.10 mln from a year-ago of $76.46 mln; see press release.