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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (33026)11/1/2000 5:13:37 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
But

cbs.marketwatch.com

What's that tell you? <g>



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (33026)11/1/2000 5:18:52 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
we can't be sure about what type of landing we'll get...but people have completely forgotten that soft landings are the exception, not the rule.

and after a huge credit and asset bubble collapses, soft landings have a zero chance of eventuating.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (33026)11/1/2000 5:45:17 PM
From: RocketMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Bye-bye soft landing! Gap Stores warns: Oh my Gawd! No Way, Dude!

Here's the news release translated, like totally into valspeak, for valley residents:

Gap warns about Q3 earnin's

--4:55 pm - By Deborah Adamson SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) --

Specialty clothin' retailer Gap said third quarter earnin's per share will come in between 20 and 22 cents a share, oh, baby, compared with thuh 23 cents expected by analysts as polled by First Call. Gap said a "significant" decline in grodie margins and higher operatin' costs have hurt thuh bottom line, fer shure, addin' that October is ya know, like, a clearance month for thuh chain. Third-quarter sales are expected to come in at $3.41 billion, like, up 12 percent from last year. However, like, sales at stores open at least a year were down 2 percent in October. Shares of Gap were unchanged at $24.44 in after-hours tradin'.