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To: Peace who wrote (37636)	12/8/2000 10:16:44 AM
From: faro	Respond to of 42787

Sun Microsystems Loses 2.2% As It Seals Purchase By TSC Staff 12/8/00 8:44 AM ET Sun Microsystems (SUNW:Nasdaq - news) was down 2.2% in preopen Island trading after announcing it completed the purchase of Colbalt Networks. Cobalt will become Sun's server-appliance business unit. The acquisition was valued at about $2 billion when it was announced in September. thestreet.com Faro

To: Peace who wrote (37636)	12/8/2000 10:17:03 AM
From: drsvelte	Respond to of 42787

09:17 ET Sun Microsystems (SUNW) 42 13/16: -- Update -- Stock has been weak in pre-market due to aforementioned short-selling report that apparently cited slowing sales at Sun distributors, but we're hearing that analysts are now arguing that there should be slowing at Sun distributors because Sun is shifting to a direct sales model via the web; stock has rebounded to 42 5/16.