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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88727)	1/22/2001 11:42:10 AM
From: JHP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael any thoughts TIA john NMSS down to 9-10 level.Natural MicroSystems 4th-Qtr Results Miss Forecast Framingham, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Natural MicroSystems Corp. fell 20 percent after the maker of hardware and software for communications networks reported fourth-quarter results that were below analysts' expectations. Natural MicroSystems shares fell $2.44 to $9.50 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading of 6.9 million shares, more than five times the three-month daily average. The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company's loss widened to $18.6 million, or 51 cents a share, from $8.2 million, or 34 cents, in the year-earlier period. Excluding goodwill and amortization charges, the company said it would have earned $688,000, or 2 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $715,000, or 3 cents. On that basis, the company was expected to earn 6 cents, the average estimate of nine analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial. While customers didn't cancel orders in the recent quarter, they reduced quantities and delayed shipments to this year's first quarter, said Chief Financial Officer Robert Hult. He expects that to continue in the first two quarters. Hult said sales will be unchanged or down 10 percent to 15 percent in the first two quarters. He expects third-quarter revenue to increase 10 percent over the second quarter. Jan/18/2001 16:09 ET

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88727)	1/22/2001 6:03:38 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

To All, I was sho nuff sad to hear Dell warn today. AGAIN! I am sure glad Mikey Dell was totally lucky enough to sell so much of his stock before this current 57% drop in the stock price. That hard workin', nice, honest young guy deserves to make a few bucks for shuckin' and jivin' the slow joes who still believe his schtick. He has fought a mighty battle to keep the slow of wit in his fatted pig of a stock. Now, it is almost all in the hands of the terminally indecisive and cranially challenged. I know that sounds harsh, but you read that unmentionable thread when the stock was on its artificial high. So, a year or two ago I mentioned what was going to happen to Dell. First, slow growth. We got that. Then, no growth. Gonna get that. Then, negative growth. Not all that far away. Then, losses. At that point, not all the sharp pencils and funky accountants will put Humpty Dellies stock together again. However, I do think they will survive. They won't prosper, but somebody has to make boxes at little or no profit. I couldn't think of a nicer bunch of folks to take on that task. <g>