To: arno who wrote (393 ) 3/1/2001 5:05:53 PM From: AugustWest Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 582 Well, here are some thoughts. With the below printed, what does this say for the creditability of reg. FD? (REUTERS) CORRECTED - U.S. technology stocks jump to plus side CORRECTED - U.S. technology stocks jump to plus side In the New York item headlined "U.S. technology stocks jump to plus side," the late afternoon update, please read in the first sentence in the second paragraph, "In a note to clients on late Wednesday, Salomon Smith Barney analyst John Jones pointed out upbeat remarks made by IBM storage executives during a conference call" instead of "In a note to clients on Thursday." (Corrects day) A corrected repetition follows. (Updates with Nasdaq rebound) NEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) - Technology stocks staged a big rebound in late afternoon trading on Thursday as talk of positive comments about computer giant International Business Machines Corp. <IBM.N> swirled through Wall Street. In a note to clients on late Wednesday, Salomon Smith Barney analyst John Jones pointed out upbeat remarks made by IBM storage executives during a conference call. "In the Q&A, IBM declined to comment on the current economic environment," Jones said in the note. "However, the fact that it conducted this session and from the way it characterized its 2001 outlook at last month's fourth-quarter 2000 EPS release, one could conclude, and we do, that IBM remains comfortable with 2001 consensus EPS." The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> rallied 23.29 points, or 1.08 percent, at 2,175.12, zipping higher after falling more than 3 percent earlier in the session. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> pared its loss, down 12.96 points, or 0.12 percent, at 10,482.32. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> launched into positive territory in tandem with the Nasdaq, climbing 0.52 of a point, or 0.04 percent, to 1,240.46. ((Wall Street Desk, (212) 859-1607)) REUTERS *** end of story *** So is it buy the rumor sell the news? Did this guy get inside info? Are the sources of the