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To: Ilaine who wrote (88176)	3/30/2001 6:33:46 PM
From: jjetstream	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Amazing....what a great idea as a collectable....heh, heh the sellers will probably make more money selling the cert than the actual shares represented.....etoys sure is colorful............

To: Ilaine who wrote (88176)	3/30/2001 6:40:10 PM
From: Monty Lenard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I just heard a guru on CNBS say "We are closer to the bottom than we were a month ago!" Now that was about the most brilliant statement I have heard from them lately. Sheesh! Monty

To: Ilaine who wrote (88176)	3/30/2001 7:05:50 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

The suits claim that the companies and their underwriters allocated shares in their IPOs to some investors without revealing that the investors agreed to buy shares later at progressively higher prices. Such ``tie-in arrangements'' distort a stock's market price, the suits say. The plaintiffs also say that some investors who received coveted shares agreed to pay inflated commissions on transactions in other securities underwritten by the banks. Neither the companies nor the banks disclosed this, the plaintiffs say. ``These payoffs were, in a sense, kickbacks,'' Sirota said. quote.bloomberg.com