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Non-Tech : SPIN-OFFS "secret hiding places of stock market profits" -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stewart Whitman who wrote (523)	5/28/2001 6:23:49 PM
From: David D.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1185

Thank's man! By the way Stew, may I ask you what have you invested in the past and what is perking your attention in the near term future? Thanks.

To: Stewart Whitman who wrote (523)	5/29/2001 10:21:29 PM
From: Paul Senior	Respond to of 1185

Thanks for publishing your updated list, Stew. Good reference and starting point for me. Paul Senior ------- I looked at SM after your mention. Product recall and litigation too tough for me to evaluate. Have to pass on the stock at least for now. AON is too pricey for me.

To: Stewart Whitman who wrote (523)	9/9/2001 12:01:09 PM
From: Stewart Whitman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1185

A summary of spin-off information gathered thru 09/09/01. Stew Spin-offs In Progress: ---------------------- New: IMPCO Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:IMCO) spinning off Quantum Technologies Inc. - Late '01: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com National Service Industries (NYSE:NSI) spinning off Lighting Equipment and Chemicals - Fall '01: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com British Telecommunications PLC (NYSE:BTY) spinning off mmO2 PLC - 11/19/01: groupbt.com Goodrich Corp. (NYSE:GR) spinning off Engineered Industrial Products - Early '02: newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com Dover Downs Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:DVD) spinning off Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. - Q2 '02: newsalert.com Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE:AYE) spinning off Allegheny Energy Supply Company - '02: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) spinning off ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:XJT) - '02: newsalert.com newsalert.com Lynch Interactive Corp. (AMEX:LIC) spinning off The Morgan Group, Inc. (AMEX:MG) - ?: biz.yahoo.com New Announcements: UtiliCorp United Inc. (NYSE:UCU) spinning off Aquila Energy Corp. (NYSE:ILA) - '01: biz.yahoo.com marketwatch.com Mercury Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MAX) spinning off MercFuel, Inc (AMEX:MQ) - Q3 '01: biz.yahoo.com Constellation Energy Group (NYSE:CEG) spinning off BGE Corp. - Late '01: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) spinning off FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) - Late '01: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE:CP_W) - 10/01: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off CP Ships (NYSE:TEU_W) - 10/01: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:FHR_W) - 10/01: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off Fording (NYSE:FDG_W) - 10/01: biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Canadian Pacific Ltd. (NYSE:CP) spinning off PanCanadian Energy (NYSE:PCX_W) - 10/01: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE:EMN) spinning off Voridian Company - Q4 '01: newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com Enterasys Networks Inc. (NYSE:ETS) spinning off Aprisma Management Technologies - 12/01: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) spinning off Agere Systems Inc. (NYSE:AGRA) - Q1 '02: newsalert.com dailynews.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com newsalert.com Millipore (NYSE:MIL) spinning off Mykrolis Corp. (NYSE:MYK) - Early '02: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Sea Containers (NYSE:SCRA) spinning off Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE:OEH) - Early '02: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off AT&T Broadband - '02: newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com newsalert.com Magna International (NYSE:MGA) spinning off Intier Automotive (NASDAQ:IAIA) - ?: biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com Old: Unitrin, Inc. (NYSE:UTR) spinning off Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE:CW) - H1 '01: Western Resources (NYSE:WR) spinning off Westar Industries (non-utility assets) - '01: AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) spinning off AT&T Consumer (long-distance tracking stock) - Q3 '01: Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) spinning off Office-System business (NYSE:PBO) - Q3 '01: Aon Corp. (NYSE:AOC) spinning off Combined Specialty Corp. - Late '01: Reliant Energy Inc. (NYSE:REI) spinning off Reliant Resources Inc. (NYSE:RRI) - Late '01: Conexant Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT) spinning off Mindspeed Technologies (NASDAQ:MSPD) - 09/01: Thermo Electron (NYSE:TMO) spinning off Viasys Healthcare Inc. (AMEX:VSS) - H2 '01: MRV Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVC) spinning off Luminent Inc. (NASDAQ:LMNE) - Fall '01: Inverness Medical Technology (AMEX:IMA) spinning off women's health, nutritional supplements, clinical diagnostics - Q4 '01: AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE:ACO) spinning off Nanocor - ?: Lynch Corp. (AMEX:LGL) spinning off M-tron - ?: Spin-offs Completed: -------------------- New: 08/10/01 (NYSE:LMCA) Liberty Media Corp. - (NYSE:T) AT&T Corp. 08/09/01 (AMEX:KAI) Kadant, Inc. - (NYSE:TMO) Thermo Electron 08/07/01 (NYSE:ZMH) Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - (NYSE:BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb 08/06/01 (NASDAQ:RSTN) Riverstone Networks - (NYSE:ETS) Enterasys Networks Inc. 07/10/01 (NYSE:AWE) AT&T Wireless - (NYSE:T) AT&T Corp. 07/09/01 (NYSE:CEY) Certegy - (NYSE:EFX) Equifax, Inc. 07/02/01 (NYSE:COL) Rockwell Collins - (NYSE:ROK) Rockwell International 07/01/01 (NYSE:KSL) Kaneb Services LLC - (NYSE:XNR) Xanser Corp. 06/08/01 (NASDAQ:MCIT) MCI (tracking stock) - (NASDAQ:WCOM) WorldCom Old: 05/14/01 (NASDAQ:ROXI) Roxio, Inc. - (NASDAQ:ADPT) Adaptec, Inc. 04/30/01 (NASDAQ:STLW) Stratos Lightwave, Inc. - (NASDAQ:METHA) Methode Electronics, Inc. 04/24/01 (NYSE:WCG) Williams Communications Group In - (NYSE:WMB) Williams Cos. Inc. 04/04/01 (NYSE:COH) Coach, Inc. - (NYSE:SLE) Sara Lee Corp. 04/03/01 (NYSE:MIR) Mirant Corp. - (NYSE:SO) Southern Co. 04/02/01 (NYSE:ARB) Arbitron Inc. - (NYSE:CEN) Ceridian Corp. 03/30/01 (NYSE:RMG) Rainbow Media Group (tracking st - (NYSE:CVC) Cablevision Systems Corp. 03/28/01 (NYSE:FLO) Flowers' Foods Inc. - (NYSE:FLO) Flowers Industries 03/06/01 (AMEX:PRW) PracticeWorks - (NASDAQ:VWKS) VitalWorks 03/01/01 (AMEX:MPX) Marine Products Corp. - (NYSE:RES) RPC, Inc. 02/08/01 (NASDAQ:MCDTA) McData Corp. - (NYSE:EMC) EMC Corp. 02/07/01 (NYSE:AMX) America Movil - (NYSE:TMX) Telmex 02/01/01 (NYSE:GPN) Global Payments Inc. - (NYSE:NDC) National Data Corp. 01/02/01 (NASDAQ:EFDS) eFunds Corp. - (NYSE:DLX) Deluxe Corp. 01/02/01 (NASDAQ:ACLS) Axcelis Technologies, Inc. - (NYSE:ETN) Eaton Corp. 12/22/00 (NYSE:FLR) Fluor Corp. - (NYSE:MEE) A. T. Massey Coal Co. 12/18/00 (NASDAQ:CESI) Catalytica Energy Systems - (NASDAQ:CTAL) Catalytica, Inc. 12/15/00 (NYSE:AET) Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. - (NYSE:AET) Aetna 12/12/00 (NYSE:SYD) Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. - (NYSE:AOT) Apogent Technologies 11/14/00 (NYSE:SYT) Syngenta AG - (NYSE:AZN) AstraZeneca PLC 10/10/00 (NYSE:FLA) Florida East Coast Industries, I - (NYSE:JOE) The St. Joe Company 10/03/00 (NYSE:DNB) Dun & Bradstreet Corp. - (NYSE:MCO) Moody's Corp. 10/02/00 (NASDAQ:CCMP) Cabot Microelectronics Corp. - (NYSE:CBT) Cabot Corp. 10/02/00 (NASDAQ:RETK) Retek Inc. - (NASDAQ:HNCS) HNC Software Inc. 10/02/00 (NYSE:AV) Avaya Inc. - (NYSE:LU) Lucent Technologies 09/01/00 (NASDAQ:SNVT) Synavant Inc. - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health 08/21/00 (NYSE:KME) Key3Media - (NYSE:ZD) Ziff-Davis Inc. 08/18/00 (NASDAQ:MTROA) Metro International S.A. - (NASDAQ:MTGNY) Modern Times Group MTG AB 08/01/00 (NYSE:APW) APW Ltd. - (NYSE:ATU) Actuant Corp. 07/28/00 (NASDAQ:PALM) Palm Inc. - (NASDAQ:COMS) 3Com Corp. 07/13/00 (NYSE:SV) Stilwell Financial - (NYSE:KSU) Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. 07/10/00 (NASDAQ:SERA) SeraNova - (NASDAQ:ITIG) Intelligroup, Inc. 07/06/00 (NASDAQ:PFSW) PFSweb Inc. - (NASDAQ:DZTK) Daisytek 06/30/00 (NASDAQ:ANCX) ANC Rental Corp. - (NYSE:AN) AutoNation, Inc. 06/30/00 (NASDAQ:TIGA) Tioga Technologies Ltd. - (NASDAQ:ORCT) Orckit 06/29/00 (NYSE:VC) Visteon Corp. - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co 06/21/00 (NASDAQ:MIPSB) MIPS Technologies - (NYSE:SGI) Silicon Graphics 06/02/00 (NYSE:A) Agilent Technologies - (NYSE:HWP) Hewlett-Packard 05/05/00 (NYSE:NT) Nortel Networks - (NYSE:BCE) BCE 05/03/00 (NASDAQ:CUBE) C-Cube Microsystems - (NASDAQ:HLIT) Harmonic 04/17/00 (NYSE:GRP) Grant Prideco - (NYSE:WFT) Weatherford International, Inc. 04/14/00 (NASDAQ:GSOL) Global Sources - (NYSE:FA) Fairchild Corp. 04/03/00 (NYSE:EW) Edwards Lifesciences - (NYSE:BAX) Baxter International Inc. 04/01/00 (NASDAQ:TRBC) Three Rivers Bancorp, Inc. - (NASDAQ:UBAN) USBANCORP, Inc. 03/31/00 (NYSE:ENR) Energizer Holdings, Inc. - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina Company 03/30/00 (NYSE:ACI) Arch Coal, Inc. - (NYSE:ASH) Ashland Inc. 03/27/00 (AMEX:IPK) Imperial Parking - (NYSE:FUR) First Union Real Estate 03/16/00 (NYSE:TSG) Sabre Holdings Corp. - (NYSE:AMR) AMR Corp. 03/10/00 (NASDAQ:MIEC) MI Entertainment Corp. - (NYSE:MGA) Magna International 02/16/00 (NASDAQ:ELOY) eLoyalty - (NASDAQ:TSCC) Technology Solutions Company 12/31/99 (NASDAQ:CRTK) CoorsTek - (NYSE:GPK) Graphic Packaging International Corp. 12/31/99 (NYSE:RIG) Transocean Sedco Forex - (NYSE:SLB) Schlumberger 12/16/99 (NYSE:HBP) Huttig Building Products - (NYSE:CR) Crane Co. 11/30/99 (NYSE:TDY) Teledyne Technologies - (NYSE:ATI) Allegheny Technologies 11/30/99 (NYSE:PIK) Water Pik Technologies - (NYSE:ATI) Allegheny Technologies 11/05/99 (NYSE:LR) Lanier Worldwide, Inc. - (NYSE:HRS) Harris Corp. 11/05/99 (NYSE:PTV) Pactiv - (NYSE:TEN) Tenneco Automotive 10/25/99 (NYSE:CZ) Celanese AG - Hoechst AG 10/22/99 (NYSE:NMGA) The Neiman Marcus Group - (NYSE:H) Harcourt General, Inc. 10/18/99 (NYSE:CIR) CIRCOR International, Inc. - (NYSE:WTS) Watts 10/12/99 (NYSE:SNH) Senior Housing Properties Trust - (NYSE:HRP) HRPT 10/04/99 (NYSE:OMN) OMNOVA Solutions Inc. - (NYSE:GY) GenCorp 09/28/99 (NASDAQ:VTIV) Ventiv Health, Inc. - (NYSE:SNC) Snyder Communications, Inc. 09/10/99 (NYSE:CJR) Corus Entertainment - (NYSE:SJR) Shaw Communications Inc. 09/01/99 (AMEX:LIC) Lynch Interactive Corp. - (AMEX:LGL) Lynch Corp. 08/24/99 (NYSE:TOO) Too, Inc. (girl's clothing chain - (NYSE:LTD) The Limited 08/08/99 (NASDAQ:SWIM) Anthony & Sylvan Pools - ESSEF 07/26/99 (NYSE:ITB) Gartner Group, Inc. - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health 06/18/99 (NASDAQ:IHCO) Interstate Hotels Corporation - Patriot American Hospitality 06/14/99 (NYSE:RJR) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings I - (NYSE:NGH) Nabisco Group Holdings 06/07/99 uBid, Inc. - (NASDAQ:MALL) Creative Computers, Inc. 05/28/99 (NYSE:DPH) Delphi Automotive - (NYSE:GM) General Motors Corp. 05/12/99 (NASDAQ:LPNT) LifePoint Hospitals - (NYSE:HCA) Columbia/HCA 05/12/99 (NASDAQ:TRIH) Triad Hospitals - (NYSE:HCA) Columbia/HCA 05/03/99 (NASDAQ:VSTR) VoiceStream Wireless - (NASDAQ:WWCA) Western Wireless 04/30/99 (NYSE:GK) GenTek - (NYSE:GCG) General Chemical 04/27/99 (NYSE:ITG) Investment Technology Group - (NYSE:JEF) Jefferies Group 04/06/99 (AMEX:EVRC) Evercel - (NASDAQ:FCEL) FuelCell 04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VARI) Varian Inc. - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems 04/05/99 (NASDAQ:VSEA) Varian Semiconductor Equipment A - (NYSE:VAR) Varian Medical Systems 03/19/99 (NYSE:PTZ) Pulitzer Publishing - (NYSE:HTV) Hearst Argyle Television 02/08/99 (NASDAQ:ARJ) Arch Chemicals - (NYSE:OLN) Olin 01/20/99 (NASDAQ:MMTM) Momentum - (NASDAQ:PSFT) Peoplesoft 01/04/99 (NYSE:PHCC) Priority Healthcare - (NYSE:BDY) Bindley Western 01/04/99 (NYSE:CVG) Convergys - Cincinnati Bell 01/04/99 (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment - (NYSE:HLT) Hilton Hotels 01/04/99 (NASDAQ:LACO) Lakes Gaming - (NYSE:PPE) Park Place Entertainment 01/04/99 PennzEnergy - (NYSE:PZL) Pennzoil Quaker State 01/04/99 (NASDAQ:CNXT) Conexant - (NYSE:ROK) Rockwell International 12/29/98 (NYSE:CLJ) Crestline Capital - (NASDAQ:HMT) Host Marriott 12/16/98 (NASDAQ:HIFN) Hi/FN - (NASDAQ:PRVO) Previo Inc. 11/16/98 (NYSE:BRP) Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:EMT) Embratel - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSU) Tele Celular Sul - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TRO) Tele Centro Oeste Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TBE) Tele Leste Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TND) Tele Nordeste Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TCN) Tele Norte Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TNE) Tele Norte Leste - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSD) Tele Sudeste Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TMB) Telemig Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TCP) Telesp Celular - Telebras 11/16/98 (NYSE:TSP) Telesp Participacoes - Telebras 11/06/98 (NYSE:WDR) Waddell & Reed Financial - (NYSE:TMK) Torchmark 10/29/98 (NASDAQ:BVRS) BVR Systems - (NASDAQ:BVRT) BVR Technologies 10/16/98 (NASDAQ:MRYP) Merry Land Properties - Merry Land & Investment 09/28/98 (NYSE:MXT) Metris Companies - Fingerhut Companies 09/28/98 (NASDAQ:AMZ) American Medical Security - (NYSE:UWZ) United Wisconsin 09/24/98 (NASDAQ:LWIN) Leap Wireless International - (NASDAQ:QCOM) Qualcomm 09/15/98 (NYSE:IFS) Insignia Financial Group - (NYSE:AIV) Apartment Investment & Management 09/03/98 Cellular Communications of Puert - (NASDAQ:COMM) CoreComm 09/01/98 (NASDAQ:PPCO) Penwest Pharmaceuticals - (NASDAQ:PENX) Penford 08/19/98 (NASDAQ:CSON) Cohesion Technologies - Collagen Aesthetics 08/10/98 (NYSE:PME) Penton Media - Pittway 08/06/98 Bristol Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:FCH) FelCor Lodging Trust 08/03/98 (NYSE:MMH) MeriStar Hotels & Resorts - (NYSE:MHX) MeriStar Hotels 07/02/98 (NASDAQ:JPSP) JPS Packaging - Sealright 07/01/98 Nielsen Media Research - (NYSE:RX) IMS Health 06/29/98 (NYSE:TP) TNT Post Group - (NYSE:KPN) Royal PTT Nederland 06/23/98 (AMEX:AWX) Avalon Holdings - (NYSE:AW) Allied Waste 06/22/98 (NYSE:RHD) R.H. Donnelly - (NYSE:DNB) Dun & Bradstreet 06/18/98 Chicago Title Corp. - (NYSE:Y) Alleghany Corp. 06/18/98 (NASDAQ:MTLX) Marine Transport Corp. - (NYSE:OMM) OMI Corp. 06/16/98 (NASDAQ:CCHE) Clinichem - (NASDAQ:BCHE) Biochem Pharma 06/15/98 (NASDAQ:HGPI) Horizon Group Properties - (NYSE:PRT) Prime Retail 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:AZTC) Aztec Technology Partners - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:FLYR) Navigant International - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:SCHS) School Specialty - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products 06/10/98 (NASDAQ:WORK) Workflow Management - (NASDAQ:OFISC) US Office Products 05/13/98 (NYSE:OTL) Octel - (NYSE:GLK) Great Lakes Chemical 05/01/98 Vencor - (NYSE:VTR) Ventas 04/07/98 (NYSE:AFS) Associates First Capital - (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Co 04/06/98 (NASDAQ:SONO) SonoSite - ATL Ultrasound 04/01/98 (NYSE:LVLT) Level 3 Communications - Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. 03/31/98 (NYSE:MWY) Midway Games - (NYSE:WMS) WMS Industries 03/27/98 (NYSE:SDH) Sodexho Marriott Services - (NYSE:MAR) Marriott International 03/27/98 (NYSE:AGX) Agribrands International - (NYSE:RAL) Ralston Purina 03/13/98 Bolle - Lumen Technologies 03/10/98 (NYSE:VL) Vlasic - (NYSE:CPB) Campbell Soup Spin-offs Considered: -------------------- New: New Announcements: Diageo (NYSE:DEO) considering spin-off of Burger King: newsalert.com Metromedia International Group, Inc (AMEX:MMG) considering spin-off of Russian and eastern European telephony assets: biz.yahoo.com Old: GM (NYSE:GM) considering spin-off of Hughes Electronics Corp. (tracking stock) (NYSE:GMH): ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:ICN) considering spin-off of Biotech and International Divisions: Ambassadors International, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMIE) considering spin-off of Ambassadors Education Group, Inc.: Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) considering spin-off of mixed-use main street retail assets: