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To: SusieQ1065 who wrote (6925)	7/18/2001 4:18:57 PM
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Mercury Interactive (MERQ) 34.19 -4.39: Reports Q2 earnings of $0.18 a share, in line with the First Call consensus of $0.18, vs year-ago earnings of $0.14; revenues rose 37.9% to $96.00 mln (vs Multex consensus of $97.9 mln) from a year-ago of $69.60 mln. No guidance in press release; see press release. E*TRADE (ET) 6.35 +0.01: Reports Q2 earnings of $0.02 a share, $0.01 better than the First Call consensus of $0.01, vs year-ago of breakeven; revenues fell 8.9% to $308.18 mln from a year-ago of $338.30 mln; see press release. McDATA (MCDT) 17.55 -2.55: Reports Q2 net of $0.04 a share, a penny worse than consensus and in-line with guidance of $0.04-$0.06; revenues rose 44% to $81.3 mln. Company forecasts Q3 earnings of $0.03-$0.05 (consensus $0.07) and revenues of $82-$86 mln (consensus $87.3 mln); puts full yr EPS at $0.25-$0.30 vs consensus of $0.29. IBM (IBM) 104.28 -4.25: Company reports Q2 earnings of $1.15 per share, in line with the consensus estimate; Q2 revs reported at $21.6 bln short of the consensus of $22.6 bln; details to follow.