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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (3)	11/18/2001 6:34:15 AM
From: richardred	Respond to of 306

Well Charles: I'm curious to about, many companies, but I'm alive and well. There is a company called Stock Search Int. it is fee based,for that fee they will do it for you. I also suspect you will be right about the fee being more than it's worth in most cases. I can leave a link if your interested in that. Also there is a book, I remember doing research in called Obsolete Securities. This is a helpful tool when one has the time to do the research themselves. One of the reason I created this board was to offer a meeting place to exchange information for free. Like you mentioned you were curious and probably don't want to pay a fee. I mentioned, I did put this subject in coffee shop because of the constrains of time for many. Floating Point rings a bell, but I myself don't recall at this moment. I thought MOT bought them,or maybe that was 4 Phase Systems. Oh well Maybe the wealth within here can help. Thanks for getting the ball rolling anyway. I don't know if this board will prosper or wither on the vine,(my irony not intended for politics on this board), but like I said I like a little bit history for closure now and then. Hope this helps? Good Investing to You! Richardred

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (3)	12/3/2001 1:05:04 PM
From: richardred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306

Charles: I found this interesting link-If I have time I will try and find out myself and post my findings. RR paralogos.com

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (3)	3/21/2008 6:53:46 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306

I don't know how well it works, I've only tried it on one stock. However Tradestation says they keep records of stocks that no longer trade. So for example if the symbol for a stock you have or had has been changed you can out in the company name into the database, it will produce a chart of the company using the last symbol it had. So if ABC company delisted and the symbol was changed to ABCxx it will have a chart. Using that chart you can find out a couple of things. One, whether or not the company still trades, but it's changed names or symbols or both. Two, if it does not trade at least you can determine when it stopped. Having the date that it stopped trading may help you determine what might have happened. Went out of business, taken over..... Such companies must have traded over the past 20 or 30 years if I recall correctly. Their database only goes back that far.