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To: Voltaire who wrote (52766)	6/5/2002 11:53:26 PM
From: SOROS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Cash flow is good, but they do have 80 billion in debt. Plus, no one knows for sure what was and wasn't paid and what deals were and were not done properly. When you catch one fox in the hen house, you can usually be sure there were others eating the chickens as well. I remain, SOROS p.s. I believe that the love of money has long dictated how the entire wallstreet machine has been run. It is loaded with graft and corruption. It is well orchestrated, however, and that is why it has survived and prospered for so long. But as they say, all good things must end someday. I think we are at that point, so traders may prosper on Tyco, but investors will get killed. This is a market for traders and con men. Honest, hardworking people are going to lose all they gained over the past 15 years if they don't wake up. p.p.s. As for gold, it's my middle name -- $ORO$ -- remember it.

To: Voltaire who wrote (52766)	6/6/2002 1:18:37 AM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 65232

Howdy Voltaire, You still selling covered calls on your shares? Unless you're correct about gold run being a short term blip (I don't see it that way), the buy/write strategy could work pretty well on mining shares at resistance/support levels. Hope all is well. jpgill

To: Voltaire who wrote (52766)	6/6/2002 12:08:10 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

The Merrill Lynch Settlement: Good for Merrill, Not for Investors When brokerage giant Merrill Lynch agreed last month to pay $100 million to settle the analyst bias charge brought by the New York attorney general, it was widely seen as a smart way for the firm to avoid a lengthy, image-tarnishing court case. But will the settlement, involving a number of changes in the way analysts are paid and supervised, really lead to better, more objective stock analysis on Wall Street? Read the entire article at... knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu