To: Libbyt who wrote (8359 ) 10/21/2002 4:59:01 PM From: Jorj X Mckie Respond to of 57110 16:57 ET DVSA Diversa beats by 2 cents, issues guidance (9.01 +0.12) Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.19 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.21); revenues fell 8.9% year/year to $8.2 mln vs the $8.0 mln consensus; reaffirms 2002 forecast of a loss of $0.67 on revs of $35 mln, vs consensus of ($0.66) and $37.2 mln. 16:56 ET Nasdaq-100 After Hours indicator falls 8 pts The decline in the After Hours indicator follows TXN's Q3 earnings report and disappointing Q4 guidance... Seeing chip names such INTC -3% and MXIM -6% tick lower in reaction to TXN. 16:53 ET CD Cendant reports in-line Q3, announces $200 mln buyback (12.27 +0.77) Reports Q3 (Sep) pro forma earnings of $0.28 per share, in line with the Multex consensus of $0.28. Co reaffirms Q4 pro forma EPS forecast of $0.29, and announces a $200 mln buyback program. 16:49 ET TXN Texas Instruments guides Q4 below consensus (17.12 +0.02) -- Update -- For Q4, co sees EPS of about $0.02 on a pro forma basis, "plus or minus a few cents." TXN sees a 10% sequential decline in revenues, implying Q4 top-line of approx. $2.02 bln. The Multex consensus estimates for Q4 are $0.11 and $2.3 bln. 16:47 ET PCTI PC-TEL beats expectations (6.70 -0.10) Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.16 per share, $0.23 better than the Multex consensus of ($0.07); revenues rose 164.8% year/year to $12.5 mln vs the $9.8 mln consensus. (Co says utilization of reserved inventory favorably impacted product margins and net income for the quarter, so result may not be comparable to consensus.) 16:46 ET IRF Intl Rectifier beats by $0.03 (16.46 +0.96) Reports Q1 earnings of $0.21 per share, $0.03 better than the Multex consensus of $0.18; revenues rose 25.9% year/year to $212.2 mln vs the $211.0 mln consensus.