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To: Rich1 who wrote (86048)	4/16/2003 12:00:17 PM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

Capital Research Group Announces Investment Opinion: Solid Earnings Performances for Many Blue Chips! Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS): Market Underperform, down 6% on 5 million shares. 16 Apr 2003, 08:16am ET NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Peter Antipatis of Capital Research Group Inc., a Member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD Number 2955420. Watch Warning Model Management LLC (OTC BB: FIXN). FIXN just announced the signing of Kylie Bax, cover star of Sports Illustrated, Escada, Versace, Oscar de la Renta and hundreds of additional covers has been signed by Warning! Watch for the stock to move as market players learn more about this growing Company! Other stock market standouts include: AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR): Market Underperform, up 10% on 47 million shares, Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR): Market Perform, up 11% on 19 million shares, Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS): Market Underperform, down 6% on 5 million shares. "Wall Street fiddled on both sides of the fence Tuesday, but ended on positive ground by the close of regular trading, spurred ahead by solid earnings performances from several blue chip heavyweights. The Dow Jones industrial average touched red a few times throughout the day, after staging a triple digit advance in the previous session, but ended up by 49.51 points, to 8,400.61," stated Peter Antipatis. More is available at: www.thesubway.com/sub_comm.asp. All material herein was prepared by Capital Research Group, Inc. (CRG) based upon information believed to be reliable. The information contained herein is not guaranteed by CRG to be accurate, and should not be considered to be all-inclusive. The companies that are discussed in this opinion have not approved the statements made in this opinion. This opinion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. CRG is not a licensed broker, broker dealer, market maker, investment banker, investment advisor, analyst or underwriter. Please consult a broker before purchasing or selling any securities viewed on www.thesubway.com or mentioned herein. CRG has been compensated by third party shareholders or with cash from the company on behalf of one or more of the companies mentioned in this opinion. (crg has received three million fixn shares) CRG intends to sell its shares. CRG has sold approximately zero fixn shares to date. CRG may sell its shares for less than the target price given in this opinion. CRG's affiliates, officers, directors and employees may also have bought or may buy the shares discussed in this opinion and may profit in the event those shares rise in value. Market commentary provided by Peter Antipatis, CRD number 2955420. CRG will not advise as to when it decides to sell and does not and will not offer any opinion as to when others should sell; each investor must make that decision based on his or her judgment of the market.

To: Rich1 who wrote (86048)	4/16/2003 5:37:55 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Judge rejects Rambus bid to dismiss FTC case Wed April 16, 2003 02:56 PM ET WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected a motion by Rambus Inc. RMBS.O to dismiss the government's antitrust case against it, saying there was enough evidence to warrant going ahead with a trial later this month. Two weeks before the case is scheduled to go to trial, U.S. Administrative Law Judge Stephen McGuire said there was "sufficient evidence" that Rambus might have engaged in anti-competitive tactics. "Whether Respondent engaged in a pattern of deceptive, exclusionary conduct by subverting an open standards process; whether Respondent utilized such conduct to capture a monopoly in technology-related markets; and whether the challenged conduct violates well-established principles of antitrust law are material questions of fact to be resolved at trial," McGuire wrote. In a separate ruling, the judge also turned down a request by FTC lawyers that he expand a list of legal findings against Rambus for its alleged destruction of documents related to the case. The added legal findings sought by the FTC would have tilted the case against Rambus. At stake in the case are Rambus patent claims worth over a billion dollars in royalties from memory-chip makers. The FTC filed antitrust charges against Rambus in August. It contends Rambus participated for more than four years in an industry standard-setting group without disclosing it had a patent and several pending patent applications for specific technologies ultimately adopted by the group. The two decisions were dated Tuesday but not made public until Wednesday. McGuire took over the case earlier this year from another administrative law judge who retired. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 30. Rambus general counsel John Danforth said judges do not often grant motions for dismissal before trial in cases like that involving Rambus. He said the two orders handed down by McGuire mean both issues will be "up for grabs at trial." In its motion for dismissal, Rambus had argued that the case should be thrown out before trial because the company had notified the industry group about its patents and because the ground rules that govern the group were unclear.