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To: Joe Copia who wrote (25253)	6/19/2003 11:44:08 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

Joe, What do you think of OTC:BB AGRD? Might be worth a look. Not sure if this company is for real. A Nevada Corp. trading on the OTC:BB at around 3 cents, not exactly a solid play. Up big today though. Might be something to it; could be a big gainer from here. RB has a message board for AGRD.OB. Seems like a OTC:BB shell company scam. But, who knows, sometimes these little OTC:BB gems in the pennies grow up to be real companies (most of the time not though).

To: Joe Copia who wrote (25253)	6/19/2003 11:44:08 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 25711

Joe, What do you think of OTC:BB AGRD? Might be worth a look. Not sure if this company is for real. A Nevada Corp. trading on the OTC:BB at around 3 cents, not exactly a solid play. Up big today though. Might be something to it; could be a big gainer from here. RB has a message board for AGRD.OB. Seems like a OTC:BB shell company scam. But, who knows, sometimes this little OTC:BB gems in the pennies grow up to be real companies (most of the time not though).

To: Joe Copia who wrote (25253)	6/20/2003 12:02:28 AM
From: Joe Copia	Respond to of 25711

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