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To: The Reaper who wrote (130156)	7/15/2003 10:36:21 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

CS First Boston "trashes" QCOM during "quiet period" (S.E.C. mandated "no comment" period for corporations right before earnings releases). As usual ! (I just wanted to "flag" this in the "header"). (See post # 130156 (the one I am replying to) for details). Personally, I am still looking forward to reading of CS First Boston's liquidation in bankruptcy and disgrace. It almost happened in the early 1990s (if I am remembering the time period correctly), when those pinheads at First Boston bet the firm on some bridge loans to stupid, insolvent companies. (First Boston was then "rescued" by CS (Credit Suisse), and the firm became CS First Boston). Jon.

To: The Reaper who wrote (130156)	7/15/2003 11:14:59 AM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Double K, CSFB was just piling on after the semi-annual VOD/VZ rehash, though I do not recall the VOD/VZ non-spat ever getting front page WSJ coverage before. We haven't heard from Brian Modoff yet, amongst others.

To: The Reaper who wrote (130156)	7/15/2003 12:20:23 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

CSFB is engaging in the usual manipulation to get the price down either to cover a short position or to buy the shares before they respond to stronger than expected earnings. In my view, the kind of tactics engaged in by investment firms to manipulate stock prices for their own benefit is tantamount to false advertising and could be prosecuted under the Lanham Act, a federal law that provides penalties for misleading or deceptive claims. Art

To: The Reaper who wrote (130156)	7/15/2003 10:42:11 PM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Right on schedule... More of the same. theregister.co.uk GSM to overtake CDMA in USA By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 15/07/2003 at 22:40 GMT When Nokia repeated its prediction that the global GSM standard could grab half of the US cellphone market, we were skeptical. Thanks to adoption by Verizon and SprintPCS networks, CDMA phones grabbed a seemingly impregnable lead in the United States. But the latest prediction from ABI Research suggests that the GSM family of standards, which includes GPRS, could overtake CDMA in a couple of years. ABI pegs this year's numbers as 73 million CDMA handsets , or a 44 per cent share, versus 58 million, or a 35 per cent share. The latter is a dramatic increase from 11 per cent last year, thanks to AT&T Wireless moving from TDMA to GSM/GPRS. According to the analyst company, GSM will draw level next year, 45 to 44 per cent, and nudge ahead in 2005. The share of others, which includes Nextel's iDEN will fall to 8 per cent. For the rest of the period for which ABI has made forecasts, GSM and CDMA technologies duke it out with scarcely a per centage point of difference between them. Overall ABI sees plenty of growth yet in the US market. It suggests subscriber numbers will grow from 165 million this year to 204 million in 2008. ® Bootnote: Nokia has its own typically understated observation to make about the politics of cellular standards. In a brochure showcasing business applications for the Series 60 platform, dated June 2003, the very excellent Opera browser is illustrated. The choice of story is interesting: a CNET report about Congressman Issa advocating that Congress ensure that the Iraqis are free to use only the very best CDMA networks. ®