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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (50670)	7/9/2004 1:16:37 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Software firms stumble in second quarter news.com.com <<..."Companies intend to spend a lot on software, but they just didn't feel like doing it right now," said Patrick Mason, an analyst at Pacific Growth Equities. When big companies do decide to buy, they're hunting for greater discounts, which further erodes software makers' profits, said analysts. The trend started several years ago and isn't expected to stop anytime soon. In a recent Forrester Research survey of 25 IT managers in companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue, roughly half expect discounting to continue through 2004 and in the foreseeable future...>>

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (50670)	7/9/2004 7:09:21 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Trump slams Bush on Iraq nydailynews.com President Bush, you should be fired. The Donald has turned thumbs down on the President's war in Iraq, calling it a "mess." "What was the purpose of the whole thing?" Donald Trump asks in an Esquire interview. "Hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and no legs?" "The Apprentice" star said it's folly to think Iraq can be turned into a "wonderful democracy." The real estate baron said if he were President, Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden "would have been caught long ago." "Tell me, how is it possible that we can't find a guy who's 6-foot-6 and supposedly needs a dialysis machine?" Trump said. "Can you explain that one to me? We have all our energies focused on one place - where they shouldn't be focused." Trump, a Republican, has flirted with the idea of running for President. Corky Siemaszko Originally published on July 9, 2004