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To: TWICK who wrote (180226)	10/20/2008 6:17:20 PM
From: ACAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 208838

[EMC] I personally like it, and they were saying that the call action was good today fool.com

To: TWICK who wrote (180226)	10/21/2008 4:28:13 PM
From: ACAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 208838

EMC jumping up after the close to 10.38 VMW 18.68, -1.96, -9.5%) reported a sharp jump in third-quarter earnings thanks mostly to strong growth in services revenue. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the company reported earnings of $83.3 million, or 21 cents a share, compared to earnings of $64.7 million, or 18 cents a share, for the same period the previous year. Excluding the cost of stock options and other items, the company said it would have earned $93 million, or 24 cents a share, for the recent period. Revenue rose to $472.1 million from $357.8 million last year. Analysts were expecting earnings of 20 cents a share on revenue of $464.6 million, according to consensus estimates from FactSet Research. End of Story