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To: Art Stone who wrote (5686)	11/7/1997 10:40:00 PM
From: craig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

to all, i can't figure out why certain people keep bringing up the fact that analysts are reiterating the buy/strong buy positions. what else would one expect when this stock is 80% owned by institutions ? as long as they all keep telling the market the house of aol is clean the stock will not show its true self. when these same analysts start showing any signs of negativity, that is when aol will fall hard. IMO

To: Art Stone who wrote (5686)	11/7/1997 11:46:00 PM
From: jack rand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

>>When computing EPS, the accountants insist that you take all >>options, warrants, preferred stock, etc... which might Dilute >>future earnings (if exercised), and present the EPS number >>based on a worse case scenario. FASB rules require that fully diluted shares be used to compute EPS when net is is positive and primary shares when net is negative. A recent rule (effective for AOL's FY98) also requires that companies disclose in their 10K's the prospective impact of options on EPS, using fair value pricing models.