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To: akidron who wrote (12287)	11/28/1997 1:51:00 PM
From: Rational	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

must b a mistake... amat only traded 4.3M today a 3.9M block would imply* trading 400K rest of day which is pretty unlikely* Why? It does not imply so. Suppose that I want to buy 3.9 M shares. I can strike a deal with an MM to acquire these shares at the lowest possible cost to me. The MM trades, i.e., begins to acquire shares at gradually increasing prices. Thus, trades for 3.9M plus another 400K shares are still taking place, while I bought 3.9M through the MM. Sankar