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To: David Lawrence who wrote (10947)	12/19/1997 4:00:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

RESEARCH ALERT- 3Com (COMS.O) estimates clipped NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - SoundView Financial Group said analyst Michael Karfopoulos reduced his earnings estimates on 3Com Corp on Friday. -- cut fiscal 1998 EPS to $0.75 from $1.10. -- cut fiscal 1999 EPS to $1.50 from $1.86. -- kept stock rated as short-term and long-term hold. -- Shares off 7/8 to 32-1/4. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (10947)	12/19/1997 4:04:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

RESEARCH ALERT - 3Com (COMS.O) 1998 EPS view cut NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Gruntal & Co said Friday it lowered its fiscal 1998 earnings estimate on 3Com Corp to $0.88 per share from $1.23. -- The 1999 estimate was set at $1.69. -- The rating remained a hold. -- 3Com's second-quarter results were in line with recently reduced Wall Street estimates. -- Gruntal assumes modest sequential gains in the systems business, but sees Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) gaining market share, some of which will be at 3Com's expense. -- Until a modem standard is agreed upon, potential buyers are likely to stall new and upgrade purchases. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (10947)	12/19/1997 4:08:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

RESEARCH ALERT - 3COM (COMS.O) estimate raised - BancAmerica Robertson Stephens analyst Paul Johnson raised estimates on 3Com Corp to reflect slightly higher margins in the reported second quarter. - Johnson raised his 1998 and 1999 earnings per share estimates to $1.15 and $2.27 from $1.12 and $2.24, respectively. Yah, I know you put this on the other thread, but it is the only one that raised.<g> o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (10947)	12/21/1997 8:43:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Ghost prowls Cambridge college, staff seek exorcism --Jeff Maybe??? LONDON (Reuters) - The ghost of an 18th century suicide victim is stalking the corridors of a Cambridge University college and perturbed professors want to call in an exorcist. The Peterhouse college bursar and two butlers have reported seeing the mysterious figure in an oak-paneled dining room. "That something took place in that room is in fact beyond question," the Reverend Graham Ward, dean of Peterhouse, told BBC Radio on Friday. "I saw the absolute terror on the faces of those two butlers, so I don't doubt something happened. In a college full of unreliable people, they are completely reliable." Bursar Andrew Murison said he encountered the spirit while working late one night. "The first thing I noticed was the room was very cold even though the fires were lit," Murison said. He heard a knocking noise and thought it was the central heating system rumbling. "Then I became aware very much of a presence, and I turned around and in the distant corner of the room there was very distinctly a figure -- perfectly benign and friendly," he said. "But it's not the sort of thing that bursars like to talk about too much because we're supposed to be the sort of chaps who have our feet on the ground, and people might think I'm a complete fruitcake." The ghost of Francis Dawes, who hanged himself after a controversial college election in the 18th century, is thought to haunt the college at the elite university. Dawes is buried in a churchyard beside the college which has been the scene of two exorcisms -- one to banish a poltergeist in the 18th century and the other when a dark presence was seen in a courtyard overlooking the graveyard.