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Technology Stocks : MRV Communications (MRVC) opinions? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dee Jay who wrote (6907)	1/30/1998 8:17:00 PM
From: signist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Would someone take the time and explain to me how the "Upgrades, Downgrades and coverage initiated" really works? Quite often BEST is mentioned on CNBC as Recommending various stock, along with many, many others but , again I have never heard them recommend MRVC publicly. There is alot of money out there among the dumb (public) investors, like me. Do all Investment Firms, etc. circulate their recommendations for a fee to professional Brokers? Is their recommendations leaked to the public or do they issue a press release? This recommendation thing seems that it may be just a self-serving exercise to promote the stock that the various firms have underwritten. Are there any regulations or oversight of these recommendations? I seem to remember some sort of investigation was done by the SEC during the Cabot fiasco. I would appreciate some help in this area If for no other reason, to keep from pissing the pros off with elementary questions, such as these. If management didn't have the hutspa (sp) to be a more truthful about their true feelings about BEST and/or their mistake in choosing BEST then why should we believe everything else they have said to investors-Seth. A simple statement to the effect that they (MRVC might have expected more from BEST) would have sufficed rather than some candy-coated reply. I truly believe management is happy with whatever BEST has done for them. An award and $23.00 and change will buy one a share of stock. John

To: Dee Jay who wrote (6907)	2/1/1998 1:13:00 AM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 42804

what part of NuYawk ya from, what neighborhood? Queens? Brooklyn? Pelham Parkway? DeeJay, Would Joisey count? On topic: Id'appreciate a quick rundown on MRVC if anyone has the time. Key product? Debt? Market cap to sales ratio? Competitors? Acquisition scenario? Invest? Avoid? Thanks in advance! Gary Korn