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To: username who wrote (33268)	2/4/1998 12:38:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 61433

No 20K+ trades in about 45 minutes. The 10 a.m. PST target for the anticipated large block activity approaches: tl: prev: ASND 20000 ASND - Transaction Log 12:07:06 S T 31.5 11:11:00 S V 31769 12:07:06 S V 47538 11:08:33 S 25000 31:7 12:04:42 S T 31.5 11:07:07 S T 31.3 12:04:42 S V 47316 11:07:07 S V 31020 12:00:29 S T 31:9 11:07:04 S T 31.3 12:00:29 S V 47049 11:07:04 S V 31025 11:55:57 S 25000 31:E 11:03:34 S 20000 31.3 11:50:46 S 25000 31.6 11:01:42 S 25000 31:7 11:44:58 S 25000 31.6 11:01:34 S T 31.3 11:44:34 S 58000 31:E 11:01:34 S V 29308 11:44:11 S 25000 31.5 10:54:41 S 50000 31:5 11:39:35 S 50000 31.5 10:54:18 S 25000 31.2 11:34:24 S T 31.5 10:53:41 S T 31.2 11:34:24 S V 39517 10:53:41 S V 27248 11:32:09 S 20000 31.5 10:53:23 S T 31:5 11:30:54 S 50000 31.4 10:53:23 S V 27223 11:30:02 S 30000 31.4 10:52:37 S T 31:5 11:26:35 S 20000 31.4 10:52:37 S V 27058 11:15:42 S 25000 31:9 10:44:38 S 20000 31.2 11:14:02 S 20000 31.4 10:34:57 S 25000 31:3 11:11:00 S T 31:7 10:28:44 S T 31.1

To: username who wrote (33268)	2/4/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: sepku	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Nope, never was short AOL, but I just can't get over what it's trading at these days. In light of the Asian situation, it's nice not to have any real dependency on sales of actual product, I guess. Service-oriented businesses, particularly online/internet, seem to have weathered the past few months quite well. Check out YHOO and XCIT, too. Did you read that article on the founders of SI, who turned down the 900,000 share buyout offer from Excite in 1996, to integrate SI into their service? At the time, that valued SI at about $5 mil, or $5.5 per share in XCIT stock. Today, XCIT closed at 48 -- if they had accepted the offer, the 900,000 shares would be worth 43.2 mil...a profit of 873% in about 18 months. I wonder what they could fetch for SI today? $100 mil? After all, MSFT paid about $400 mil for Hotmail.com this last December -- and that's just a email service. Style Pts.