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To: P.Prazeres who wrote (484)	2/25/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Rob Preuss	Respond to of 1250

God I hope it insurable... Right now I'm stressed (too) so I'm heading to exercise class. See y'all here tomorrow.

To: P.Prazeres who wrote (484)	2/25/1998 5:38:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1250

"whatever the case, though, they have probably destroyed their credibility with the street and that in itself could put this in the doghouse of forgotten treasures." PP, you have hit on the key issue, the loss of credibility will be far more damaging than the short-term financial loss. Who would want to buy this stock given the events of the past 6 months? DD

To: P.Prazeres who wrote (484)	2/25/1998 8:21:00 PM
From: Alfredo Nova	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1250

Paulo, I don't want to be the ultimate optimist in this. However, enterprise and investing are both based on realistic and reasonable optimism. Todays the company gave terrible news. However, if they did not know how to keep the inventory under control, we hope they learned it now. This either makes them go bankrupt or not. If they are not going bankrupt, then they should improve their business management. (but I don't know, and probably none of us does if they will go under, although it seems unlikely). With better decisions, better results will come and the stock price will likewise respond. However if and when the company recovers its business standing, the stock recovery may lag the business recovery by several mos at least, since the street will want to see several steady quarters of good growth before singing to ACTM again. So look at this at a long, long term story if you want to hold, or take a loss at some point. One question to you: is there any risk of major business destroyment? thanks, Alfredo