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To: AugustWest who wrote (46)3/11/1998 12:32:00 AM
From: Bruce Cullen  Respond to of 124
 
Think this over folks
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Earnings Surprise Summary: 7:15 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Unless otherwise noted, the company earnings figures are on a diluted basis and First Call assumes earnings estimates from analysts are on a diluted basis.

Upside Surprises

Companies whose quarterly net income (or loss) was better than the mean estimate provided by First Call:

Net Or First Call
(Loss) Mean Estimate
Atria Cmnty ATRC 4Q 10c 9c
Coors (Adlph) B ACCOB 4Q 16c 15c
Dvlprs Div Rlty DDR 4Q FFO 88c 86c
Mercury Genl MCY 4Q Op 86c 70c
Primus Telcm Gp PRTL 4Q (60c) (65c)
Whittman Hart WHIT 4Q Op 14c 13c


Downside Surprises

Companies whose quarterly net income didn't meet the First Call mean estimate or companies that reported an unexpected loss or a greater-than-expected loss:

Net Or First Call
(Loss) Mean Estimate
Columbia HCA COL 4Q Cont (63c) (51c)
Delphi Finl A DFG 4Q Op 79c 82c
Tricon Global YUM 4Q ($2.39) ($2.34)


On-Target Earnings

Companies whose quarterly net income matched the First Call mean estimate:

Net Or First Call
(Loss) Mean Estimate
None reported.

So Far Today
Upside Surprises 6
Downside Surprises 3
On-Target Earnings 0

"Dow Jones News Service"
"Copyright(c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc."



To: AugustWest who wrote (46)3/11/1998 1:09:00 AM
From: Bruce Cullen  Respond to of 124
 
NEWS FLASH Funny this came out just now!
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Tuesday March 10, 11:45 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

Hot U.S. Technology Companies: 109 Firms Qualify in February

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1998--Facts Online announced that 109 U.S. technology companies qualified as ''hot'' during February 1998.

Of the 109 companies, 28 are publicly traded and 81 are private. To qualify, companies must have national presence or potential, received new investments, or
made acquisitions during February. The U.S. technology companies which met these criteria during February are:

Adaptec Inc [Nasdaq:ADPT - news], Adaptive Solutions Inc [Nasdaq:ADSO - news], Adept Technology Inc [Nasdaq:ADTK - news], Advanced Communication
Systems Inc, AirNet Communications Corp, Alpha Microsystems [Nasdaq:ALMI - news], Anacomp Inc [Nasdaq:ANCO - news], Artisan Components Inc, Aspect
Medical Systems Inc, Athena Design Inc, Atmel Corp [Nasdaq:ATML - news], Axiom Inc [Nasdaq:AXIM - news], Bay Networks Inc [NYSE:BAY - news], BMC
Software Inc [Nasdaq:BMCS - news], Broadcom Corp, BSQUARE Corp, C2i Solutions Inc [Nasdaq:CTWO - news], Cellomics Inc, Checkpoint Systems Inc [NYSE:CKP
- news], Cisco Systems Inc [Nasdaq:CSCO - news], Commercial Data Servers, CompuMed Inc, Computer Horizons Corp [Nasdaq:CHRZ - news], Concord EFS Inc
[Nasdaq:CEFT - news], DCI Telecommunications Inc [OTC BB:DCTC - news], Deltek Systems Inc [Nasdaq:DLTK - news], Digitcom Multimedia Corp, DirectNet
Telecommunications, Duet Technologies Inc, EarthLink Network Inc, Electronic Data Systems Corp (NYSE:EDS - news; EDS), Escalate Networks Inc, Factual
Data Corp, FirstSense Software Inc, Fiserv Inc [Nasdaq:FISV - news], Fuisz Technology Ltd, Galileo Corp [Nasdaq:GAEO - news], Global TeleSystems Group Inc,
Hadco Corp [Nasdaq:HDCO - news], HNC Software Inc [Nasdaq:HNCS - news], Horizon Medical Products Inc, I-Flow Corp [Nasdaq:IFLO - news], ICARUS Corp, ICG
Communications Inc [Nasdaq:ICGX - news], Icon CMT Corp [Nasdaq:ICMT - news], IFR Systems Inc [Nasdaq:IFRS - news], InfoCure Corp, Infoscape Inc, Intek
Diversified Corp, Intelogis Inc, Interlynx Technology, International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM - news; IBM), JPM Co [Nasdaq:JPMX - news], KMC
Telecom, Lycos Inc [Nasdaq:LCOS - news], Manhattan Associates Inc, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp [Nasdaq:MDRX - news], MedPlus Inc, Micromuse Inc
[Nasdaq:MUSE - news], Mobius Management Systems Inc, Modern Controls Inc [Nasdaq:MOCO - news], NetCore Systems Inc, NetFactory, Network Associates Inc,
nStor Corp, Oberon Software Inc, OMTOOL Ltd, Persistence Software, Personic Software, Pervasive Software, Pharmacopeia Inc [Nasdaq:PCOP - news], PLATINUM
Technology Inc, Pomeroy Computer Resources Inc [Nasdaq:PMRY - news], Premier Laser Systems Inc [Nasdaq:PLSIA - news], Primus Telecommunications Group
Inc [Nasdaq:PRTL - news], Quark Inc, Quintiles Transnational Corp [Nasdaq:QTRN - news], RealNetworks Inc [Nasdaq:RNWK - news], Reptron Electronics Inc
[Nasdaq:REPT - news], Rural Cellular Corp [Nasdaq:RCCC - news], SensAble Technologies Inc, Sepracor Inc [Nasdaq:SEPR - news], ShareWave Inc, SOFTBANK Net
Solutions, Sonic Foundry Inc, SQL Financials International Inc, Sterling Commerce Inc [NYSE:SE - news], SunGard Data Systems Inc, Sunrise Medical Inc
[NYSE:SMD - news], Symphonix Devices, System Software Associates Inc [Nasdaq:SSAX - news], TallyUp Software Inc, Telephone and Data Systems Inc, Tellabs
Inc [Nasdaq:TLAB - news], TimesTen Performance Software, Titan Corp, Tridex Corp [Nasdaq:TRDX - news], UpShot Corp, Ursus Telecom Corp, US Lex Corp, USN
Communications, V.I. Technologies, Varian Associates Inc [NYSE:VAR - news], Verio Inc, Viasystems Group Inc, Vixel Corp, Vysis Inc, World Access Inc
[Nasdaq:WAXS - news], Zilog Inc.

Facts Online summarizes these and thousands of other U.S. technology companies and tracks them for new investments and new mergers/acquisitions.

About Facts Online

Facts Online is the leading source for information about Hot U.S. Technology Companies. Facts Online reviews tens of thousands of private and public
companies and selects those with new investments, acquisitions or positive net income.

These include: telecommunication providers, telecom manufacturers, software developers and publishers, semiconductor manufacturers, national online
providers, interactive entertainment publishers, instrument manufacturers, developers of health devices, database publishers, national data processing services,
manufacturers of computers, networks and peripherals as well as biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Users of the Facts Online database include: technology companies, investment bankers, management consultants and executive recruiters.

For more information about the Facts Online database, visit: facts-online.com.

Contact:

Facts Online
Lawrence Taylor
facts@facts-online.com