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To: desert fox who wrote (4868)	3/13/1998 8:06:00 AM
From: Robert F. Newton	Respond to of 10786

The futures look good thus far..............It should be a decent day especially in the techs.................Maybe another couple point run for ALYD GLOBEX PRICES AS OF 03/13/98 06:55 AM TRADE DATE: 03/13/98 CONTRACT LAST NET CHGE CONTRACT LAST NET CHGE EURO $ MAR98 94.32 -1 J-YEN JUN98 7893A +61 JUN98 94.385 -1 B-POUND JUN98 1.6596 +90 SEP98 94.385 -.5 D-MARK JUN98 .5506B +4 DEC98 94.305 -1 SWISS FR JUN98 .6814 +1 MAR99 94.30 -1 CAND $ JUN98 .7126 +20 JUN99 94.27 -1 AUST $ JUN98 .6764B +42 LIBOR APR98 94.395P ---- F-FRANC JUN98 .16412A +8 MAY98 94.415A +.5 M-PESO JUN98 .112225P ---- S&P 500 JUN98 1087.80 +380 REAL APR98 .87800P ---- E-MINI MAR98 1076.75A +425 RAND FUT APR98 .199250P ---- JUN98 1088.00 +400 KIWI FUT JUN98 .5775B +1 NSDQ100 JUN98 1193.90B +1140 BP/DM JUN98 2.9880P ---- GSCI APR98 162.80P ---- DM/JY JUN98 70.070P ---- MEX CETE JUN98 79.75P ----

To: desert fox who wrote (4868)	3/13/1998 8:12:00 AM
From: RODNEY R. BORDELON	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10786

Alydaar emerges from 'start-up phase' Investors anticipate company's first profitable quarter By Brenon Daly, CBS MarketWatch Thu Mar 12 18:51:04 1998 WEST CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS.MW) -- Shares in Alydaar Software (ALYD) have climbed more than 20 percent during the past two trading sessions as investors anticipate the release of the company's first profitable quarter, analysts said. The Year 2000 company, which lost a total of 51 cents per share in the first three quarters of last year, is set to announce results next week. "The company is emerging out of its start-up phase," said Otto Grote, analyst at New York City's Derby Securities. He declined to reveal his first quarter earnings projection, saying only the company would turn a profit. A consensus estimate from analysts was not available. ÿ ÿThe company has increased sales from $38,000 in 1996 to $11 million in 1997 and says its comfortable with 1998 revenue projections of $75 million. West Charlotte, N.C.-based Alydaar has indicated it booked $6.5 million in fourth-quarter sales, a 283 percent increase over the third-quarter level. ALYD NASD Last Chg. 18ÿ1/8 +1ÿ7/16 % Chg. Vol. +8.61% N/A Day Lo. Day Hi. 17 18ÿ1/2 Open Prev. 17 16ÿ11/16 As of Mar 13/98 8:00 am ET Last Trade Mar 12/98 3:57 pm ET 15 MIN. DELAY The fourth-quarter sales brings total revenue for the year to about $11 million, up from just $38,000 in 1996. This year, sales are expected to be about seven times higher, at $75 million. Alydaar, named after the famed race horse, is riding a wave of business associated with a computer's inability to read the first two numbers of the date of a year. With the coming change of millennium, many computers will freeze up and systems will crash because they will mistakenly interpret "2000" as "1900". Cost estimates for smashing the "millennium bug" range from a few hundred million dollars up to $600 billion. Businesses looking to iron out the Year 2000 glitches typically use a combination of software applications, or "tools", and human labor. Alydaar supplies a tool that switches updates the first two numbers of the year in a software program's datefield. The company has a partnership with Compuware (CPWR), which provides testing for the fix. Shares in Compuware have tripled over the past year, while many other Year 2000 companies have also seen substantial rises in stock prices. Service-oriented players Keane (KEA), Ciber (CBR), Computer Horizons (CHRZ) have all more than doubled. Derby Securities' Grote said he expected Alydaar to enjoy strong sales in Europe, where it can charge two to three times more for work than in the U.S. Shares added 1 7/16 to 18 1/8 on Thursday, after a 14-percent advance in the previous session. Volume during the week has been nearly three times heavier than average. Brenon