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To: MTESCH who wrote (36)	4/1/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: Alan Aronoff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1805

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- BancAmerica Robertson Stephens & Co. launched a new rating system Wednesday, and at the same time, changed its recommendation on several companies. The firm's new rating system adds a "strong buy" rating, which brings it to five ratings: strong buy, buy, long-term attractive, market perform and market underperform. Under the previous system, the firm's highest rating was a "buy." BancAmerica Robertson Stephens in a press release said the new system will help its clients focus on the "most urgent investment ideas." The firm said the stocks it rates strong buy have the greatest appreciation potential over the next three to six months. The firm raised the following to "strong buy" from "buy": Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) America Online Inc. (AOL) American Oncology Resources Inc. (AORI) Brinker International Inc. (EAT) Brylane Inc. (BYL) Cendant Corp. (CD) CKE Restaurants Inc. (CKR) CareMatrix Corp. (CMD) Gadzooks Inc. (GADZ) Getty Images Inc. (GETY) Hibbett Sporting Goods Inc. (HIBB) Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT) JLK Direct Distribution Inc. (JLK) Lason Inc. (LSON) Level One Communications Inc. (LEVL) Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (MDRX) Memberworks Inc. (MBRS) Micrel Inc. (MCRL) Morton's Restaurant Group Inc. (MRG) Neurex Corp. (NXCO) Novacare Employee Services Inc. (NCES) Pacific Sunwear Of California Inc. (PSUN) Pathogenesis Corp. (PGNS) Phycor Inc. (PHYC) PMC-Sierra Inc. (PMCS) Saks Holdings Inc. (SKS) Sequus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SEQU) 3Dfx Interactive Inc. (TDFX) White Cap Industries Inc. (WHCP) The following were upgraded to buy from long-term attractive: Arbor Software Corp. (ARSW) Etec Systems Inc. (ETEC) Michaels Stores Inc. (MIKE) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS) Parametric Technology Corp. (PMTC) Photronics Inc. (PLAB) Summit Design Inc. (SMMT) Teradyne Inc. (TER) The following were downgraded to long-term "attractive" from "buy": Black Box Corp. (BBOX) Cambridge Neuroscience Inc. (CNSI) Chiron Corp. (CHIR) Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.