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To: chien wong who wrote (18185)	4/6/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: JZGalt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

recently Prudential Coverage Initiated as buy is a sign that maybe more will fellow the company. Here are the underwriters: Lehman Brothers Inc. ................................ 2,920,000 Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs ................. 1,460,000 Prudential Securities ............................... 2,190,000 Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. ............... 730,000 Bear, Stearns & Co. ................................. 150,000 Did you really expect them to issue any other recommendation than "Buy"???

To: chien wong who wrote (18185)	4/6/1998 1:07:00 PM
From: Wallace Rivers	Respond to of 95453

The fact that the CEO and the board of directors own that amount of stock is not necessarily in the company's best interests. With that amount of stock, they can run the company pretty much as they please without answering to anyone but themselves (as over 50% is closely held).