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To: Satyr who wrote (24482)	4/16/1998 10:14:00 AM
From: Roads End	Respond to of 97611

The other reason is CNBC forgot to tell anyone. Someone must be told. <GG>

To: Satyr who wrote (24482)	4/16/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: Andreas	Respond to of 97611

Here's my 50 cents Satyr; First, the market being down today is a drag on every stock including dec. Second, and most importantly, dec's earnings are a bit of a mixed bag in as much as a good chunk of profits were one time gain from sale of part of business. Also, from the article I read and which has already been posted on this thread by others (WSJ) year over year sales were actually down. Third, dec's stock is governed more by cpq stock price than dec's own fundamentals and independent dec news. You will find that bad news for dec will not impact dec's stock down. Similarily, good news will not impact dec's stock upward. Nobody cares about dec as an independent entity. Frankly, this third point is a variation of your point. I believe that the price already reflects news and that news is not the quarterly earnings results but rather the merger with cpq. DEC is now tied at the hip with cpq in terms of stock fluctuation. Happy trading.