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To: Deanne who wrote (2393)	4/24/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Deanne, Randy, I agree to both of you: My suggestion is that as better than expected cash-flow was available, they thought why not use some of it now? Maybe only now they got really convinced that their business train has left the station. In any case, it's good news - should one 2nd guess it :-) ? Worth 2›, at most, of course. Thomas

To: Deanne who wrote (2393)	4/24/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: SidStock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

With action of H&Q yesterday, you also have to wonder if they knew about the buy back ahead of time? There are some other issues with doing a stock repurchase. This does tend to put a limit on doing any acquisitions. You cant repurchase your own stock and then expect to use stock to acquire another company. Essentially you are using cash to buy the company (since you used cash to buy your stock, then diluted the stock back to buy the company). Thus this may signal that RATL is out of the acquisition game for a while (unless they really do want to burn cash for it and dont mind paying taxes). Hangin on with a 65% gain...Sid