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To: greg nus who wrote (25394)	5/1/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

Greg...you and Ed will hit it off perfectly with that "manipulation" theory. BTW, what ever happened to good ole Ed??? El

To: greg nus who wrote (25394)	5/1/1998 5:09:00 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

I agree, I think the guy in the grassy knoll is way short CPQ !!!!

To: greg nus who wrote (25394)	5/1/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: Jack T. Pearson	Respond to of 97611

How did they manipulate the market? I don't see it.

To: greg nus who wrote (25394)	5/1/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Maxer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Greg, you gotta spell this one out a little more for me too. How does Solamom take CPQ up? How much money did they have to throw at it? 22 million shares of Compaq moved today, $638 million worth. That's a lot of cash. Even 10% would be a lot. M

To: greg nus who wrote (25394)	5/1/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Charles Skeen	Respond to of 97611

Greg, I don't get it. How are "they" manipulating the stock? Who are "they"? Who benefits and how? Did they sell 22,000,000 shares (over $600,000,000) today to hold the price down? Or did they buy 22,000,000 shares to hold it up? Isn't there a simple explanation, such as the possibility that one or more major institutional holders, annoyed with Earl Mason and the latest quarter's results, may be getting out of a major position in order to go play in another sandbox? And other institutions, on the buy side, see the current depressed price as an opportunity to get a position in one of the top 3 hardware stocks in the world? When the seller(s) got wind of the SSB recommendation the asking price was simply moved up to take advantage of it. And if SSB and the institutional seller(s) are in cahoots, does this mean that most of us on this board are idiots for being long on CPQ? I'm a simple person. Please enlighten me so that I can take advantage of this manipulation. In particular, should I be long or short? Thank you in advance. Charlie.