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To: Scrapps who wrote (15377)	5/13/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Computer and Microelectronics Top Executives to Meet 08:18 a.m. May 13, 1998 Eastern NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Top business and government executives throughout the computing industry will be meeting to outline their visions for the future of computing technology in Nashville, Tennessee, June 15-16. Representatives from IBM, Compaq, Dell Computer, Intel, Hewlett- Packard, DuPont, Iomega, 3-Com, Cyrix, and the U.S. Department of Commerce as well as over 75 other electronic designers, suppliers and marketing executives to the computing industry are set to discuss the rapidly changing industry. guide-p.infoseek.com o~~~ O

To: Scrapps who wrote (15377)	5/13/1998 9:07:00 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 22053

Things might not be as rosy as they seem: Heard on the Street Stock Options' Effect on Profits Faces Debate in Some Studies By ELIZABETH MACDONALD Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Stock options have enriched thousands of corporate executives in this raging bull market. The higher income-tax receipts on such gains have even been credited with helping close the federal budget deficit. So how concerned should investors be that overly generous option grants are sucking the earnings power and value out of U.S. stocks? ------------------------------------------------------------------- How the cost of employee stock option grants would have reduced fiscal 1997 operating income at selected high-tech companies: Company OpÿIncome(millions)ÿAfterÿOptions(millions)ÿ%Diff 3Com ÿÿ ÿÿ$563 ÿÿÿ$460 ÿÿÿÿ18.3% Adobe Systems ÿÿÿÿ236 ÿÿÿ ÿÿ194 ÿÿÿÿ17.8 Cisco Systems ÿÿ2,136 ÿÿ1,884 ÿÿÿÿ 11.8 Computer Assc. ÿ1,034 ÿÿÿÿÿ 926 ÿÿÿÿ 10.4 Microsoft ÿÿÿ 5,130 ÿ ÿ4,672 ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 8.9 Silicon Graphics ÿÿ123 ÿÿÿ ÿÿÿÿÿ-9 ÿÿÿÿ ÿÿÿ-- Digital Equip. ÿÿÿÿ78 ÿÿÿÿÿÿ -37 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -- Nat'l Semi. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ32 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -7 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -- Apple Computer ÿÿ-403 ÿÿÿÿ -465 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -- Advanced Micro ÿÿÿ-91 ÿÿÿÿ-129 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -- General Instr. ÿÿÿ-10 ÿÿÿÿÿ ÿ-33 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ -- Source: Bear, Stearns & Co. ------------------------------------------------------------

To: Scrapps who wrote (15377)	5/13/1998 9:47:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

BEFORE THE BELL - Bay Networks <BAY.N> rises NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Shares in Bay Networks Inc. rose in pre-opening trade Wednesday after a news report the networking company was putting itself up for sale. Bay was up at 27-3/16 on the Instinet electronic broker network from a Tuesday closing price of 23-15/16. The shares earlier had traded at 27. A news wire report published in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times said the Santa Clara, Calif., company had rejected a takeover offer from Canada's Northern Telecom Ltd. <NTL.TO> <NT.N> but was open to higher bids. o~~~ O