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To: Q. who wrote (1130)	6/10/1998 11:08:00 PM
From: John S. Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2506

Curious, John, in the floorless convertibles scenario ... how does an investor know when all the bad effect of short-convert-short-convert has played itself out. Reason I ask is that BASEA looks like it may have formed a pretty stable base ... or support ... and might now be again a safe investment. Any golden words of wisdom or referrals to a suitable site for my education?

To: Q. who wrote (1130)	6/11/1998 1:28:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2506

Mellon Bank / Dreyfus / Schonberg Those of you following the latest Asensio spat (re:CCSI) might find this interesting. I had noticed when doing broken stock research that Mellon Bank kept appearing as a shareholder. How strange! It makes more sense now that I know that MB owns Dreyfus, and the Dreyfus funds managed by Mr. Schonberg have been loading up on some of the worst companies in the stock universe. Dreyfus Aggessive Growth owns 82,000 shares of PNDA. <snicker> And Dreyfus Aggessive Growth and Dreyfus Premier Ag. Growth own between them 1,220,000 shares of EA. <double snicker>. [These numbers are from Thompson and may not be current.]