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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: j glad who wrote (11183)	7/8/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: Bob Trocchi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

i glad... >>Are you able to borrow any VVUS? << I was able to short some this morning. I did not move quickly enough thus paid 9 1/16. Nonetheless, I expect that this will drop back down again. Up until ZITL's drop, VVUS was my best short ever. Never thought I would get another chance. Bob T.

To: j glad who wrote (11183)	7/8/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: j glad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

Now I know why my own estimate was so low, Dow Jones just reported that VVUS is taking a $6.5 million charge this quarter for restructuring. That is roughly 20 cents a share.