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To: Tim Luke who wrote (7001)	7/9/1998 12:08:00 PM
From: Charlie Langford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8798

TradeAlert.com just picked FVHI...check out this story..1.2 million float and 357000 shorts...heres some of there story ALERT DATE: Thu 7/09/1998 STOCK SYMBOL: FVHI STOCK NAME: First Virtual Holding Inc ALERT BID/ASK: 2 15/16 -- 3 1/8 STORY/NEWS: When we first started looking for a sympathy play with YHOO's earnings results and additional Investment by SOFTBANK of $250 million we found a potential diamond in the rough. With a recent investment SOFTBANK and ETrade now own over 63% of the outstanding shares outstanding of FVHI and have placed three new SOFTBANK executives on FVHI's board of directors. FVHI recently veered away from its original e-cash business plan to focus on Interactive messaging and Internet marketing systems. Bradley Feld (Managing Director, SOFTBANK Technology Ventures) commented, "SOFTBANK and its portfolio companies are the leading providers of infrastructure services to the digital information industry worldwide. Interactive messaging and other electronic mail services are becoming a critical aspect of that infrastructure. Our investment in First Virtual Holdings is an important step in realizing our vision of e-mail as a central element of the digital economy." Why would SOFTBANK come to the rescue of a company shifting focus and subsequently sell 833,333 shares to ETrade? With SOFTBANK's investments in other internet related companies and being a 31% holder(also the largest holder) in YHOO there is the potential for many fantastic things to come about in the near future for FVHI. There are no guarantees but the names and financial backing are impressive. Check out their web site at firstvirtual.com Market Guide and Dow Jones put the float at only 1.2 million which could make this a very volitile stock as the street digests all the news and recent events. Short position is 357k as of June 1998. First Virtual Holdings Completes Softbank Investment and Elects New Directors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1998--First