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To: W.F.Rakecky who wrote (19056)	7/13/1998 11:20:00 AM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

WF, could be, the thought has passed my mind. I wish I knew more about the strategies that are used for buybacks. Might be to give a base some support at times... We are getting due for some more good news from the COMS PR people. I thought that they might wait till a lot of the earnings reports have been released, otherwise the news might go unnoticed from folks focusing in on MSFT and INTC earnings reports.

To: W.F.Rakecky who wrote (19056)	7/13/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

<Maybe they are holding back on any positive news releases until buy-back is completed. > I don't think so. The sole reason for share buyback is to cut down on the no. of shares outstanding thus increasing per share earnings. This is the high-tech way of paying a dividend. Usually if everything works out fine, the next thing they will announce is a stock split. This is the same game intel and cisco had been playing for a long time - hopfully coms can play in the same game too. Mang