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Strategies & Market Trends : Joe Copia's daytrades/investments and thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe Copia who wrote (6456)	7/21/1998 9:54:00 PM
From: Chad Beemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

Joe, I will check more into it. Keep in mind that the INCE fiasco is behind us and Paul M virtually inherited all of that mess and it has taken him a year to get things going in the right direction and soon you will see some of his hard work start to show in the market. Very high on NPCT. Hope you hold back on BYWD until I can take profits off other stocks I hold.

To: Joe Copia who wrote (6456)	7/23/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Joe Copia	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25711

TALL is my next pick. Charts shows it is at all time low and news today is promising. Thursday July 23, 10:30 am Eastern Time Consortium of Small-cap Public Companies Join Individual Investor Organization to Promote Superior Standards of Financial 'Accessibility', 'Scrutiny' and 'Disclosure'! 30 Companies Qualify for 'Seal of Best Practices in Investor Relations' NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998-- A consortium of 30 small-capitalization public companies --- one of which is TALL,have joined forces with the non-profit Investors Research Institute, Inc. to establish and implement higher standards of financial ''accessibility'', ''scrutiny'' and ''disclosure'' for public companies. The 30 companies which have qualified to display the 'Seal of Best Practices in Investor Relations' issued by IRI, intend that their pledge to adhere to the Institute's principles will enable investors to differentiate their policies from those of other companies in this sector which traditionally has not seen as much information flow as is generally available for larger capitalization companies. Many of the companies have applied or qualified for Elite Membership, meaning they have agreed to continuing third-party analyst coverage, financial presentations and conference calls equally accessible to all classes of investors, including individual investors, and have pledged to keep at least three years of press releases on their websites, among several other requirements. When otherwise unavailable, the continuing analyst coverage may be provided by nine wirehouse-quality analysts who qualified in the organization's unique Public Analysis & Review (PAR) program, designed to ensure that all public companies which are willing to undergo third-party scrutiny may now be followed quarterly. At the same time, National Healthcare Manufacturing Corp. (Nasdaq:NHMCF - news) has not re-enrolled in the PAR program and has been dropped from coverage. The companies pledge to meet all of the requirements associated with the organization's standards over the next year, and will report monthly on their efforts and current status. ''This is a great start for the 'Seal of Best Practices', a program which grew out of the public hearing conducted by the Task Force on Best Practices at the Money Show in Orlando earlier this year,'' said Brad Smith, Chairman of IRI. ''This fall, our organization's officers and directors, as well as analysts in the PAR program, and executives representing participating companies in the 'Seal' program, will begin a round of interviews designed to educate the general investing public to 'look for the seal'. Smith said the organization is especially pleased that five of the founding participants in the 'Seal of Best Practices' program are developing companies which have not yet commenced trading, but nevertheless wanted to begin meeting the association's strict standards. The non-profit Institute is administered by IRI, Inc. (IRIK), itself a public company in registration. The text for the Task Force hearing may be seen at iri.800-all-news.com . ''We would like to commend the executives of these companies for taking this important initial step in agreeing to adopt higher standards than are required by regulatory agencies.'' A special open enrollment plan will continue through July 31. The 'Seal', as well as the enrollment and monthly reporting forms, may be found on the internet at investorsresearch.org or members.xoom.com . Contact: Linda Bailyn (212-484-4747) iri@investorsresearch.org investorsresearch.org members.xoom.com iri.800-all-news.com www3.stockgroup.com Joe PTG&LI !!!