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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mkilloran who wrote (12588)	8/4/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: RT	Respond to of 23519

Mkilloran, What, the markets down 300 points because Clinton is going to get impeached for refusing to dry clean Monica's dress? Hell, I'll give him the 7 bucks. RT

To: Mkilloran who wrote (12588)	8/4/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23519

martin, 25 cents on a 6 9/16 is a loss of 3.8% 300 down points on the Dow is a loss of 3.4%. So Vivus did worse than the Dow in terms of percentage loss today. Now we are a whole 1/2 points above our 52 week low and only 5/8 points above our all time low. Also we are 85% below our 52 week high. Soon it will be cheaper to wipe our butts with Vivus stock certificates rather than toilet paper. Well at least I can put my Vivus stock to some good use.

To: Mkilloran who wrote (12588)	8/4/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23519

martin, If the likes of J&J wanted to buy Vivus they now have had ample time to buy millions of shares on the open market in the 5 3/4 to 7 range. By the time they file the SEC forms they could already own over 5 million shares. Then if they do pay Vivus over 15 bucks the actual average would be much lower. It seems to me like the fillings on Edgar are always old and not up to date but this is where you can check. My gut feeling at this point is that since Vivus management owns 25% of the shares, they only want to negotiate a favorable deal with a domestic partner to sell MUSE. I feel that they don't care where the stock price is in the near future and they will simply wait until they show profits in Q3 and Q4. If they do well it will prove to the Street that they can thrive in the world market and the stock price will trade upwards to a reasonable level. If $1.00/share 12 months forward is proven, then as CO from PW predicts, 2o/share is very doable.