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To: umbro who wrote (16310)	9/6/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Fast-Growing Internet Service Eases Back-to-School Headaches; Collegestudent.com Launches Network of 75 Online Campus Guides PR Newswire - September 06, 1998 18:15 %CPR %MLM V%PRN P%PRN AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin-based Collegestudent.com (www.collegestudent.com) is providing students at 75 universities a brand new way to get back-to-school advice and local information. Collegestudent.com has launched a network of college-specific online guides to life on campus. The sites include campus news, course evaluations, comprehensive housing and roommate databases, and online textbook sales. Accessed exclusively through the Internet, the free service gives college students a one-stop shop on the Internet, where they can look for pizza deals, buy a new computer or find out when their college football team is playing. Its niche in the growing category of online college guides is providing extensive local information. The locally focused site is built for speed and ease-of-use with searchable categories like Tutor Finder, the Student Store, and the Ride Board. "It's hard to search for housing, buy books and find out what's happening locally during these first hectic weeks of school," said President and University of Texas graduate Eben Miller, 25, "We built Collegestudent.com to make it easy." "Virtually 100% of college students at 4 year institutions have Internet access. And Student Monitor just pegged student Internet usage at 95%. That makes it an ideal distribution channel for this demographic," stated Griffin Davis, v.p. of marketing. "This generation of college students has used the Web since the Web began. It's a natural for them to look to the Internet for campus information." Collegestudent.com started with a single beta site at the University of Texas, and quickly developed a national network with a presence on over 75 college campuses. The site is supported by advertising and e-commerce ventures. Major advertisers and partners include iDot Computers, Eddie Bauer, Sprint and the Resumail Network. Started in late 1996, the company is now on track to having 100 colleges covered by December 1998. Collegestudent.com is backed by private venture funding. Current sites include the University of Texas at Austin, Michigan State University, Boston University, and the University of Georgia. SOURCE Collegestudent.com /CONTACT: Griffin Davis of Collegestudent.com, 512-477-7444, or griffin@collegestudent.com/ /Web site: collegestudent.com

To: umbro who wrote (16310)	10/8/1998 10:57:00 PM
From: umbro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN options report for 10/08/98 AMZN price: 86.188 Options Study for: OCT put break-even: 83.15 OI = 22650 VOL = 6432 call break-even: 93.13 OI = 17038 VOL = 3114 max. pain: 95.00 R = 1.3 R = 2.1 Options Study for: NOV put break-even: 74.66 OI = 4469 VOL = 1094 call break-even: 103.01 OI = 1979 VOL = 427 max. pain: 99.98 R = 2.3 R = 2.6 Options Study for: JAN put break-even: 70.07 OI = 7161 VOL = 364 call break-even: 105.93 OI = 4162 VOL = 261 max. pain: 99.98 R = 1.7 R = 1.4 Options Study for: APR put break-even: 65.96 OI = 1176 VOL = 28 call break-even: 112.73 OI = 534 VOL = 158 max. pain: 114.63 R = 2.2 R = 0.2 net long/short: -1.17 mil. i.v. for OCT = 1.26 i.v. for NOV = 1.09 i.v. for JAN = 1.01 It's been a month or so since I visited the AMZN board. One thing for sure, Amazon never disappoints the thrill seeker. :) The implied volatility on October options is sky high at 126%. Probably better to be a seller than a buyer, but tough to pick a direction. Selling the Oct 85 straddle gives about a 13 point breakeven, with only about a week left to trade, but since AMZN has shown it can move 13 points in a single day, the high premiums don't give much consolation. The Nov. put/call ratios are highly skewed towards puts, which argues for a bounce pretty soon, just on a contrarian basis. Tons of open interest in Octoaber -- I'd expect continued valatilty going into next week, as some of those positions are unwound.