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To: STEAMROLLER who wrote (870)	9/15/1998 6:23:00 PM
From: STEAMROLLER	Respond to of 1561

WorldCom-MCI Merger Completed; Yahoo! to Join the Nasdaq-100 Index Beginning Wednesday, September 16 PR Newswire - September 15, 1998 16:43 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldCom, Inc. (Nasdaq: WCOM), of Jackson, Mississippi, and MCI Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: MCIC) have completed their merger and the combined company will now take its place as MCI WorldCom -- the fourth largest company, by market capitalization, listed on the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), of Santa Clara, California, will replace MCI (which was also, independently, a component of the Index) on the Nasdaq-100(R) beginning Wednesday, September 16. MCI WORLDCOM, Inc., is a global telecommunications company with established operations in over 50 countries encompassing the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully integrated local, long distance, international and Internet services. Together, MCI WorldCom will be the first "local to global company," capable of delivering advanced voice and data communications services entirely over its own facilities worldwide. "On behalf of The Nasdaq Stock Market and its parent -- the NASD -- we wish to congratulate WorldCom on this notable merger. MCI WorldCom signals a bright new day for the telecommunications industry, the emerging global marketplace, and for business partners like the NASD that look to you for continued leadership," said Frank G. Zarb, Chairman and CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD(R)). Yahoo!(R) is a leading global Internet media company that offers a network of globally-branded Web programming, serving millions of users daily. Yahoo! provides targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences, based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household, and business-user reach. Yahoo! has approximately 98 million shares outstanding. "With Internet technology changing the way we all do business today, Nasdaq is especially pleased to have Yahoo! -- a leader in its field -- as a component of this important market indicator," Zarb added. Launched in 1987, the Nasdaq-100 is a capitalization-weighted index comprising 100 of the largest non-financial stocks that list on the Nasdaq National Market(R) and is a benchmark for large growth stocks traded on Nasdaq(R). The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) is the fastest growing stock market in the United States and the world's first and largest electronic market. It is among the world's best regulated stock markets, employing the industry's most sophisticated surveillance systems and regulatory specialists to ensure investor protection and a fair and competitive trading environment. Nasdaq is a subsidiary of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), the largest securities-industry, self-regulatory organization in the United States. For more information on Nasdaq, visit its Web site at nasdaq.com, the Nasdaq Newsroom(SM) at nasdaqnews.com. To learn more about MCI WorldCom, visit its site at wcom.com. To find out more about Yahoo!, visit its site at yahoo.com. SOURCE Nasdaq Stock Market

To: STEAMROLLER who wrote (870)	9/15/1998 6:31:00 PM
From: STEAMROLLER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1561

NASDAQ VOLUME GAINERS 9/15/98 6:28 PM EST Reload TLAB 41 1/4 +3 9/16 22,171,900 41 15/16 38 +9.4 H N O Q DELL 59 7/8 +13/16 16,888,000 60 58 +1.3 H N O Q COMS 30 5/16 +2 7/8 15,397,900 30 7/8 27 +10.4 H N O Q CSCO 96 5/8 +2 15/16 12,635,700 96 7/8 92 7/8 +3.1 H N O Q MSFT 108 5/16 +2 5/16 12,353,400 108 7/16 105 1/8 +2.1 H N O Q INTC 85 15/16 +1/8 11,828,300 86 1/8 84 9/16 +0.1 H N O Q ORCL 27 +7/16 10,805,300 27 1/8 25 11/16 +1.6 H N O Q WAMU 35 1/8 +11/16 7,533,400 35 5/16 33 3/16 +1.9 H N O Q AMFM 30 7/16 +3 5/8 6,545,300 30 7/8 26 3/4 +13.5 H N O Q SUNW 49 +1/4 5,474,200 49 3/8 47 3/4 +0.5 H N O Q SPLS 29 7/8 +1 5/16 4,892,900 30 3/8 28 1/8 +4.5 H N O Q YHOO 84 3/8 +1/2 4,241,300 84 1/2 82 +0.5 H N O Q AAPL 38 3/16 +1 3,871,900 38 9/16 36 1/2 +2.6 H N O Q NOVL 12 1/4 +3/16 3,553,700 12 5/16 11 13/16 +1.5 H N O Q HBOC 27 1/2 +3/4 3,446,700 27 1/2 25 3/4 +2.8 H N O Q BGEN 62 5/8 +1 5/8 3,010,800 64 60 +2.6 H N O Q BGALY 12 1/16 +2 5/16 2,988,500 12 1/8 9 1/2 +23.7 H N O Q QWST 30 +1 3/16 2,965,800 30 1/16 28 5/16 +4.1 H N O Q USWB 11 1/4 +1 5/8 2,672,600 12 1/16 9 1/2 +16.8 H N O Q PSFT 33 11/16 +1/4 2,575,500 34 1/8 32 9/16 +0.7 H N O Q GNCI 14 15/16 +9/16 2,522,100 15 5/16 14 1/4 +3.9 H N O Q TCOMA 40 +5/32 2,162,300 40 1/8 39 1/8 +0.3 H N O Q ADBE 30 9/16 +2 1/16 2,153,900 31 3/8 28 3/8 +7.2 H N O Q NXTL 21 +1/16 2,115,400 21 5/16 20 +0.2 H N O Q PHYC 6 7/8 +1 9/16 2,085,800 6 15/16 5 5/16 +29.3 H N O Q CLCX 8 9/16 +1/16 1,983,100 8 7/8 7 5/8 +0.7 H N O Q AVEI 46 5/8 +7/8 1,932,200 47 7/8 45 1/4 +1.9 H N O Q PCMS 3 +5/8 1,919,000 3 1/16 2 5/16 +26.3 H N O Q NWAC 30 13/16 +11/16 1,852,400 31 7/16 29 7/8 +2.2 H N O Q NOBE 30 11/16 +1 3/4 1,747,500 31 3/8 29 5/8 +6.0 H N O Q LRCX 10 9/16 +7/16 1,680,800 10 7/8 10 3/16 +4.3 H N O Q COST 52 1/2 +3/16 1,676,200 53 1/8 51 13/16 +0.3 H N O Q CMCSK 44 1/2 +3 1,670,700 44 1/2 41 +7.2 H N O Q CPWR 59 1/8 +7/8 1,650,600 59 1/8 56 7/8 +1.5 H N O Q KLAC 22 15/16 +3/16 1,597,400 23 5/16 22 3/4 +0.8 H N O Q ADSK 26 5/8 +3/4 1,445,600 27 1/2 25 13/16 +2.8 H N O Q GSTRF 11 +1/8 1,402,200 11 1/2 10 3/4 +1.1 H N O Q SVRN 13 1/16 +3/8 1,397,800 13 3/16 12 9/16 +2.9 H N O Q FORE 20 3/4 +13/16 1,359,300 21 1/8 19 1/4 +4.0 H N O Q APCC 35 3/8 +7/16 1,343,400 36 1/4 34 3/8 +1.2 H N O Q EFII 20 1/4 +1 1/8 1,326,900 20 5/16 18 3/8 +5.8 H N O Q PTEK 5 +13/16 1,282,600 5 1/8 4 +19.3 H N O Q CTXS 67 7/16 +4 7/16 1,282,400 67 5/8 61 15/16 +7.0 H N O Q PAYX 43 15/16 +1 7/16 1,266,300 44 3/8 42 5/16 +3.3 H N O Q ALTR 35 1/8 +1/4 1,248,500 36 34 1/8 +0.7 H N O Q SAVLY 16 +1 1,091,600 16 1/2 15 1/4 +6.6 H N O Q ADPT 11 1/16 +5/16 1,067,300 11 1/16 10 1/2 +2.9 H N O Q INFS 4 9/16 +3/8 979,600 4 7/8 4 1/8 +8.9 H N O Q SEPR 55 7/8 +5 7/8 943,300 56 5/8 49 1/4 +11.7 H N O Q BCHE 19 +15/16 940,000 19 17 5/8 +5.1 H N O Q