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To: MythMan who wrote (6995)	9/25/1998 8:44:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86076

Re. Coke. yesterday their spokeswoman said that they are confident about a 7-9% case volume growth over "long term." Analysts trimmed current estimate down to 7%. I said to Jastej, for this quarter it has to be much lower. So there it is. -g- <<Coca-Cola Co. (KO) 56 11/16: leading soft drink supplier expects Q3 worldwide unit case volume to increase by 3.4% compared to year-ago increase of 11%; this is well below where Wall Street had already lowered case volume estimates during the past week; says that global business experiencing problems due to worldwide economic slump; expects Q3 earnings to be about the same as in the year-ago period when it earned $0.35 a share; also warns about Q4 results; according to First Call, KO is projected to earn $0.39 a share in Q3 and $0.37 in Q4.....> -MMV