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To: HiSpeed who wrote (14903)	10/31/1998 11:43:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 27307

Based on YHOO closing price of $130.844 on 10/30/98 Percentage price change year-to-date: 277.9% Percentage change, last 52 Weeks: 496.9% Price/Earnings Ratio (last 4 quarters): 473.7 Price/Sales Ratio (last 4 quarters): 99.7 Market Capitalization: $14.98 billion -------- Amazing. Worth more than UAL Corp, worldwide airfreight and passenger carrier? Not. But the market and brokerages think so. Not only that, but it's much crazier than that: *Brokerages think that YHOO corp is about the same as UAL Corp and* AMR Corp combined.** AMR Corp is the world's largest airline. UAL Corp: Market Capitalization $3.61B After-Tax Income (ttm) $959.0M Sales (ttm) $17.5B UAL is a holding co. whose principal subsidiary is United Air Lines which engages in commercial air transportation of people, property and mail. For the six months ended 6/98, revenues fell less than 1% to $8.50 billion. Net income applicable to Common fell 6% to $291 million. AMR Corp: Market Capitalization $11.7B After-Tax Income (ttm) $1.23B Sales (ttm) $19.4B AMR is a holding company which provides scheduled passenger and air freight services throughout the world (American Airlines), operates regional airlines (American Eagle), owns The SABRE Group, and provides a range of aviation services. For the six months ended 6/30/98, revenues rose 7% to $9.75 billion. Net income rose 54% to $699 million. Revenues reflect strong demand for air travel driven by economic growth.