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To: Quad Sevens who wrote (449)	11/10/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 638

Doc, What would it take to get you interested in JAKK again? The story is the same. They are within a year or so of the WWF video games. This years earnings have been better than expected. JAKK trades at a PE of about 12 based on 1998 earnings and a PE of about 8 for 1999. Next years earnings look very solid at $1.10 to $1.20 (a 30%+ improvement). The stock has shown stability (for a small cap). Individual investors are selling out of boredom or to chase KTEL or EBAY. Institutions are buying. Their holdings have increased from 4% a year ago to around 15% as of 9/30/98. If chasing the high flyers of today is not your game (it's not mine) then take another look at JAKK. Good upside potential with a solid business to back it. Fiscal year 2000 earnings should be twice what this years earnings are based on the THQI / WWF video game income alone. I don't think that this is the stock to make a quick buck in, but IMO it's a good one to build a substantial position in and wait until the market awards it it's true value. Please let me know your thoughts when you have time. Dave

To: Quad Sevens who wrote (449)	11/19/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: M. Frank Greiffenstein	Respond to of 638

LDDI: A penny from heaven? Long distance direct holdings is a failed reseller of long distance phone services. They somehow managed to buy millions of $$ worth of minutes from ATT and MCI, then resold those services to absolute deadbeats. The result: LDDI owes over $5 million to MCI and ATT. They are technically bankrupt. But they do have some cash flow from a psychic hotline. Stock trades by appointment only at about 0.25. Why do I bother to mention this? LDDI is launching a new venture called the PowerChannel (http://www.powerchannel.com). They will offer free Internet access and services (email, etc.) via television. In exchange, the recipient has to agree to fill out a marketing questionarre once a month (I do not know if this is done on-line or not). LDDI will supply the set-top cable box, keyboard and other peripherals to the viewer. LDDI will make its money by selling the marketing information to interested parties. They also have plans to get advertising revenue. LDDI's first goal is to wire 15,000 homes with the service, their ultimate goal is 3 million customers by 2000. LDDI is in the process of raising 5 million to purchase the boxes and keyboards from AIME (trades on OTC BB), The marketing research industry is multibillion $$$ market dominated by giants such as TRW. LDDI believes it is the first company to use the marriage between TV and the PC to do marketing research. Check out Tom Taulli's tech stock column of last Friday (http://stocksite.com) DocStone

To: Quad Sevens who wrote (449)	11/23/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: M. Frank Greiffenstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 638

Global Crossing Launches $250 Million Preferred Stock Offering PR Newswire - November 23, 1998 07:55 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX) today announced that its subsidiary, Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd., has launched an offering of $250,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference of cumulative senior exchangeable preferred stock. The net proceeds from the offering will be used by Global Crossing principally to fund investments in projects which will complement its announced digital fiber optic cable systems and for general corporate purposes. The preferred stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A under that Act. SOURCE Global Crossing Ltd. /CONTACT: Cynthia A. Coulter, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Global Crossing Ltd., 310-385-5200/