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To: CanynGirl who wrote (208)	11/24/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: CanynGirl	Respond to of 2802

Yahoo!, Excite, Lycos primed to catch AOL-Netscape consolidation fever By Margaret Kane, ZDNet If one multibillion-dollar Internet deal isn't enough for you, hang around a while. There could be more. The $4.2 billion handshake between America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL) and Netscape Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:NSCP) will put a lot of pressure on a lot of companies, most notably the so-called portal sites -- particularly Yahoo! Inc., (Nasdaq:YHOO) Excite Inc. (Nasdaq:XCIT) and Lycos Inc. (Nasdaq:LCOS). dailynews.yahoo.com

To: CanynGirl who wrote (208)	11/24/1998 11:22:00 PM
From: CanynGirl	Respond to of 2802

Interesting fodder from yesterday cbs.marketwatch.com (d) 1999! That's right, next year. Sometime in 1999 all of the big Wall Street full-commission brokers will have online discount-brokerage subsidiaries. They must, they can't afford to wait any longer. 2000 may even be too late because they're losing ground. The no-load mutual fund families are already way ahead of Wall Street. By 2000, the world's largest commercial banks will try to beat Wall Street to the punch by grabbing one of the biggest prizes, like AmeriTrade and E-Trade. Remember, Toronto-Dominion Bank has Waterhouse Securities and Jack White. On the other hand, Charles Schwab might reverse the rules of the game and acquire an old-line Wall Street firm like BT Alex. Browne (AB), Bear Stearns (BSC), or Lehman Brothers (LEH).