To: Bald Man from Mars who wrote (45 ) 11/25/1998 3:09:00 AM From: neverenough Respond to of 391
From Briefing.com, 13:20 ET ****** (DAYTRADER): Given recent rally in shares of Creative Computers (MALL 38 5/16 +6 1/16) based on company's stake in soon to debut uBid (UBID) and strong advance in Winfield Capital (WCAP 7 5/8 +1 7/8) shares due to company's more than 1 million share position in Cyberian Outpost (COOL 38 +13), Briefing.com dug through the SEC filings of the Internet companies scheduled to debut within the next month in search of similar connections. We found that USA Networks (USAI 30 5/8 +1 1/4) owns 42.48 mln shares of Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch (TMCS). And, as reported by Briefing.com earlier this month, Creative Computers will hold an 80% stake in online auctioneer, uBid, after the IPO. Creative plans to distribute its stake in uBid to MALL shareholders through a tax-free distribution.... Rally in e-commerce stocks continues. Pundit projections of an explosion in holiday Internet spending, coupled with small float of many of these stocks, continues to propel this group to stratospheric levels. Here is a breakdown of leading e-commerce names by category: Online Auction: eBay (EBAY 216 1/16 +23 1/16), ONSALE Inc (ONSL 43 1/8 +14 1/8), Greg Manning Auctions (GMAI 15 11/16 +3 3/16 ); Online Retailers: Amazon.com (AMZN 226 +8), Cyberian Outpost (COOL), Software.net (BYND 28 +7 1/4), CyberShop (CYSP 14 7/8 +1 5/16), CDnow (CDNW 14 3/4 +1 1/4), N2K Inc (NTKI 11 3/16 +9/16). Providers of Internet advertising services have also seen their shares rally on expectations of strong holiday ad spending. Leading names in this category include DoubleClick (DCLK 44 1/4 +5 3/8), 24/7 Media (TFSM 19 1/2 +2 1/16) and NetGravity (NETG 19 7/8 +2 3/8). 11:50 ET ******