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To: Smart Investor who wrote (8351)	12/8/1998 9:13:00 PM
From: Guardian	Respond to of 9343

seems to me that layoffs can be looked at two ways & yours is the pessimistic one. if memory serves me, stock prices often gap up on downsizing news from individual companies. and with e-commerce taking off, retail-linked store sales should fall victim to some degree. hence, more layoffs. why be payroll heavy if you can sell cheaper on-line with fewer personnel. short of a widespread slowdown which would surely trigger further fed easing of interest rates, the valuation of the better net stocks could conceivably be lifted. IMHO, of course, and always looking for counter-arguments. as to manufacturing slowdowns, you may be seeing supply chain adjustments (inflated inventories) as the paradigm of point of sale inventory/order management spreads in the economy at large. (eg: dell being a sophisticated example)

To: Smart Investor who wrote (8351)	12/9/1998 6:55:00 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 9343

City Planning Department Survey reveals in my community that there shall be more layoffs by the majority of companies responding which will have change in one direction or another over the next three months. I do not have the article in last night's paper, but those anticipating additional lay offs were approximately 20 companies, while 3 companies are anticipating hiring additional employees. City Planning in each posters community should be able to provide similar details. I would be interested in knowing how this compares with other communities. In our case, it is a reversal from last years plans. I note the COO and CFO responsibilities shall both be assumed by Wright at SEEK. This should have no affect on stock movement. cbs.marketwatch.com.