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To: H James Morris who wrote (29969)	12/15/1998 10:27:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

11:57 AM ET 12/14/98 Nasdaq 100 in annual shuffle, Amazon.com to join WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Online bookseller Amazon.com is at the top of the list of companies joining The Nasdaq 100, an index of the 100 largest stocks traded on the Nasdaq stock market, as part of the exchange's annual reshuffling. The NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers), the parent of the Nasdaq stock market, said the components of the index and their market share of the index will be rejigged on December 21, 1998. The index does not include stocks of financial firms. The index will also be rebalanced. It will change to a modified market-capitalization weighted index from a market-capitalization weighted index. The change is in advance of a new product, a derivative of the index, to be introduced in the first quarter of 1999. TO BE ADDED TO THE INDEX: -- Online bookseller Amazon.com Inc. -- financial software developer Intuit Inc -- NTL Inc , the New York company which offers communications network services in the United Kingdom -- storage software firm VERITAS Software Corp -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp -- respiratory therapy services company Lincare Holdings Inc. -- telecommunications company McLeodUSA Inc -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc. , a chain of discount variety stores -- regional airline Comair Holdings, Inc. . TO BE REMOVED: -- ADTRAN Inc. -- Dura Pharmaceutical Inc. -- General Nutrition Companies Inc. -- Oxford Health Plans Inc. -- PairGain Technologies Inc. -- PhyCor Inc. -- Sybase Inc. -- U.S. Office Products Company -- Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation . ((Wall Street Desk +1 212 859 1881))