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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: johnd who wrote (13782)	1/4/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: William Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

THREAD---Microsoft Plans Bid for BT's Cable Network, Telegraph Says London, Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, plans to bid for two British Telecommunications Plc's cable television franchises, which BT has to sell to meet European Union condition for its planned interactive services joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, the Sunday Telegraph reported without citing sources. Other bidders for the franchises in Westminster, central London, which is valued at about 200 million pounds, and Milton Keynes, north of London, are Cable & Wireless Communications Plc, the U.K.'s largest cable company, Telewest Communications Plc, the U.K.'s No.2 cable company by sales and NTL Inc., the U.K.'s third-largest cable company by sales. Microsoft plans to use television as a route onto the Internet for million of homes; Microsoft and BT, which is advised by Hawkpoint, declined to comment on the sale. Last month, Microsoft said it will buy $200 million of stock in Quest Communications Inc., the No.4 U.S. long-distance phone company, to speed up Quest's plans for Internet services on its high-speed fiber-optic network. (Sunday Telegraph 1/3 www.telegraph.co.uk) --Abid Ali in the London newsroom (44) 171 330 7381/gm Story illustration: BT/A LN BEST WISHES BILL

To: johnd who wrote (13782)	1/4/1999 12:33:00 PM
From: Sonki	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

happy new year to u. buy some stocks w. networking. u r a good judge of msft it's headed to 72pe again. u did much better then me % wise. i was not quite 200% for the year. this is the price for diverstification. i m glad u opoted to diverisfy this year. u will be happy for this by the end of year. i also have ton of mony msftPerffered and bonds.