Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Veeco Instruments-Who? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1774)	2/3/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: Donald B. Fuller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3069

>>and now, more or less botching this secondary. It costs them a cool $10 MM, IMHO.>> ... Quite possibly right but at least we've got it behind us finally, so perhaps a storm cloud has cleared so the share price may start heading north instead of south again.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (1774)	2/7/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: Berk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3069

Zeev If we have another min-melt in the tech sector as you speculate might happen, they will have botched it big time by not selling five million shares! Seriously, though, I would say the jury is out because if they use the proceeds to acquire a company that is a good fit at a good price then it was a wise decision. As others have pointed out this move has favored AMAT, NVLS, TER, KLAC and a few others at all time highs and as a consequence there are still good acquisition candidates out there in the public sector. I suspect it's even better in the private sector.