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To: David Lawrence who wrote (27989)2/11/1999 1:05:00 AM
From: Peter Yang  Respond to of 45548
 
COMS has been dropping without any news. Should buyers wait until the other shoe drops? (Actually, neither of the two shoes has dropped yet. <g>.



To: David Lawrence who wrote (27989)2/11/1999 1:30:00 AM
From: joe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 45548
 


>>One of the things it would accomplish is to inhibit their ability to do pooling of interests acquisitions.<<

How so? (I'm not knowledgeable about the technical details.)
I thought that having a high stock price helps in a pooling
of interests acquisitions. Cash buyback would aid this
objective, no?



To: David Lawrence who wrote (27989)2/11/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: Bill Coenen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45548
 
David,
" think not. One of the things it would accomplish is to inhibit their ability to do pooling of interests acquisitions."

That's a bit over my head. Explain please. Thanks, Bill