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To: Jenna who wrote (25202)	2/16/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: Northern Cougar	Respond to of 120523

Dell earnings reported .31c announced a 2 for 1 stock split . N.C.

To: Jenna who wrote (25202)	2/16/1999 4:17:00 PM
From: Michael Berkel	Respond to of 120523

Jenna..do you follow BCST and RNWK? BCST dropped as a rock today and RNWK looked steady. Both are trading approximately at the same price. Both are in the new media business. It appears that after last week's split BCST is losing momentum here, but that applies to other previously high flying internuts as well. BRCM is a superb company and bucked the negative trend today in the wake of this week's split. In general: Would you say the serious money can now be made by shorting the AMZN's and YAHOO's of this world? Looking forward to reading your comment (& of course that from others) Michael B.

To: Jenna who wrote (25202)	2/16/1999 8:32:00 PM
From: kha vu	Respond to of 120523

ITDS.... biz.yahoo.com or here is the excerpt: <<<<Earnings for the fourth quarter of 1998 were a record $4.1 million or $0.23 per diluted share, compared to $1.4 million or $0.11 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 1997. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the fourth quarters of 1998 and 1997 were 18.0 million and 13.4 million, respectively. For the twelve months ended December 31, 1998, revenues rose to $115.5 million, from $23.4 million in 1997. Earnings excluding the one time charges, for the twelve months ended December 31, 1998 were $12.7 million or $0.77 per pro forma diluted share, compared to $4.8 million or $0.36 per diluted share for the twelve months ended December 1997. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the twelve months of 1998 (pro forma) and 1997 was 15.6 million and 13.2 million, respectively. Including the one time charges, the Company reported a loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 1998 of $3.9 million or a loss of $0.25 per basic share compared to net income of $4.8 million or $0.38 per basic share for the twelve months of 1997. The basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the twelve months of 1998 and 1997 was 15.6 million and 12.7 million, respectively. Peter P. Bassermann, Chief Executive Officer of ITDS, commented, ''This was another year of record growth for ITDS. We successfully pursued our business strategy of growing our customer base while expanding the range of service bureau billing and customer care solutions that we offer to our existing customers. The subscriber base of our customers grew by approximately 742,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter alone, more than an 11 percent increase over the third quarter level. For 1998 (pro forma), our customers had an approximate 60 percent growth rate in the number of subscribers, totaling 7.3 million at the end of the year.'' ''Through our new strategic business agreement with Novazen to include its Internet-based billing and customer care product in our suite of products and services, ITDS has dramatically broadened the reach of its billing and customer care offerings while providing the value-added solutions that are critical to our customers' growth plans,'' Mr. Bassermann added. ''We have received an excellent response from our customers, who are looking forward to implementing this solution to further improve their relationships with current customers, as well as to better control the costs of their customer service operations. ''This agreement also has the potential to dramatically change the paradigm of our current space by providing us with the ability to extend our service offerings beyond those of the traditional billing and customer care. This is also an application that ITDS can install on billing systems that are not current ITDS customers, as it does not alter the underlying billing system in any way. Clearly we see a broad revenue potential by providing both billing and customer care capabilities, as well as a web-based product.'' ''We also achieved a five-year contract with DigiPH PCS to provide service bureau billing and customer care services,'' Mr. Bassermann continued. ''Our first step will be to convert DigiPH PCS to our TRIS+ GSM System.'' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

To: Jenna who wrote (25202)	2/18/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

HH.. another earnings play. wasn't necessary to hold through earnings although yesterday HH closed yesterday at the high of the day, one of the few stocks that accomplished that feat. Hooper Holmes Announces Record Fourth Quarter And Year End Operating Results Fourth Quarter Earnings Per Share From Continuing Operations Increased 40% to $0.14 BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Hooper Holmes, Inc. (Amex: HH - news) today reported record operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1998, on a post split basis. Revenues for the fourth quarter increased 13% to $48.1 million, the fourth consecutive quarter of double digit revenue growth. Operating income grew at a significantly greater rate to $7.1 million, a 40% increase over the $5.1 million reported for the same period last year. Net income from continuing operations grew to $4.1 million, a 43% increase over net income of $2.9 million reported for the comparable period last year. In addition, an after tax charge from discontinued operations of $1.5 million was recorded during the quarter. The charge evolved from residual workers' compensation charges and certain reimbursement issues associated with the divestiture of Nurse's House Call in fiscal 1995. Excluding the discontinued operations charge, split adjusted earnings per diluted share for the fourth quarter were $0.14 compared with the $0.10 reported in the fourth quarter of 1997. For the year ended December 31, 1998, revenue increased 12% to $185.2 million. Operating income grew 57% to $25.6 million, compared to the $16.3 million reported for the twelve month period of fiscal 1997. Income from continuing operations rose 62% to $14.2 million over the $8.8 million reported for the comparable period last year. Split adjusted earnings per diluted share, excluding the charge, increased 55% to $0.48 over the $0.31 reported last year.