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To: FUZFO who wrote (28455)	3/2/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

How low will it go??

To: FUZFO who wrote (28455)	3/2/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 45548

The problem is that the company can't cut costs so any miss on the revenue line is magnified in EPS. This is a mess and means that all forward estimates come down, as do target prices. Yetch!

To: FUZFO who wrote (28455)	3/2/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Jeff Mills	Respond to of 45548

DJ 16:35 [COMS] 3COM SAYS 3Q IS SEASONALLY WEAK QUARTER FOR CO. DJ 16:34 [COMS] 3COM: LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED PC OEM SALES HURT 3Q DB 16:34 [COMS] REPEAT: 3COM ESIMATES NET INCOME FROM OPERS AT 23 CENTS PER SHARE. DB 16:34 [COMS] REPEAT: 3COM CORP. SEES Q3 REV BETWEN $1.41 BLN TO $1.42 BLN. DB 16:34 [COMS] 3COM ESIMATES NET INCOME FROM OPERS AT 23 CENTS PER SHARE. DB 16:34 [COMS] 3COM CORP. SEES Q3 REV BETWEN $1.41 BLN TO $1.42 BLN. DJ 16:34 [COMS] 3COM: WEAKNESS IN TWO-TIER DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL HURT 3Q DB 16:33 [COMS] 3COM OPER PER SHARE EARNINGS AT 23 CENTS. DB 16:33 [COMS] 3COM CORP. SEES Q3 REV BETWEN $1.41 BLN TO $1.42 BLN. DJ 16:33 [COMS] REPEAT: 3COM SEES 3Q NET FROM ONGOING OPERS 23C/SHR DJ 16:32 [COMS] REPEAT: 3COM SEES 3Q SALES FROM $1.41B TO $1.42B DJ 16:31 [COMS] 3COM SEES 3Q NET FROM ONGOING OPERATIONS 23C/SHARE DJ 16:30 [COMS] *3COM SEES 3Q SALES FROM $1.41B TO $1.42B