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Gold/Mining/Energy : Strictly: Drilling and oil-field services -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (38915)	3/4/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: Platter	Respond to of 95453

From Briefing.com...Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (DO) 23 5/16 + 5/16: Merrill Lynch maintains near and long-term "buy" ratings but lowers earnings estimates on oilfield services company due to lower spending by exploration companies; lowers FY99 EPS estimate from $1.50 to $1.45 and FY00 EPS from $1.65 to $1.50 a share..... Halliburton Co. (HAL) 31 13/16 +1 25/32: Merrill Lynch maintains near and long-term "buy" ratings, but lowers earnings estimates on oilfield services company due to lower spending by oil exploration companies; lowers FY99 EPS from $1.25 to $1.05 and FY00 EPS from $1.60 to $1.40 a share..... BJ Services Co. (BJS) 15 11/16 +15/16: Merrill Lynch maintains near and long-term "buy" ratings but lowers earnings estimates on oilfield services company due to lower spending by oil exploration companies; lowers FY99 EPS from $0.60 to $0.35 a share and FY00 EPS from $1.05 to $0.90 a share.....