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To: Daniel Miller who wrote (3846)	3/5/1999 5:54:00 PM
From: MoneyMade	Respond to of 9115

Wham news...After the bell(Thank god i passed on this one) Friday March 5, 4:29 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Weather All Manufacturing USA, Inc. -- Announcement VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1999-- Weather All Manufacturing USA, Inc. (OTC BB:WAMC - news) announced today that as a result of the Company's inability to attract the necessary capital to fund Weather All Manufacturing USA, Inc. combined with the lack of substantial product sales to generate sufficient cash flow, the Company has agreed with the former owners of Weather All Manufacturing, Ltd. to mutually terminate the acquisition of Weather All Manufacturing, Ltd. The Company is currently exploring alternative business ventures. Contact: Weather All Manufacturing USA, Inc. Mitchell Adam, 604/685-5554

To: Daniel Miller who wrote (3846)	3/5/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: Daniel Merchant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9115

Daniel, ya think CITI should be in the morgue? I guess iam a long timer on this one, will hold tell I die then sell at such a great loss. any thoughts Mr.Daniel??????

To: Daniel Miller who wrote (3846)	3/5/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Robert Blake	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9115

Anyone-FORM T??? Looking at after hours sales of SEVL, I see many FORM T sales. Are those the shorts buying to cover or are they short SALES? I got in at 5 at the close, what do ya think?

To: Daniel Miller who wrote (3846)	3/5/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: DMcMannes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9115

Daniel,I hope that you have learned from your mistakes....... You do not realize what you had going for you do you? You were on CNBC,Jesus Christ!!!!!! Do you know what that could have done for you had you continued doing what you were doing well? I do not mean to say that you have done anything that I or anyone else out here might have done if we had been in your shoe's. The thing is I don't think you have paid much attention to your picks lately.Seems like every time someone says something about you being talked about here or there you are on it,instantly!!!! Seems you have let the publicity go to your head and that is all you are thinking about. I will be watching to see if you change your thinking and start to make good picks,(with no friends buying ahead of the "flock",I dont think someone in the position you "were" in should have given ANYONE your pick before it was posted)and I hope that I can see something here that will make me want to listen. Thanks for listening,Dale

To: Daniel Miller who wrote (3846)	3/6/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: CIMA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9115

SEC Charges 13 With Internet Fraud By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Continuing their ''sweep'' against Internet investment scams, federal securities regulators announced Thursday they had charged nine people and four companies with fraud online. The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged separate schemes that deceived investors around the world by fraudulently promoting stocks in Internet junk mail, online newsletters, Internet message board postings and Web sites. The market watchdog agency made the allegations in a civil lawsuit and three administrative actions. All four cases involved people allegedly promoting stocks without disclosing they were paid for it. The lawsuit also involved an alleged ''pump and dump'' scheme, in which promoters pushed up a stock's price by making false claims about the company and later sold their own shares to cash in on the artificially high price. The accused individuals, including one current and two former stockbrokers, promoted more than 56 publicly traded companies and received more than $450,000 for doing so, the SEC said. The companies are fairly small and their stocks are relatively cheap, risky and thinly traded. The agency ''continues to be vigilant in its efforts to stamp out fraud on the Internet,'' said SEC Enforcement Director Richard Walker. ''If you're trying to cheat investors on the Internet, we are watching and we will catch you.'' The actions were the latest moves in a nationwide crackdown against investment fraud in cyberspace started by the SEC in October. The agency has been targeting people promoting stocks over the Internet who don't disclose they are paid to do so. Such stock promotions are known as ''touting.'' Stock touting is not illegal in and of itself, but any compensation received from the companies must be fully disclosed, including the nature and amount of payment in cash or stock. In the new lawsuit, the SEC alleged that P. Joseph Vertucci, an insider of Interactive MultiMedia Publishers, and Bruce Straughn, a former Chicago stockbroker, manipulated the company's stock price in a ''pump and dump'' scheme. Vertucci and Straughn also are accused of arranging for publications to tout Interactive MultiMedia, a software development company, on the Internet and elsewhere. They allegedly paid the touters with cheap or free company stock, which the touters failed to disclose. Interactive MultiMedia's stock later collapsed and the company ceased operating, the SEC said. The agency sued Vertucci, Straughn and five other people allegedly involved in the scheme, seeking unspecified civil penalties and repayment of illegal profits from some of them. Vertucci denied any wrongdoing, saying he was deceived when he bought Interactive MultiMedia. The SEC ''missed the point. ... What they're doing is wrong,'' he said in a telephone interview. Straughn said he hadn't seen the details of the case yet and had no immediate comment. In the three administrative actions, the SEC alleged that: — Scott Flynn and his company, Strategic Network Development Inc., used Internet junk mail and a Web site called Stockprofiles.com to disseminate favorable information about several companies without fully disclosing his payments from the companies. Flynn, a former stockbroker convicted of securities fraud in another case, is said to have received at least $183,200 in cash and 322,500 shares of stock from at least 10 of the companies. Flynn could not immediately be reached for comment. —Hastings Communications, the owner and publisher of Stockprofiles.com, promoted the companies without fully disclosing its payments from the same companies. In a settlement with the SEC, Hastings Communications agreed to refrain from such violations in the future. The company neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing. —Max Ramras, through a business named RCG Capital Markets Group Inc., touted the stocks of nine companies on a Web site without disclosing payments in cash and stock options from the companies. RCG Capital Markets allegedly made more than $100,000 from the companies since November. Don Wall, an attorney in Phoenix for Ramras and his company, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. The Flynn and Ramras cases will be heard by SEC administrative law judges, who will determine whether the allegations are true and whether any remedial actions should be imposed. ——— EDITOR'S NOTE: The SEC advises investors to read its Cyberspace Alert before buying any investment promoted on the Internet. The publication is available on the investor assistance and complaints link of the agency's Web site at <http://www.sec.gov/>www.sec.gov. It also is available by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Investors also are urged to report suspicious investment offerings to enforcement@sec.gov.