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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (44399)	3/7/1999 5:01:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 164684

Agree. I think there is a good chance that it will move up. As the rest of the market rises, the fear of owning some of the more speculative stocks will drop. I think this is the run up before a further decline. Once tax refunds and other inputs into the equity flow is over, the market will drop some. The more speculative issues will drop a lot but some cyclicals and stocks that have been ignored will do relatively well. Many of the true blue companies will do well but the secondary stocks will do better over the next 1-2 years, IMO. The Internet sector will get harder to play - fewer guarantees that about anything you buy will get bid up.

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (44399)	3/7/1999 7:55:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Microsoft-HK Tel to provide software rental-paper HONG KONG, March 8 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> and Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd <0008.HK> will announce an Internet deal on Tuesday to allow computer users to rent software and download films, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Monday. The joint-venture service, set to be available by the end of this year, is one of the first in the world and will put Hong Kong at the forefront of the convergence of the television and the computer, the South China Morning Post said. Officials from Microsoft and Hongkong Telecom were not immediately available for comment. But Hongkong Telecom said last week its chief executive Linus Cheung would co-host a news conference with Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Bill Gates in Hong Kong atn 2:45 p.m. local Tuesday (0645 GMT/1:45 a.m. EST) on a "strategic cooperation plan." It gave no further details. According to the newspaper, the new service would allow users to rent a wide range of software from Hongkong Telecom's computer at low cost for one-time use, the newspaper said without naming any sources. Applications such as Microsoft Word could be downloaded almost as quickly as if the software was on the home computer's hard drive, it said. Users would not need to buy software which can cost thousands of (Hong Kong) dollars and may only be used a few times. The low cost of individual rental also made piracy less economically attractive. The newspaper said the alliance would help Hongkong Telecom, the territory's leading telecommunications provider, cement its domination of the Internet service provider market in Hong Kong, of which it holds more than 50 percent of the market share and move into the still-untapped realm of electronic commerce. Hongkong Telecom, which is a unit of Cable and Wireless Plc <CW.L>, had been searching for new sources of revenue after the recent deregulation of its long-distance phone monoploy, the Post said. Shares of Hongkong Telecom rose 8.9 percent to HK$14 on rumours of the alliance with Microsoft. (HK$7.8 = US$1) 2843 6441; Fax (852) 2845 0636