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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: t2 who wrote (17802)	3/11/1999 10:14:00 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

well this quote from your Bloomberg article puts this a non-event category <<'I don't see any negatives and it could end up being a mild positive,'' said Bill Whitlow, a portfolio manager with Safeco Northwest Fund, which owns Microsoft shares. ''Maybe investment income will be a little higher than previously thought.''>> Max90

To: t2 who wrote (17802)	3/11/1999 11:41:00 PM
From: Ian Davidson	Respond to of 74651

MSFT turned around in afterhours and is trading up! I thought it was down. AFTER THE BELL - Techs rise in after-hours trade NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - Shares in major technology companies Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), Prodigy Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:PRGY - news), America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL - news) and Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) all got a boost in after-hours U.S. trading on Thursday. Microsoft traded at 162-1/2, up from 161-7/16. The company planned to update analysts on its quarterly business. Prodigy was at 41-1/4, up from 40-3/4 after it reported a drop in earnings. AOL traded at 95-3/4, up from the close of 95-5/8. Intel was at 118-1/2 from 118-1/8. After reporting increased earnings, software company Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL - news) was at 36-1/4, down from the closing price of 36-7/8. CMGI Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI - news), which develops Internet companies, was at 182 from 182-1/2 after it reported a second quarter profit. (Note: this article is ''in progress''; there will likely be an update soon.)