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To: Jan Crawley who wrote (46005)	3/16/1999 1:50:00 PM
From: alan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

There are rumors that Amazon is guiding the street down on revenue outlook. Has anybody heard this? Thats why the stock is down.

To: Jan Crawley who wrote (46005)	3/16/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Jan, I bought 100 amzn at 134 1/8. Now 100 long, 300 short. I see we're getting the 2:PM surge.

To: Jan Crawley who wrote (46005)	3/17/1999 8:14:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

AOL<AOL.N>aims to more than triple Europe subscribers HANOVER, March 17 (Reuters) - AOL Europe, owned by U.S. online services giant America Online Inc, said on Wednesday it plans to more than triple its subscribers by 2002. The European subsidiary of the world's leading Internet services provider warned however that despite liberalisation high phone charges were a serious dampener on Internet use. "The company's ultimate goal is to reach 10 million households in 2002," AOL Europe's chief executive officer Andreas Schmidt told a press conference held at the annual CeBIT technology trade fair. Currently, 2.6 million households have signed up to AOL Europe. AOL's market share in Europe was currently about 25 percent. This should rise to over 30 percent by 2002. Schmidt said he wanted AOL to lead Europe's emergence as an Internet power but that this was being hampered by excessive telephone costs. "European telecommunications costs are approximately five times higher than in the United States. By 2001, the U.S. will have more than three times the Internet penetration rate of Europe, 40 percent versus 13 percent, despite Europe's largest overall population and economy," Schmidt said. Schmidt urged politicians in Europe to lobby for the Internet business, saying the development of a competitive economy depended on this. He said AOL would be mail-shotting members of Europe's national parliaments and the European parliament to seek support. "We will push for policies and a business environment that will allow Europe to realise its potential as a competitive, modern 'Net-centred' economy, Schmidt said. Answering questions, Schmidt said the investment required by AOL to meet its subscriber target would be massive, but he declined to give figures. Schmidt said AOL Europe aimed to win a significant share of the projected $2.77 billion revenue from Internet advertising expected by 2003. AOL Europe was formed in 1995 as a joint venture with Bertelsmann Ag <BTGGga.F>, Europe's largest media company.

To: Jan Crawley who wrote (46005)	3/17/1999 8:22:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

U.S. FTC to announce approval of Intel deal-report WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce approval of a surprise settlement struck last week with Intel Corp.<INTC.O> just before a major antitrust trial against the chip maker was set to begin, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The article, quoting unnamed sources, said details of the pact will be made available on Wednesday. The government had accused Intel of using its dominance in making the chips at the heart of most personal computers to bully its competitors and stifle innovation. The Federal Trade Commission, which had brought the charges last June, said on March 8 that the proposed agreement still had to be voted on by its full four-member commission within the next few days. The agreement tracks much of the remedy the FTC had sought in the case, persons with knowledge of the deal told Reuters when it was first announced. The FTC got Intel to stop withholding products or intellectual property when it has a dispute with customers, according to the sources. Intel won exceptions to that remedy in special circumstances. And it need not admit that it holds monopoly power for the processors that run personal computers. The FTC had charged that Intel withheld information, prototypes and technical assistance when computer makers would not surrender their intellectual property for free. The suit was one of two high profile cases brought last year by the government against the nation's leading high-technology companies in the personal computing industry. The Justice Department's case against software giant Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O>. continues.