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To: Voltaire who wrote (7337)	3/21/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: ELIAS DEEB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Barrons 500 article is huge. Could be another big day for I-Nets. AOL ranked #1, DELL #2, EMC #4 = Look out!!

To: Voltaire who wrote (7337)	3/21/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: LABMAN	Respond to of 41369

tommorrow's news International News AOL Europe Aims For 10 Million Households In 2002 March 22, 1999 By John Lewell England Correspondent International News Archives [London] AOL Europe is aiming to reach 10 million European households in 2002, company president and CEO Andreas Schmidt told journalists at CeBIT. In a wide-ranging talk, he outlined a whole series of policy and business initiatives that are intended to help Europe make some impact on the Internet industry. Among the measures announced by AOL Europe is an initiative to connect all of Europe's parliamentarians to its online services. "This is a cross-border medium," said Schmidt. "All politicians, regardless of country or party, should have the same opportunity to access, explore and use online services in the same way as their constituents." Other Internet access providers may well query the implication that politicians do not currently have an opportunity to get online. Certainly, in the UK, the industry has bombarded MPs with information about the Internet--and there can be few excuses today for the unwired parliamentarian. However, the majority of MPs still show a reluctance to come to terms with new media--and it is this reluctance that AOL hopes to overcome. New portal strategy Schmidt went on to say that AOL Europe would pursue a multiple-brand strategy in which AOL and CompuServe would be supported by a unified infrastructure. A new portal strategy is being devised to drive additional advertising and e-commerce revenues. In a further move, AOL will extend its unlimited-access pricing policy to key markets besides the UK. The company will seek a regulatory environment that will help the industry--consumers and providers alike--by opening up fair and free competition. Mentioning some statistics, Schmidt said that AOL Europe employs 2000 European staff to provide local content and customer support services. The network carries 7 million e-mail messages in Europe daily--plus 55 million instant messages. "We will continue to push for policies and a business environment that will allow Europe to realize its potential as a competitive, modern 'Net-centered' economy," said Schmidt. Go to a printable version of this story Today's Headlines Top International News Stories • AOL Europe Aims For 10 Million Households In 2002 • Czech Internet Access a Bit Cheaper, At Last • Australian Government Forms Regime Against Offensive Content • Hongkong.com Gets Love Channel • Italian Public Schools to Receive Multimedia Technology More International News Top InternetNews Stories • Broadcast.com May Get Snapped Up By Yahoo! • AOL May Cut Up to 700 Jobs • Web Standards Group Criticizes IE 5 • Websidestory Announces Independent Webmaster Community • iVillage Makes Stunning Debut More InternetNews Copyright 1999 internet.com LLC All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices

To: Voltaire who wrote (7337)	3/21/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: Technician	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Voltaire, you seem to know AOL quite well, I bought 250 shares at 102 1/2, after 5 2:1 splits, I will have 8000 shares and if the stock trades at 125, I will be a AOL millionaire, this would roughly be a 33 bagger and if AOL doubles every year, it is achievabe in 5 years! I am not dreaming just doing a theoretical mathematical analysis, after all the above has already happened many times over in the tech world (i.e) 33 times in 5 years. I bet MSFT, DELL, INTC, AOL & some others have provided this kind of return in the past 10 years at one time or another. I made 15k last week trading AOOCT's and AOOCA's, lost 12k in paper profits by selling AOOCA's too early. On my shares I have a stop at 102 7/8, I intend to add a 100 shares every time AOL splits or sells off >20%, this ofcourse if the NET revolution continues. The downside is, I get stopped at 102 7/8 in which case I will get back in again, I will raise the stop to 110 if we gain a few more points and intend to take small positions in AOL calls everytime we sell-off. What do you think? i mean is it not a good idea to to hold on to these 250 shares, (i.e) just forget about them for 5 years?