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To: SirVinny who wrote (110490)3/21/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: John Hauser  Respond to of 176387
 
Barron's 500 list ranks best U.S. investment bets
NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - High-flying Internet service provider America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL - news) topped Barron's first annual 500 list of the nation's best largest publicly traded firms for investors, Barron's reported in its March 22 issue.

The public's appetite for anything computer-related was evident as the list's top five companies included AOL, Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL - news), Best Buy (NYSE:BBY - news), EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC - news) and Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news).

The weekly said it ranked companies according to revenues and a combination of their stock market returns and profitability. The report also took into consideration the prospects of sustaining those returns



To: SirVinny who wrote (110490)3/21/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Michael Kucera  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 176387
 
SirVinny, keep in mind that was a FREE investment newsletter. Doubtful that they have any REAL info on the potential deal. Very hard to imagine IBM buying dell at this point.but, both companies can benefit from each other so a quasi-merger sounds good to me. and should be good for the stock price.