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To: SMALL FRY who wrote (32885)	4/12/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

More earnings plays report: BCST and HDI.. both beating HDI Harley-Davidson, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter Sales and Earnings MILWAUKEE, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HDI - news) today announced record sales and earnings for its first quarter ended March 28, 1999. The Company's first quarter sales were $558.6 million, an increase of 19.7 percent over the first quarter last year. Earnings per share for the first quarter were 38 cents, a 30.8 percent increase compared to last year. ''We achieved a strong start to 1999 with another record quarter of double-digit growth,'' said Jeffrey L. Bleustein, chairman and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. ''We continue to increase our production capacity to meet the growing worldwide demand for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Our dealers are expanding their capabilities and service capacity and we believe our new products currently in development will continue to fulfill the dreams of our existing customers and attract new customers into the Harley-Davidson family. All of this should position us for long-term sustainable growth.'' BCST Broadcast.com Reports Record First Quarter Revenue Revenue Increased 127% From Same Period In 1998 DALLAS, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST - news) today reported revenue totaling $10.3 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999, an increase of 127% over $4.5 million in the same period in 1998, and a 31% sequential increase over the fourth quarter of 1998. Net loss for the first quarter of 1999 was $3.4 million, or $0.09 per basic and diluted share, excluding a one-time charge of $462,000 associated with the acquisition of NetRoadshow. This compares with a net loss of $2.6 million, or $0.09 per share during the first quarter of 1998. Including the one-time charge, net loss for the first quarter of 1999 was $3.8 million, or $0.11 per basic and diluted share. All financial results include the recent acquisition of NetRoadshow, which was accounted for as a pooling of interests. As such, prior periods have been restated to include the results of NetRoadshow. Broadcast.com posted strong revenue growth, with revenue from Business Services increasing to $7.1 million for the first quarter of 1999, a 155% increase over the same period of 1998. Advertising revenue increased to $3.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, an increase of 83% over the same period of 1998. Todd Wagner, chief executive officer of broadcast.com said, ''We continue to rapidly expand our customer base, as we added 239 new Business Services customers and delivered 660 Business Services events in the first quarter, compared with 132 new customers and 502 events in the fourth quarter of 1998. Traffic to the broadcast.com web sites also continues to grow, as our unique users increased 38% to an average of 1.1 million daily users. February Media Metrix reports ranked broadcast.com 14th among all web properties and 6th in the most highly trafficked News/Information/Entertainment category.''