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To: country bob who wrote (748)	4/17/1999 1:51:00 PM
From: Steve Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1691

This site lists the BNBN IPO to be the week of 4/26 too. ostman.com

To: country bob who wrote (748)	4/17/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1691

Though I'm sure NAVR will rise with the IPO, I just traded all my NAVR for BKS. My reasons are that BKS is coming first (we assume) and that it's a better stronger more secure company (definitely) which will attract more traditional investors and institutions. Also, the downside risk is less as if anything should happen it won't crash the way a NAVR might. When you look at NAVR's info their balance sheet shows them with $100,000 in cash. Sure the IPO will raise a lot of money but that gives me a shakey feeling. And how are they making money now? We know how BKS is. And with the AOL alliance we know they can challenge to be #1 on the web worldwide.