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To: Tom who wrote (6099)	5/6/1999 10:59:00 AM
From: dwight martin	Respond to of 10081

Summary announcement on QWST share split/increase: biz.yahoo.com DENVER, May 6 (Reuters) - Internet communications company Qwest Communications International Inc. said Thursday its shareholders approved a measure to increase the number of authorized Qwest shares from 625 million to more than 2.02 billion. A portion of the additional shares will be used for the company's upcoming two-for-one stock split, which will occur on May 24. The remaining shares would be used to support continued global expansion and other strategic initiatives, the company said in a statement.

To: Tom who wrote (6099)	5/6/1999 12:22:00 PM
From: Iraklis	Respond to of 10081

<Sorry, but which part of the article talks about 10 and 100 times growth? Missed it> "[PL] I look for companies that can grow 10 times and then 100 times their current size, not just double or quadruple as in traditional investment analysis. With Internet companies, the proper scale of growth comes in logarithmic increments. " then he goes on reccommends GMGC. The ubiquitous Internet will come after that, and the companies likely to participate are XERCOM, GENERAL MAGIC (GMGC), LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS (LHSP), MICROSOFT (MSFT) and AMERICA ONLINE. Then, 10 years down the line, will come the virtual-reality Internet. Watch for companies that provide bandwidth, 3-D fast processing, and software compression capabilities. Companies such as LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS (LVLT), QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL (QWST), CIENA (CIEN), and 3DFX INTERACTIVE (TDFX). " It's not all in one sentence - but I think it is all there