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To: Lane Hall-Witt who wrote (1163)	5/13/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: Neil H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1691

Bought another batch this morning on the dip into the 34 range. Very optimistic on price rise the next few weeks. Neil

To: Lane Hall-Witt who wrote (1163)	5/13/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1691

Lane, you cannot do this: It looked to me like the specialist sat on the ask and pushed the price down into that buyer's range, rather than making the buyer come up and meet a higher price. That kind of thing can only occur on the NASD. The NYSE specialist system is an auction, and the specialist cannot trade ahead of other buyers or sellers. A specialist caught doing the kind of thing you suggest would find himself in deep doo-doo very quickly. Check out the NYSE site and look at how they deal with infractions. TTFN, CTC