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Message subject : Market Preview For Wednesday(USA)

This message was posted by Gail on May 16, 2000 :


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Market Preview For Wednesday
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Hewlett-Packard [HWP] after Tuesday's close reported second-quarter
earnings of $0.87 per share, compared with $0.73 during the same period
last year. Analysts polled by First Call expected $0.82 a share.

Veritas Software [VRTS] said late Tuesday that it reached an agreement with
International Business Machines [IBM] to make its software available for
IBM's AIX/Monterey systems. Shares of Veritas were higher in after-hours
trading.

Other Factors Affecting Stocks
NVIDIA [NVDA] late Tuesday announced that its Board of Directors had
approved a 2-for-1 stock split.

After Tuesday's close, BEA Systems [BEAS] announced pro forma first quarter
earnings of $0.03 per share, compared with $0.01 during the same period
last year. Analysts expected $0.02 a share.

Agilent Technologies [A] shares fell in after-hours trading on Tuesday
after reporting second-quarter earnings that met Wall Street estimates. The
company, though, said its operating income had declined.

Intel [INTC] holds its annual meeting on Wednesday.

The US government replies to Microsoft's [MSFT] proposal to restrict its
business practices, rather than split it in two, as the government has
suggested.

US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers addresses the Economic Strategy
Institute's Global Forum.

Ford Motor [F], Bausch & Lomb [BOL] and PacifiCare Health Systems [PHSY]
hold company-sponsored analyst meetings on Wednesday.

Shares of Credence Systems [CMOS] and Virata [VRTA] are expected to split
2-for-1 based on Wednesday's closing price.

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