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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D TH= E MOTLEY FOOL =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D B R E A K F A S T N E W S =20 Thursday, October 18, 2001 benjamin.rogers@enron.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Dear Fool: Over the next several weeks, we will be revising some of=20 Fool.com's editorial content offerings. Unfortunately, as part=20 of these revisions, this daily Breakfast With the Fool feature=20 will be discontinued with this Friday's edition (Oct. 19). We=20 thank you for your readership and support. Stay tuned for new=20 features coming soon. To subscribe to other Fool email=20 newletters, check this link:=20 http://www.fool.com/community/freemail/freemaillogin.asp?email=3Dbenjamin.r= ogers@enron.com IN THIS ISSUE --------------------- - TOP STORY: Apple Lowers Guidance http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521185 =20 - NEWS TO GO: Texas Instruments, Broadcom, and Sprint http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521186 =09 - POST OF THE DAY: The Changing Image of Lucent http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521187 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SPONSORED BY: Ameritrade Ameritrade brings you the market's most valuable commodity: Knowledge. Get a free 6-month Morningstar.com=AE Premium Membership when you open an account. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=3D521188 "What's the market gonna do, sir?" "Fluctutate, my boy, just fluctuate."=20 -- Alleged Conversation between J. Pierpont Morgan, the banker,=20 and an elevator boy in 1929=20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- APPLE LOWERS GUIDANCE Apple Computer (NYSE: AAPL), a maker of flashy personal=20 computers, beat Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings=20 estimate yesterday, but profits fell 61% over the year-ago=20 period as the company's business struggled because of slowing=20 consumer spending. The company also lowered its guidance for the=20 coming quarter, when personal computer sales usually pick up=20 because of increased spending during the holiday season.=20 <<FULL STORY: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521189 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS TO GO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL), which makes customer-based=20 software, disappointed investors with a rare earnings miss=20 yesterday, forcing the stock down as much as 25% in after hours.=20 The company reported third-quarter earnings of $35.2 million, or=20 $0.07 per share, on revenue of $428.5 million. Wall Street=20 expected earnings of $0.09 cents a share and sales of $490.8=20 million. In the year-ago quarter, Siebel earned $67.5 million,=20 on sales of $496.5 million.=20 Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), the world's largest maker of=20 computer chips for mobile phones, reported better-than-expected=20 sales and earnings after the markets closed yesterday. The=20 company lost $57 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to a=20 profit of $589 million, or $0.33 per share, in the year-ago=20 period. Wall Street expected a loss of $0.04 per share. Revenues=20 dropped 9% over the year-ago period to $1.9 billion, slightly=20 better than expected.=20 Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM), a maker of communications chips,=20 reported a loss of $1.6 billion, or $6.36 per share, versus a=20 loss of $14.1 million, or $0.06 per share, in the year-ago=20 quarter. Revenues fell from $319.2 million in the same period=20 last year to $213.6 million. Excluding charges, Broadcom lost=20 $0.13 per share, two cents ahead of Wall Street's estimate. (For=20 more on Broadcom's business, visit our InDepth: Computer=20 Hardware page.)=20 http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521190 Sprint (NYSE: FON), the third largest long-distance carrier in=20 the U.S., posted third-quarter profits that fell 36% and said it=20 was canceling its high-speed network access "ION" initiative, a=20 move that will force it to cut 6000 workers and take a $2=20 billion charge. Sprint earned $0.28 per share, versus $0.43 per=20 share in the year-ago period, inline with Wall Street's=20 estimate. Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) lost $0.29 per share, versus=20 Wall Street's estimate of $0.22 per share. ----------------------------------------------------------------- POST OF THE DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE CHANGING IMAGE OF LUCENT "I have never been more proud to be a Lucent employee than I=20 have over the past six weeks. The spirit that has pervaded all=20 Lu employees during this time has been inspiring. Whether the=20 employee is an Installer, Engineer, Customer Service Rep, or=20 Program Manager, I have never heard anyone complain about the=20 long hours we are working."=20 <<FULL POST: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521191 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SPONSORED BY: Ameritrade Ameritrade brings you the market's most valuable commodity: Knowledge. Get a free 6-month Morningstar.com=AE Premium Membership when you open an account. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=3D521192 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D My Portfolio: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521193 My Discussion Boards: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=3D521194 WANNA TAKE THE SHORTCUT? 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