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======================== THE MOTLEY FOOL ======================== B R E A K F A S T N E W S Friday, October 19, 2001 benjamin.rogers@enron.com ================================================================= Over the next several weeks, we will be revising some of Fool.com's editorial content offerings. Unfortunately, as part of these revisions, this daily Breakfast With the Fool feature is discontinued. We thank you for your readership and support. Stay tuned for new features coming soon. To subscribe to other Fool email newsletters, check this link: http://www.fool.com/community/freemail/freemaillogin.asp?email=benjamin.rogers@enron.com IN THIS ISSUE --------------------- - TOP STORY: Hard Times at Microsoft? http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522443 - NEWS TO GO: Sun, eBay, and the Last Doughnuts http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522444 - POST OF THE DAY: Apple Q4 - The Good with the Bad http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522445 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: ING Direct Power Saving with ING DIRECT! The Orange Savings Account offers 4.00% annual percentage yield. With no fees and minimums, you have the advantage...Apply Now...member FDIC. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=522446 "It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life." -- Green Day ----------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- HARD TIMES AT MICROSOFT? Is Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) ready to fly again? Backing out a $1.2 billion hit in its investment portfolio, the software titan reported profits of $0.43 a share. That was three cents better than analysts were expecting as sales grew by 6% to $6.1 billion. <<FULL STORY: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522447 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS TO GO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pass the sun block. Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) is reporting a nickel a share loss for its fiscal first-quarter on a steep decline in revenue. The top-line sank to $2.9 billion from a $5.1 billion showing a year ago. Sun's set came as no surprise since the network computing specialist had warned investors earlier this month. The California company expects to return to profitability by the June quarter. Holy Beanie Babies, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is still hot. The online auctioneer trounced expectations and bid up its fourth-quarter prospects. Quarterly earnings came in at $0.12 a share on a 71% surge in sales to $194.4 million. It's also raising the ante for the current period. While the company was originally expecting December-quarter revenue to come in between $195 million and $205 million, it is now hiking up both ends of the range by an extra $5 million. The strong showing and bar raising is an impressive feat as the company is a month into its 100-day Auction for America in which it is waiving its fees for charitable listings. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=522448 There's no business like e-business for PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) as the enterprise software maker reported earnings from recurring operations of $0.15 a share, three cents ahead of Wall Street's projection. Thanks to a growth in license revenue for its flagship PeopleSoft 8 -- an excellent name for a B-movie if there ever was one -- sales topped the half-billion dollar mark. No one is putting struggling cow-patched computer maker Gateway (NYSE: GTW) out to pasture just yet. While the company's third-quarter loss was in line with already lowered expectations, Gateway sees shipments picking back up in the current quarter. Excluding charges, the company lost $0.17 a share on revenue of $1.4 billion. The company managed to grow its domestic market share in the consumer and education segments and is expecting to report a quarterly profit to close out the year. Last doughnuts with the Fool Finally, it's true. Come next week you will have to enjoy your Krispy Kreme (NYSE: KKD) glazed doughnut and your Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) double latte without the company of your Breakfast With the Fool. It was September 21, 1998, when Yi-Hsin Chang and Brian Bauer rolled out our first morning plateful. The Nasdaq Composite stood at 1663.77 back then. It's at 1652.72 this morning. Not a lot has changed. Everything has changed. As we refocus our efforts towards enhancing many of our existing features and rolling out new ones, we want to thank you for being part of our community and appreciate your patience as we evolve in order to serve you. Hey. You still have some of that doughnut glaze on your chin. So, onward and forward. Like Wendy's (NYSE: WEN), we just don't do breakfast anymore. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522449 ----------------------------------------------------------------- POST OF THE DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------- APPLE Q4 - THE GOOD WITH THE BAD "Now, we have Apple rather coyly dangling the idea of a brand new non-Mac device to wow the audience. At the same time, revenue projections are extremely conservative, at $1.4B for Christmas. Given the continuous stream of revenue over-estimation coming from Apple over the last 12 months, we have to assume that even Apple doesn't expect its special surprise to help Q4's results." <<FULL POST: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522450 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: ING Direct Power Saving with ING DIRECT! The Orange Savings Account offers 4.00% annual percentage yield. With no fees and minimums, you have the advantage...Apply Now...member FDIC. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=522451 ================================================================= My Portfolio: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522452 My Discussion Boards: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=522453 WANNA TAKE THE SHORTCUT? Check out our new Crash Courses, the fastest way to get your finances in order. Get results in less than an hour, for just $10. 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