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On Thursday neither the Dow Industrials or the Nasdaq saw green... what was
particularly surprising was there was an expectation that end of month widow dressing would carry us up for the close of the week - maybe this bodes well for Friday - if there is any action expect it in the morning as traders leave early for a long holiday weekend. (Tues. is the July 4th holiday and Monday is a short trading day). In tech generally - UIS tumbled over 30% on negative talk going forward and numerous downgrades, CPQ* (Compaq Comp) down over 11% on analyst comments, EMC (EMC Corp), IBM ORCL (Oracle) all down 2%, AFCI (Advanced Fibre Communications) ERICY (LM Erics Tel) and NSM (National Semiconductor) down 6%, GTW (Gateway) SAP (Sap Aktiengecell) and ADI (Analog Devices) all down roughly 5%, TXN (Texas Instruments) down 4%, NOK (Nokia) and HWP (Hewlett-Packard) down 3%.... there were a couple of bright spots - COMS (3-Com) up 9% on earnings, INTU (Intuit) up 7% and FON (Sprint Fon GP) up over 3 1/2% - bouncing back from yesterday.... another stock of note yesterday LLY (Eli Lily) up over 15 due to positive reports on new drug..... In the CEUT Universe: INIT* (Interliant) and ITWO* (I2 Technologies) both up over 3, NATI* (National Instruments0 down over 5, AMCC* (AMC Corp) up 4, PSEM* (Pericom Semiconductors) and CNXT* (Conexant Systems) down 3, SSTI* (Silicon Storage) down over 2 1/2, JDSU* (JDS Uniphase) down over 5, BRCD* (Brocade Communications) up over 3 1/2, PRCM* (Procom Technologies) and NTAP* (Network Appliance) both down over 4, PROX (Proxim) and RIMM* (Research In Motion) down nearly 4 (RIMM* continued to tumble in after hours trading after they came in inline but there were negative rumblings on the call), NUHC* (Nu Horizons) down over 1, MERQ* (Mercury Interactive) up 2, MUSE* (Micromuse) up over 6 (continuing rise), VTRS* (Veritas Software) down over 9, TMPW* (TMP Worldwide) down over 3, DISH* (Echostar Communication) up over 2, GILTF* (Gilat Satellite) down 3, GMH (General Motors H) up 3 (on the rebound), SPOT* (Panam Sat) down over 3, WCII* (Winstar Communications) down over 2 1/2, COVD* (Covad Communications) down over 1. In IPOland some were up strong, some weren't - Capstone Turbine (CPST) tripled after coming at the top of the upward range - the company makes parts for power generators and electronic vehicles.... Accord Networks (ACCD) - the Israeli realtime interaction co. closed down 19%.... Virage (VRGE) - video content dist. software up over 50%..... Carescience (CARE) - medical analysis programs - closed down 17%. Coming today Exfo Electro-Optical Eng. (EXFO) - fiber optic test equip priced way above range. Mobility Elect. (MOBE) - peripheral interface tech. priced above range. Storage Networks (STOR) - data storage provider - priced above range. T - issuing tracking stock for long dist, cable to boost stock price? XRX - accounting questions in Mexican unit. IBM gets GTE vet for HR chief - 2nd big GTE defection since Bell Atlantic merger./ Also GTE nailed for illegal gifts to Hollywood VIPs. Regulators - SBC Comm. (regional bell) - getting okay to go into Long Dist. market. Office Depot, Buy.com and Value America - pulling "deceptive" computer ads. Fed anti-trust busters - not rushing to regulate online commerce. MPPP - subscription service for music. TXN - buys wireless developer Dot Wireless. Nortel* in alliance with Juniper to market hardware to Telcos. LawCommerce.com - lots of interest from law firms and VCs - sell full range of law related products. Primedia's Pres and CEO quits. France Tel. - 10% stake in Web unit values web co. between $16 to $18 Billion. iVillage - two managers defect to Beliefnet - spirtualality site. London Metal exchange - online competition from European Group. United Airlines - shuts off in flight system to plug in laptops over safety concerns. AMR studying issue. Pearson - buys Family Educatin Network in addition to content dist. deal with AOL. Belgacom (Belgium ISP) merge with Infosources (French ISP) creating another strong Euro ISP competitor. NetZero - buys electronic currency producer RocketCash. Bank of Scot. - outsourcing IT services to IBM. 3 Property Co.s (CB Richard Ellis, DTZ Holdings, Jones Lang LaSalle) - forming real-estate portal in Europe. WAP - is WAP wack? Deut T's early #s aren't promising. EHitex - net market for high tech co.s gets $100 million - backers include - AMD, CPQ*, Gateway, Hitachi, HWP, NEC, Samsung, A, Cannon and others. Carmel Ventures raised $160 million - high tech Israeli venture fund. Israel Aircraft Indust. - raised from ashes to become major player in air/defense contracting worldwide - US not happy. NY Times - overview of online legal sites. ORCL - revamps ap server offering. Failed Dot Coms -are they selling your private info? Silicon Alley Reporter - interesting overview of Charlie Rose interview with programmer David Gelernter - current OSs suck and it's software industries fault. COVD* - automated loop order processing - GTE, USW, Ameritech and Southwestern Bell. Barrons - honest overview of their stock picks in '99 and '00 - we missed alot and nailed some. WSJ Heard - Freddie Mac - we're not splitting co. RecordTV - page 1 story in WSJ of "Napster of TV" - father just trying to record programs for his kids. QCOM - laying off 200 workers - streamlining. Tumbleweed Comm (secure e-mail) buys Interface Systems (legacy data on WWW). HWP - buy their CD writer and get 2 months of E Music downloads for free. GSTRF+ - CNBC explains drawdown - LOR, LMT and QCOM on the hook - quotes banking pundit who says move "smacks of desperation" but it's a "wise financing move". C.E. Unterberg Towbin - InfoVista in San Fran. The information contained herein is obtained from sources we believe to be reliable but its accuracy and completeness, and that of the opinions based thereon, are not guaranteed. C.E. Unterberg Towbin, or one or more of its partners, may have a position in any of the securities discussed herein. All rights reserved by C.E. Unterberg Towbin. 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