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07:46AM EDT 17-OCT-00 BUCKINGHAM RESEARCH GROUP  (STEVENS, JAY P.)
BUCKINGHAM: IBM - STRONG BUY - SEPTEMBER QUARTER PREVIEW

08:41AM EDT 17-OCT-00 SALOMON SMITH BARNEY (JOHN B. JONES JR) HWP
HWP: UNSCATHED BY WEAK EFII OUTLOOK

06:53AM EDT 17-OCT-00 GOLDMAN SACHS (RICK G. SHERLUND) MSFT
SEPTEMBER QUARTER ESTIMATES AND OUTLOOK FOR MICROSOFT.

11:11AM EDT 17-OCT-00 WIT SOUNDVIEW (SCOTT RANDALL) INTC INTC.GWI
INTEL (INTC) EARNINGS PREVIEW OCTOBER 17, 2000

09:57AM EDT 17-OCT-00 BOFA MONTGOMERY (WHITTINGTON, RICHARD L)
MAKING THE NUMBERS

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