Message-ID: <20243145.1075852092393.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:23:00 -0700 (PDT) From: fool@motleyfool.com To: benjamin.rogers@enron.com Subject: Breakfast News: Krispy Kreme Hopes to Keep Dunking Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The Motley Fool X-To: benjamin.rogers X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \BROGERS (Non-Privileged)\Rogers, Benjamin\Motley Fool E-mails X-Origin: ROGERS-B X-FileName: BROGERS (Non-Privileged).pst Please respond to The Motley Fool ======================== THE MOTLEY FOOL ======================== B R E A K F A S T N E W S Wednesday, May 16, 2001 benjamin.rogers@enron.com ================================================================= IN THIS ISSUE --------------------- - TOP STORY: KRISPY KREME HOPES TO KEEP DUNKING http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=409787 - NEWS TO GO: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH, RAWLINGS, AND TIFFANY http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=409788 - HOT TOPICS: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, CREE, AND BOEING http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=409789 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: Ameritrade Open an Ameritrade account now and get commission-free trades for 1 month. 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