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Subject: Utilities slow to buy into ASP market
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GE]    [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]           Utilities slow to buy into ASP mar=
ket  Even with the recent slump in the economy, it is still surprising that=
 U.S. and European energy companies haven't turned more to application serv=
ice providers (ASPs) to expand their service offerings to customers and par=
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 [IMAGE]   Market Brief  Tuesday, October 23  Stocks Close Change % Change =
DJIA 9,340.08 (37.0) -0.39% DJ 15 Util. 299.36 (7.5) -2.44% NASDAQ 1,704.43=
 (3.66) -0.21% S&P 500 1,084.00 (5.1) -0.47%     Market Vols Close Change %=
 Change AMEX (000) 172,406 39,877.0  30.09% NASDAQ (000) 1,818,790 293,573.=
0  19.25% NYSE (000) 1,314,163 215,705.0  19.64%     Commodities Close Chan=
ge % Change Crude Oil (Nov) 21.76 0.00  0.00% Heating Oil (Nov) 0.621 (0.00=
6) -0.96% Nat. Gas (Henry) 2.66 (0.086) -3.13% Propane (Nov) 39.5 0.250  0.=
64% Palo Verde (Nov) 28.50 0.50  1.79% COB (Nov) 30.25 0.75  2.54% PJM (Nov=
) 27.80 0.30  1.09%     Dollar US $ Close Change % Change Australia $  1.96=
8 0.005  0.25% Canada $   1.571 (0.008) -0.51% Germany Dmark  2.196 0.003  =
0.14% Euro   0.8906 (0.001) -0.11% Japan ?en  122.70 0.200  0.16% Mexico NP=
 9.22 (0.010) -0.11% UK Pound   0.702 (0.0005) -0.07%     Foreign Indices C=
lose Change % Change Arg MerVal 247.00 (5.72) -2.26% Austr All Ord. 3,149.3=
0 32.50  1.04% Braz Bovespa 11613.44 (86.55) -0.74% Can TSE 300  6904.2 (1.=
00) -0.01% Germany DAX 4716.05 121.01  2.63% HK HangSeng 10219.84 422.30  4=
.31% Japan Nikkei 225  10861.56 296.15  2.80% Mexico IPC  5571.27 31.99  0.=
58% UK FTSE 100 5,193.30 122.90  2.42%      Source:  Yahoo! & TradingDay.co=
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