Message-ID: <4786798.1075861162049.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 04:46:17 -0800 (PST) From: morning19@alerts.equityalert.com To: alewis@ect.enron.com Subject: Your News Alert for YHOO Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Equity Alert Center" @ENRON X-To: Andrew Lewis X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ALEWIS (Non-Privileged)\Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Lewis-A X-FileName: ALEWIS (Non-Privileged).pst =09[IMAGE]=09 =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Upgrades [IMAGE] DownGrades= [IMAGE] Coverage Initiated [IMAGE] Stock Splits [IMAGE] Buybacks [IMAG= E] Pos Pre-Announce [IMAGE] Neg Pre-Announce [IMAGE] Todays IPOs [IMAGE]= IPO - Quiet Periods [IMAGE] IPO - Postponements [IMAGE] IPO - Withdrawa= ls [IMAGE] IPO - Latest Pricing [IMAGE] IPO - Lockup Period [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Unsubscribe [IMAGE] Update my Members= hip / Profile [IMAGE] Forgot Username / Password [IMAGE] Add / Edit Alert= s [IMAGE] View My Alerts [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09 As requested, your News Alert for YHOO = follows from EquityAlert.com. J.D. Power and Associates and Yahoo! Inc= . Report: Travelers Strongly Prefer Federal Involvement in Airport Security= Screening Process AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Nov 19, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- = As the busiest holiday travel period approaches, consumers are still planni= ng to increase air travel. Last week's crash of Flight 587 did not dramatic= ally reduce confidence in air travel, however, travelers want more federal = involvement in security measures, according to the J.D. Power and Associate= s and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) report released today. Among those who ha= ve traveled within the last three months, 62 percent of air travelers say t= hey are "already comfortable" with air travel. This same group reports the = level of travelers reporting they will "never" be comfortable rose from 3 p= ercent to 5 percent. The report shows being "afraid to fly" is still the = most often-cited reason for curtailing air travel plans, with nearly 50 per= cent of leisure travelers mentioning it as their number one reason. One-thi= rd of business travelers cited either economic conditions or company restri= ctions on air travel as their top reasons for not flying. Travelers have = a strong preference for federal involvement in the airport security screeni= ng process, according to the report. "The highly publicized recent storie= s of security lapses have greatly reduced the public's opinion of private a= irport security companies," said Michael Taylor, director of travel service= s at J.D. Power and Associates. "The public also feels stronger that a sear= ch of checked baggage is necessary for airport security." One thing that = hasn't changed in the past month is the public's faith in technology to pro= vide greater security. High-tech scanners and bomb "sniffers" top the list = of items travelers would like to see in airports. A ban on restaurant cutle= ry and national ID cards have the least impact on how safe consumers feel. = "As for what can be done to increase in-flight security, armored cockpit = doors would inspire as much confidence as sky marshals posted on random fli= ghts," said Taylor. The percentage of people that feel air travel has "ch= anged forever" is slowly dropping, while the percentage of people perceivin= g "no difference" increased from 8 percent to 12 percent. The Flight 587 tr= agedy did not affect the percentage of travelers who are still undecided ab= out their comfort level in flying, which remained steady at one in five tra= velers. The survey was conducted two months after the worst air catastrop= hes in the history of the United States, September 11, and one day after th= e crash of Flight 587. J.D. Power and Associates and Yahoo! collected data = from more than 2,600 adult respondents. The public opinion poll was conduct= ed among random visitors to Yahoo's Web site the week of November 12. More = than 1,200 of the respondents reported having air travel experiences within= the past three months. Headquartered in Agoura Hills, Calif., J.D. Power= and Associates is a global marketing information services firm operating i= n key business sectors including market research, forecasting, consulting, = training and customer satisfaction. The firm's quality and satisfaction mea= surements are based on actual responses from millions of consumers annually= . J.D. Power and Associates can be accessed through the Internet at www.jdp= a.com. Media e-mail contact: jessica.smith@jdpa.com, or michael.greywitt@jd= pa.com. Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce= and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services = to more than 210 million individuals each month worldwide. Yahoo! is the No= . 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The= company's global Web network includes 24 world properties. Yahoo! has offi= ces in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States= , and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. This press release is provide= d for editorial use only. No advertising or other promotional use can be ma= de of the information in this release or J.D. Power and Associates survey r= esults without the express prior written consent of J.D. Power and Associat= es. CONTACT: J.D. Power and Associates Jessica= Smith, 203/221-1998, East Coast Michael P. 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