Message-ID: <28300026.1075852092642.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:03:00 -0700 (PDT) From: fool@motleyfool.com To: benjamin.rogers@enron.com Subject: Breakfast News: Pepsi Bottling Caps the S&P 500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The Motley Fool <Fool@MotleyFool.com> X-To: benjamin.rogers <benjamin.rogers@enron.com> 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 Tuesday, May 8, 2001 benjamin.rogers@enron.com ================================================================= IN THIS ISSUE --------------------- - TOP STORY: PEPSI BOTTLING CAPS THE S&P 500 http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=405054 - NEWS TO GO: TERRA NETWORKS, DELL, AND COMCAST http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=405055 - HOT TOPICS: CELERA, STARBUCKS, AND GOOD INVESTORS http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=405056 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: BUYandHOLD Hey Fool! 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The move is fitting since both Coke (NYSE: KO) and its largest distributor, Coca Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), are already on board. >>FULL STORY: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=405058 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS TO GO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Terra firmer? Online giant Terra Networks (Nasdaq: TRLY) reported a smaller-than-expected loss as cost-cutting helped offset a sluggish advertising market. The Spanish standout, whose buying spree eventually included the popular and then profitable portal Lycos, saw revenues take a 6% dip. The company also announced that it will lay off 15% of its workforce. I'll be back to scratch beneath this story's surface later this morning. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=405059 The Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) tolls, as the company announced that it is cozy with first-quarter sales and earnings estimates but will lay off some of its workers in the process. The company will let go 3000 to 4000 employees -- as many as 10% of its workforce -- to offset falling demand and pricing pressures in the personal computer space. Our own Mike Trigg (TMF Tonto) will take a closer look at Dell's report later today. Comcast's (Nasdaq: CMCSA) billion? The country's third-largest cable television operator reported a cool billion-dollar quarterly profit this morning -- but the 10-figure showing was actually the result of large investment gains. Sales clocked in 13% higher, at $2.2 billion. Comcast is beginning to reap the rewards of its costly buildout of digital broadband as entertainment-starved consumers clamor for more cable channels and faster Internet speeds. In the beginning, Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq: GNSS) announced earnings, and they were good. The company reported a 75% uptick in revenue and a narrower-than-expected loss of $0.15 a share. 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