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The Top Ten in Size...

                                        REVENUES
COMPANY NAME                           (MILLIONS)

IBM                                     78,769.0
HEWLETT-PACKARD                         46,624.0
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES                     29,042.0
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS              26,932.7
SBC COMMUNICATIONS                      25,944.0
COMPAQ COMPUTER                         25,316.0
INTEL                                   24,590.0
GTE                                     24,449.0
L. M. ERICSSON                          22,189.6
BELLSOUTH                               21,883.0


...the Top Ten in Growth...

REVENUE COMPANY NAME GROWTH AT HOME 722.0 AMAZON.COM 443.8 VERIO 384.2 EXCITE 216.4 DOUBLECLICK 197.8 YAHOO! 196.0 INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS 187.7 MICROMUSE 183.6 NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS 177.5 RSL COMMUNICATIONS 117.8

...the Top Ten in Shareholder Return...

SHAREHOLDER RETURN COMPANY NAME AS OF 09/30/98 MINDSPRING ENTERPRISES 475.7 YAHOO! 416.7 EARTHLINK NETWORK 340.0 AMAZON.COM 328.8 AMERICA ONLINE 195.9 EXCITE 186.7 REALNETWORKS 177.5 DELL COMPUTER 171.5 INFOSEEK 168.0 ORANGE 161.5

...and The Top Ten in Profits

RETURN ON COMPANY NAME EQUITY VANGUARD CELLULAR SYSTEMS 228.1 VODAFONE GROUP 148.2 DELL COMPUTER 73.9 HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS 46.1 CABLE & WIRELESS 41.6 LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL GROUP 40.5 ASUSTEK COMPUTER 40.0 AMERITECH 34.0 NOKIA 33.6 HON HAI PRECISION CO. 33.0



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