BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 29, 1999 ISSUE
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The Best and Worst in Shareholder Returns


TOP TEN (ONE-YEAR)

                        PERCENT INCREASE
AMERICA ONLINE                486.2%
CHARLES SCHWAB                197.4
EMC                           171.2
PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL           170.6
ALLERGAN                      137.9
AMGEN                         135.1
DELL COMPUTER                 129.1
ORACLE                        126.9
CISCO SYSTEMS                 122.7
TRICON GLOBAL RESTAURANTS     118.0


BOTTOM TEN (ONE-YEAR)

                                  PERCENT DECREASE
HARNISCHFEGER IND.                    -77.7%
CASE                                  -69.8
ROWAN                                 -69.4
THERMO ELECTRON                       -66.3
FRUIT OF THE LOOM                     -60.5
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP         -59.5
SERVICE CORP. INTL.                   -58.9
HEALTHSOUTH                           -57.0
PEOPLESOFT                            -57.0
KERR-McGEE                            -56.1


TOP TEN (THREE-YEAR)

                      PERCENT INCREASE
DELL COMPUTER             3630.2%
AMERICA ONLINE            1348.3
COMPUWARE                  872.8
EMC                        830.7
CHARLES SCHWAB             568.0
MICROSOFT                  508.5
GAP                        456.8
FRED MEYER                 432.6
TJX                        423.3
DAYTON HUDSON              423.2


BOTTOM TEN (THREE-YEAR)

                                PERCENT DECREASE
HARNISCHFEGER IND.                    -78.8%
CABLETRON SYSTEMS                     -78.4
FREEPORT-McMORAN C&G                  -69.0
NEWMONT MINING                        -69.0
FOSTER WHEELER                        -68.6
BATTLE MTN. GOLD                      -68.2
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP         -64.2
CASE                                  -62.8
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS                 -62.2
THERMO ELECTRON                       -62.2


DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES


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