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======================== THE MOTLEY FOOL ======================== B R E A K F A S T N E W S Friday, May 25, 2001 benjamin.rogers@enron.com ================================================================= IN THIS ISSUE --------------------- - TOP STORY: Waldenbooks Not Borders' Golden Pond http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415845 - NEWS TO GO: Redback, TiVo, and GE http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415846 - HOT TOPICS: AMD, Intel, and Microsoft http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415847 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: Merrill Lynch Direct Invest on your own, not alone with Merrill Lynch Direct. Access research from our award-winning analysts and invest online from $29.95 per equity trade. Enroll and get $100. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=415848 "The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil." -- Heywood Broun ----------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- WALDENBOOKS NOT BORDERS' GOLDEN POND Bookseller Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) said fiscal first-quarter (ended April 29) earnings, before charges, were $0.01 per share -- net income was essentially flat with last year's levels -- and in-line with estimates as companywide revenue rose 7.4% to $729.9 million. <<FULL STORY: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415849 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS TO GO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Broadband and optical networking equipment company Redback Networks (Nasdaq: RBAK) said it would spend $57 million in stock to buy privately held Merlin Systems, a company developing optical equipment for metro networking. The deal is expected to close in Q3. Interactive television company TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) said yesterday that fiscal Q1 subscribers topped the 200,000 mark as revenues jumped sixfold and losses doubled to $1.20 a share, three cents better than analysts had projected. The company also earned patents for recording during playback, streaming, and the ability to pause and scan through live television. Look for further coverage of TiVo in Fool News & Commentary later today. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415850 General Electric's (NYSE: GE) financing division and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) are taking on Buffett. The companies are teaming up on an offer to take troubled commercial lender Finova (NYSE: FNV) out of bankruptcy, and give it $7 billion in funding. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A), in tandem with Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK), in March offered $6 billion, as reported by Todd Lebor. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415851 TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW), operator of the Monster.com job search site, reportedly agreed to pay roughly $114 million to buy unprofitable Jobline International AB and thus become the leading provider of online hiring services in Sweden. Mike Trigg took a look at TMP earlier this month. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=415852 http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415853 ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOT TOPICS ----------------------------------------------------------------- WHY I THINK AMD IS UNDERVALUED An AMD Fool gives six reasons why this chip giant still looks undervalued. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415854 PUTTING INTEL IN FOCUS Intel Fools are recapping the company's past performance to help gain perspective on what the future may hold. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415855 MICROSOFT ENDURESd Despite the onslaught from competitors, naysayers, and the Department of Justice, Microsoft has tripled its market cap and its cash reserves in the last four years. Can investors count on that persistence in the years to come? http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415856 <<MORE HOT TOPICS: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415857 ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: Merrill Lynch Direct Invest on your own, not alone with Merrill Lynch Direct. Access research from our award-winning analysts and invest online from $29.95 per equity trade. Enroll and get $100. http://www.lnksrv.com/m.asp?i=415858 ================================================================= My Portfolio: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415859 My Discussion Boards: http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415860 FAST AND FREE Grab your Member Benefits and check out what's new for you this week. http://www.fool.com/m.asp?i=415861 WE SAVE OUR BEST INVESTING IDEAS... for our new research service, The Motley Fool Select. 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