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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Treat yourself to Multex Investor's NEW Personal Finance Channel to take advantage of top-notch content and tools FREE. 2. DAILY FREE SPONSOR REPORT: Robertson Stephens maintains a "buy" rating on Divine Interventures (DVIN). 3. FREE RESEARCH REPORT: Jefferies & Co. rates America Online (AOL) a "buy," saying projected growth remains in place. 4. ASK THE ANALYST: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Lew Smith in the Analyst Corner 5. HOT REPORT: Oscar Gruss & Son's most recent issue of its Broadband Brief reports the latest developments in the broadband space. 6. EDITOR'S PICK: Bear Stearns measures the impact of broadband and the Internet on telecom in Latin America. 7. FREE STOCK SNAPSHOT: The current analysts' consensus rates 3M (MMM), a "buy/hold." 8. JOIN THE MARKETBUZZ: where top financial industry professionals answer your questions and offer insights every market day from noon 'til 2:00 p.m. ET. 9. 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Click here for more information. http://www.multexpf.com?mktg=sgpftx4&promo=unl&t=10&d=20001214 2. DAILY FREE SPONSOR REPORT Divine Interventures (DVIN) Robertson Stephens maintains a "buy" rating on Divine Interventures, an incubator focused on infrastructure services and business-to-business (B2B) exchanges. Register for Robertson Stephens' free-research trial to access this report. Click here. http://www.multexinvestor.com/Download.asp?docid=5018549&sid=9&promo=unl&t=12& d=20001214 3. FREE RESEARCH REPORT Hold 'er steady -- America Online (AOL) AOL's projected growth and proposed merger with Time Warner (TWX) both remain in place, says Jefferies & Co., which maintains a "buy" rating on AOL. In the report, which is free for a limited time, analysts are confident the deal will close soon. Click here. http://www.multexinvestor.com/AF004627/magazinecover.asp?promo=unl&t=11&d=2000 1214 4. 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RESEARCH REPORTS FROM MULTEX INVESTOR'S HOT LIST Breaking the bottleneck -- An update on the broadband space Oscar Gruss & Son's most recent issue of its Broadband Brief reports the latest developments in the broadband space, with coverage of Adaptive Broadband (ADAP), Broadcom (BRCM), Efficient Networks (EFNT), and others (report for purchase - $25). Click here. http://www.multexinvestor.com/Download.asp?docid=5149041&promo=unl&t=4&d=20001 214 ======================== Sponsored by ========================= Get Red Herring insight into hot IPOs, investing strategies, stocks to watch, future technologies, and more. FREE E-newsletters from Redherring.com provide more answers, analysis and opinion to help you make more strategic investing decisions. Subscribe today http://www.redherring.com/jump/om/i/multex/email2/subscribe/47.html =============================================================== 6. EDITOR'S PICK: CURRENT RESEARCH FROM THE CUTTING EDGE Que pasa? -- Predicting telecom's future in Latin America Bear Stearns measures the impact of broadband and the Internet on telecom in Latin America, saying incumbent local-exchange carriers (ILECs) are ideally positioned to benefit from the growth of Internet and data services (report for purchase - $150). Click here. http://www.multexinvestor.com/Download.asp?docid=5140995&promo=unl&t=8&d=20001 214 7. FREE STOCK SNAPSHOT 3M (MMM) The current analysts' consensus rates 3M, a "buy/hold." Analysts expect the industrial product manufacturer to earn $4.76 per share in 2000 and $5.26 per share in 2001. Click here. http://www.multexinvestor.com/Download.asp?docid=1346414&promo=unl&t=3&d=20001 214 8. JOIN THE MARKETBUZZ! Check out SageOnline where top financial industry professionals answer your questions and offer insights every market day from noon 'til 2:00 p.m. ET. Click here. http://multexinvestor.sageonline.com/page2.asp?id=9512&ps=1&s=2&mktg=evn&promo =unl&t=24&d=20001214 9. TRANSCRIPTS FROM WALL STREET'S GURUS Prudential Securities' Ash Rajan In this SageOnline transcript from a chat that took place earlier this week, Ash Rajan, senior vice president and market analyst with Prudential Securities, answers questions about tech, retail, finance, and the outlook for the general market. 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