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Cable World, March 4, 2002

DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH

                                  52-Week    YTD
             2/28/01    2/27/02    Chg.      Chg.

Dow Jones   10495.28   10127.58   -3.50%    +1.06%
Cable MSO    4237.11    2953.83   -30.3%    -19.2%
INSIDER SPOTLIGHT

                                   TITLE/
COMPANY           INSIDER          RELATIONSHIP     DATE

AOL TIME WARNER   STEVE CASE       VICE CHAIRMAN     2/4
ECHOSTAR          CHARLES ERGEN    CEO/PRESIDENT    1/22
MICROSOFT         BILL GATES       CHAIRMAN          2/4
TERAYON SYSTEMS   RAYMOND FRITZ    CFO (RETIRED)     2/1
USA NETWORKS      VICTOR KAUFMAN   VICE CHAIRMAN    1/31

                     SALE OR
COMPANY              PURCHASE        # SHARES       VALUE

AOL TIME WARNER         P               1M          $24M
ECHOSTAR                P             56,649       136,358
MICROSOFT               S               1M          62.7M
TERAYON SYSTEMS         S             141,166      952,870
USA NETWORKS            S             342,946       9.7M

SOURCE: EDGARONLINE, THOMSON FIANACIAL

COMPANIES IN THE NEWS

WALT DISNEY CO. (NYSE: DIS)

Goldman Sachs expects Disney shares to come under pressure this quarter. Goldman predicts a 65% drop in earnings, to 9 cents a share, about 3 cents below the current consensus forecast.

AOL TIME WARNER (NYSE: AOL)

AOL TW was hit with a suit alleging its AOL unit charged thousands of customers for merchandise that was declined but was sent to them anyway. The suit may gain class-action status.

RCN CORP. (NASDAQ: RCNC)

RCN reportedly refused to make a $645,000 payment to Chicago public access station CAN-TV that was due under a contract signed in late 2000. Separately, RCN agreed to provide fiber rings in New York and Washington for Qmedia Inc.

MOTOROLA (NYSE: MOT)

The AFL-CIO urged Motorola to reject the nomination of Ronnie Chan, an Enron director who serves on that company's audit and finance committees.

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