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05/12/06 4:55 PM

#473748 RE: MyHunch #473712

CROOK NEWS: Corporate Stock Manipulation STANDARD PRACTICE

OPCO plays "market musical chairs"

Coach-COH target lowered to $38 from $51, reiterate Buy@OPCO
OPCO lowered their target to reflect valuation and they note that COH is becoming aggressive buyers of its own stock amid the recent weakness.

RIG has great prospects by Goldmen want them to buy prop stock

Transocean Offshore-RIG buyback at low end of expectations-IL@GSCO
Goldman believes the buyback announcement would leave investors "underwhelmed."

Transocean Offshore-RIG timing of buyback authorization disappointing-Buy@MLCO
The firm said that they were hoping for a more "formalized, compressed maneuver" and would have liked to see the buyback done through a debt-financed one-time tender. :theflyonthewa