For the third consecutive month a stock has been bought out within 10 days of being named as the weekly OPS Seedling or OPS Bargain by the OPS Newsletter:

December 9, 2002
uDate.com (OTCBB: UDAT) is named as OPS Seedling @ $1.50. Ten days later on December 19, 2002, uDate.com receives a buyout offer from USA Interactive (Nasdaq: USAI), Barry Diller's company, for $4.54 per share a 203% premium. Below is uDate.com's 20 Quarter OPS Diagnostics chart.

uDate.com, Inc. (UDAT)

January 7, 2003
Numerical Technologies (Nasdaq: NMTC) is named as an OPS Seedling @ $3.65. Six days later on January 13, 2003, it receives a buy out offer from Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) for $7.00, a 92% premium. Below is Numerical Technologies' 20 Quarter OPS Diagnostics chart.

Numerical Technologies, Inc. (NMTC)

February 10, 2003
Multex (Nasdaq: MLTX) is named as an OPS Bargain @ $4.55. One week later on February 17, 2003, it receives a buy out offer from Reuters for $7.35 per share, a 60% premium. Below is Multex's 20 Quarter OPS Diagnostics chart.

Multex.com Inc (MLTX)