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ny this publication. T #123384745 USERNAME: taipanmember PASSWORD: www.taipanonline.com Dawson hits 56%       Erin Beale recommends that you con-
tinue holding Dawson Geophysical
(DWSN:NASDAQ). From the US$19.70
entry price on May 3, 2005, the stock is up
a hefty 56% at US$30.90, helped by
Advest initiating a "Buy"rating on the
stock in mid-September. Chinese Internets still
flourishing Meanwhile, Chinese Internet firms SINA (SINA:NASDAQ) and SOHU (SOHU:
NASDAQ) continue to perform well. SINA
alone is enjoying quite a fruitful month. On
September 12, Morgan Stanley initiated an
Equal Weight rating on the stock. That same
day, Goldman Sachs upgraded it from "In-
Line" to "Outperform." And JP Morgan just upgraded it from "Neutral" to "Overweight."       We entered both positions back on
August 27, 2004 and are up 29% and 7%
on SINA and SOHU respectively Caliente gains Another update, courtesy of Erin Beale. When she first recommended a buy on
Mexican media conglomerate Grupo
Televisa (TV:NYSE) on November 29,
2004, it was only trading at US$62. Today,
not even a year later, it has tacked on
almost US$8 to US$69.64 for gains total-
ing 12.3%.       On little news, the stock pushed to a
new 52-week high of US$73.69 on Sept-
ember 19. With this breakout gaining
momentum, we recommend you hold any
shares you have and continue to enjoy
the US$0.64 per share dividend the
company pays out. n over please… 11 NAME OF BANK CD TERM INTEREST ANNUAL % MINIMUM INFO RATE YIELD DEPOSIT INDY MAC BANK 1-MONTH 3.44% 3.5% US$5,000 www.indymacbank.com BEAL BANK 1-MONTH 3.06% 3.1% US$1,000 www.bealbank.com INDY MAC BANK 3-MONTH 3.68% 3.75% US$5,000 See details above UMBRELLA BANK 3-MONTH 3.59% 3.65% US$1,000 www.umbrellabank.com GMAC BANK 3-MONTH 3.54% 3.6% US$500 www.gmacbank.com EVERBANK 3-MONTH 3.53% 3.59% US$1,500 www.everbank.com IMPERIAL CAPITAL BANK 6-MONTH 4.03% 4.1% US$2,000 www.imperialcapitalbank.com ASCENCIA BANK 6-MONTH 3.98% 4.05% US$500 www.ascenciabank.com GMAC BANK 6-MONTH 3.92% 4% US$500 See details above E*TRADE BANK 6-MONTH 3.84% 3.91% US$1,000 https://bankus.etrade.com 1ST SOURCE-BANK 1-YEAR 4.35% 4.35% US$500 www.1stsrce.com BANK OF INTERNET 1-YEAR 4.26% 4.35% US$1,000 www.bankofinternet.com INTERVEST NATIONAL BANK 1-YEAR 4.36% 4.45% US$2,500 www.intervestnatbank.com ASCENCIA BANK 1-YEAR 4.22% 4.30% US$500 See details above ING DIRECT 1-YEAR 4.2% 4.2% NO MINIMUM www.ingdirect.com C O R E   P O R T F O L I O www.taipanonline.com