EXHIBIT 10.27

                         MEDIA FORUM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                              307 East 51st Street
                               New York, NY 10022


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                                PROXY STATEMENT

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                        SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

                     TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999

     This Proxy  Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation by
the Board of Directors of Media Forum International, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the  "Company")  for  proxies to be voted at the  Company's  Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders  (the  "Meeting")  to be held on March 25th,  1999 at 307 East 51st
Street,  New York, NY 10022 at 4:00 p.m.,  Eastern Daylight Savings Time, and at
any  adjournment  thereof.  It is anticipated  that this Proxy Statement and the
accompanying  proxy  will be mailed to the  Company's  shareholders  on or about
March 19th, 1999.

     If the  enclosed  proxy is  properly  executed  and  returned,  the  shares
represented  by the  proxy  will  be  voted  at the  Meeting.  If a  shareholder
indicates in his proxy a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, his
shares will be voted in accordance with that shareholder's  choice. If no choice
is  indicated,  the shares will be voted "FOR" in regard to all of the seven (7)
proposals that have been approved and  recommended by the Board of Directors and
are set forth  herein,  and in the  discretion  of the  proxies who are "FOR" or
"AGAINST"  any  other  proposals  which  may  be  submitted  at the  Meeting.  A
shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time by giving written notice to
the Secretary of the Company at any time before the proxy is voted, by executing
a proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.

                        PERSONS MAKING THE SOLICITATION

     This Proxy Statement  solicits  proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors
of the Company.  The total expense of such  solicitation,  including the cost of
preparing,  assembling and mailing the proxy materials to shareholders,  will be
borne by the Company.  It is anticipated  that  solicitations of proxies for the
Meeting will be made only by use of the mails;  however, the Company may use the
services of its directors, officers, and employees to solicit proxies personally
or by telephone,  without  additional salary or compensation to them.  Brokerage
houses,  custodians,  nominees,  and fiduciaries will be required to forward the
proxy soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of the Company's shares held
of record by such persons and the Company will  reimburse such persons for their
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in that connection.


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                      SHARES OUTSTANDING AND VOTING RIGHTS

     Only  shareholders of record at the close of business on March 18th,  1999,
(Record  Date)  are  entitled  to notice  of any to vote at the  Meeting  or any
adjournment thereof.

SHAREHOLDER VOTING

     All voting rights with respect to the election of five (5) directors of the
Company  (Proposal No. 1 below) and with respect to all other  proposals  coming
before the Meeting are vested exclusively in the holders of the Company's voting
common  stock  (the  "Common  Stock"),  with each  share  entitled  to one vote.
Cumulative  voting in the election of  directors  is not  allowed.  On March 18,
1999, the Company had 6,733,803 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

     One-third of the Company's  outstanding  Common Stock represented in person
or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at the Meeting.  The nominees  receiving a
plurality  of votes cast at the Meeting,  assuming a quorum is present,  will be
elected as  directors.  The  affirmative  vote of a majority of the  outstanding
shares of the Company is necessary to authorize  the  amendment to the Company's
Articles of Incorporation. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast,
provided  a quorum is  present,  is  necessary  to  ratify  the  appointment  of
Merdinger,  Fruchter, Rosen & Corso LLP, Certified Public Accountants,  to audit
the accounts and records of the Company  through the fiscal year ended  December
31,  1998.  The  affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes  cast,  provided a
quorum is  present,  is  necessary  to approve  the merger  proposal of MFI with
Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc.

     To the best of the Company's knowledge,  no single person or entity, and no
group of persons,  controls  sufficient votes to determine the outcome of any of
the proposals being voted upon by the shareholders.

                       SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

     The following table sets forth, as of March 18th, 1999, the stock ownership
of each director, director nominee and Named Executive individually,  and of all
directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.

             NAME OF                         NUMBER OF SHARES
             BENEFICIAL OWNER                BENEFICIALLY OWNED

             Nancy Needham                         50,000
             E. R. du Pont                         50,000
             Randall Prouty                       604,870
             Michael Finch                        108,000
             GTCL/ Roger May                    1,150,000
             Wendelin Hummel                       75,000

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                                 PROPOSAL NO. 1

       AMENDMENT - ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION - ELCTION OF DIRECTORS

     That the  Shareholders  of MFI  approve an  amendment  to the  Articles  of
Incorporation  to  "Article  VI -  Directors"  so that the  approved  number  of
Directors  shall be seven (7). A total of five  directors will be elected at the
Meeting by the holders of the Company's Common Stock.

     The  proxies  will not be voted for a greater  number of  persons  than the
number of nominees named herein.  The persons named as "Proxies" in the enclosed
form of Proxy will vote the shares  represented by all valid returned proxies in
accordance with the  specifications of the shareholders  returning such proxies.
If no choice has been specified by a shareholder, the shares will be voted "FOR"
the  nominees.  If at the time of the  Meeting any of the  nominees  named below
should be unable or  unwilling  to serve,  which event is not expected to occur,
the discretionary  authority provided in the proxy will be exercised to vote for
such substitute nominee or nominees, if any, as shall be designated by the Board
of Directors.

NOMINEES

     Management  of the Company  recommends  the  election of the five  director
nominees  set forth  below,  to hold  office  until the next  annual  meeting of
shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their
earlier death, resignation,  or removal,  Management has nominated the following
persons for election as directors:

                                E. R. du Pont
                                Michael Finch
                                Roger May
                                Nancy Needham
                                Randall Prouty


               DIRECTORS, NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     Directors of the Company shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
the shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. The
officers of the Company are  appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors.

     The  directors,  nominees for directors and officers of the Company,  their
present positions with the Company,  and a summary of their business  experience
are set forth below.

     Roger May,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and a director,  Roger May  combines
strong management skills, sales,  marketing,  and product distribution expertise
with an in-depth  technical  knowledge of the  telecommunications  industry.  He
began his  marketing  career in Australia in sales in 1969 and  relocated to Los
Angeles in 1980,  to capitalize on export  incentive  allowances  offered by the
Australian  Government.  He then began to raise venture capital for several high
technology  projects and  attracted  over $150  million in overseas  capital for
various projects and "high tech" development ventures.  After moving to New York
in 1987, he focused on  telecommunications,  first established  successful joint
ventures  with  Cable &  Wireless,  and  product  marketing  relationships  with

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Rochester Telephone,  Bell Atlantic Frontier  Communications and others. In 1991
he founded International  Reservation  Services,  Ltd. He negotiated the sale of
IRSL in January 1997 to TeleServices International Group, a Florida based public
company and  completed  a  condition  of sale  one-year  contract  as  Executive
Vice-President,  responsible  for  U.S.  and  international  marketing.  He  has
extensive  experience  with  computers  and  telecommunications  technology  and
systems,   ranging   from   negotiating   large   national   and   international
telecommunications  long distance contract,  established Beta test sites for T&T
ISDN-ready T1's to developing and  implementing CRS software in Progress 4GL and
Microsoft and  structuring  and  implementing  networks (LAN,  WAN, Frame Relay,
Satellite) nationally and internationally. He has had considerable international
business  experience.  He also has an extensive  knowledge of the communications
industry,  especially in regard to evolving  technologies and the allied product
marketing and distribution.

     Dr. Edmond Rhett du Pont a director,  Rex du Pont began his career in 1963,
and served as a general  partner in the  securities  firm of F.I. du Pont Glore,
Forgan. From 1972 to 1973, he was a Deputy Vice President, Export-Import Bank of
the United States. In 1974, he was appointed  Director of the Office of Finance,
Incentives  and  Regulation,   Federal  Energy  Administration.   After  leaving
government service, he became a consultant,  specialized in finance. He received
his B.A.,  Physics,  from  Harvard  College  in 1958 and his  M.S.,  Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964). He was named a Chartered Financial
Analyst in 1971.  He received  his  Doctorate  in Finance at the  University  of
Maryland  and has been a member of the  finance  faculty at Boston  University's
School of Management.

     Dr. Michael R. Finch a director,  Mike began his career in 1972 as Research
Scientist  and  Mathematician  and for the next eleven years enjoyed an academic
career at four UK universities. He obtained a Doctorate of mathematics at Sussex
University for original  research into Einstein's  Theory of General  Relativity
and its application to Neutron Stars (certificate  usually received in 1988). He
also lectured at Queen Mary's  College London on advanced  mathematics.  Mike is
currently Chief Technology Officer of New Media Solutions and is responsible for
the  conception,  planning  creation,  execution and  deployment of all software
products  and  projects.  From  1983 to Dec  1997  he was  Director  of  Product
Development  for Media Forum (first in the UK, and then in the US),  Responsible
for  developing  and  implementing  Media  Forum's  software   capabilities  and
strategy.  He also managed  technical and complex software projects for high-end
clients including  pre-sales  demonstrations to clients of Media Forum. Mike has
also designed, written and implemented sophisticated real-time computer programs
for trading  Financial  Instruments  and Commodities on the Chicago and New York
Futures exchanges.

     Dr. Nancy Needham, a director,  Dr. Needham has experience as a manager and
as a professor of business administration.  She has been a faculty member at the
Harvard  Business  School  and  Boston  University.  In 1978  she  founded,  and
continues to serve as President  of, The  Institute  for  Corporate & Government
Strategy,  Inc. (ICGS) a consulting firm specializing in corporate  strategy for
clients in telecommunications, retail, financial services and energy industries.
Concurrently  she was  Associate  Director  of the New  York  State  Center  for
Advanced Technology in Telecommunications at Polytechnic University from 1987 to
1997. Dr. Needham received a B.A. degree from Wellesley College (1964). A member
of Phi Beta Kappa,  she received an MBA with Distinction  (1972),  and Doctor of
Business Administration (1977) from Harvard University.

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     Randall H.  Prouty,  a director.  Randy is a founder and  Director of Media
Forum International. He is President of Bristol Realty Corporation and is active
in commercial real estate and public company finance. He is currently developing
a means to originate  home  mortgages  on the  Internet,  among other  projects.
Bristol  has  been  active  in  acquiring   commercial  real  estate  investment
portfolios  and in  assembling  property  for  securitization.  Recent  business
includes assembling  apartment  portfolios for publicly trade NYSE REITs and for
property  that was used to back REMIC (a mortgage  backed bond)  offerings.  Mr.
Prouty also has a technical background in computers. He is a qualified webmaster
and is  directly  involved  in the  programming  and  development  of  web-based
businesses.

     The Board of Directors has not appointed any standing committees.

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.


                                PROPOSAL NO. 2

                    AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

     The Board of  Directors is proposing  for  adoption by  shareholders  of an
amendment to the Company's  Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized
shares of common stock from 10,000,000 (ten million) shares to 100,000,000  (one
hundred  million)  shares.  The amendment  requires the affirmative  vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock of the Company.
The  Board  of  Directors  recommends  a vote  for the  amendment.  The  Company
presently has  outstanding  6,733,803  shares.  It also has reserved  shares for
342,300  warrants.  The  Company  believes  that the  remaining  shares that are
available for issue are inadequate for future potential financings, acquisitions
and other purposes,  including to provide incentives for employees or directors.
The Company reserves the right to issue any of such additional shares for one or
more corporate purposes, including incentives for employees or directors, future
financing, and mergers or acquisitions.

DILUTIVE EFFECT OF ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES

     The  authorization  of additional  shares of Common Stock  pursuant to this
proposal will have no dilutive effect upon the proportionate voting power of the
present  shareholders  of the  Company.  However,  to the extent that shares are
subsequently  issued to persons  other than the present  shareholders  and/or in
proportions  other than the proportion that present exists,  such issuance could
have a substantial dilutive effect on present shareholders.

     The Board of Directors of the Company believes,  however, that the proposed
amendment  to the  Articles of  Incorporation  will  provide  several  long-term
benefits to the Company  and its  shareholders,  including  the  flexibility  to
pursue acquisitions in exchange for Common Stock of the Company. The issuance of
additional  shares of Common Stock for an acquisition may have a dilutive effect
on earnings per share and book value per share,  as well as a dilutive effect on
the voting  power of existing  shareholders.  The Company  would expect that any
such dilutive  effect on earnings per share and/or book value per share would be
relatively short-term in duration.

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ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECT

     The issuance of  additional  shares of Common Stock by the Company also may
potentially have an  anti-takeover  effect by making it more difficult to obtain
shareholder  approval of various actions. The proposed increase in the number of
authorized  shares of Common Stock could enable the Board of Directors to render
more  difficult an attempt by another  person or entity to obtain control of the
Company,  though  the Board of  Directors  has no present  intention  of issuing
additional  shares for such  purposes  and has no present  knowledge of any such
takeover efforts.

     THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  RECOMMENDS  A VOTE  "FOR"  THE  APPROVAL  OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM 10,000,000 TO 100,000,000 SHARES.


                                 PROPOSAL NO. 3

                           RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS

     The  firm  of  Merdinger,   Fruchter,   Rosen  &  Corso,  Certified  Public
Accountants,  are the auditors for several  public  companies  and are currently
reviewing the books and financial records of the Company as at December 31, 1998
and for the year then ended.  The Board of Directors has appointed  such firm to
audit the accounts and records of the Company for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1998. It is proposed that the  appointment of Merdinger,  Fruchter,  Rosen &
Corso P.C. be submitted to the shareholders for ratification.  Neither such firm
nor any of its members or any of their  associates  has or has had any financial
interest  in the  Company,  direct or  indirect,  or any  relationship  with the
Company other than in connection with their duties as auditors and accountants.

     Shareholder  ratification of this  appointment is not required.  Management
has  submitted  this  matter  to  the  Shareholders   because  it  believes  the
shareholders' view on the matter should be considered and if the proposal is not
approved,  Management may reconsider the  appointment  for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.


                                PROPOSAL NO. 4

             ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 4/1/1998 - 3/18/99

     That the  Shareholders  approve of all of the actions approved and taken by
the MFI Board of Directors at the Board of  Directors  meetings  held on the 9th
April,  1998,  the 25th  January,  1999,  the 4th February,  1999,  and the 10th
February, 1999. (Copy of approved resolutions available upon request.)

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.

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                                 PROPOSAL NO. 5

         ACTIONS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 12/1/97 - 3/18/99

     That the  Shareholders  approve all of the actions taken by the CEO of MFI,
Roger May, as  specifically  described  in the  resolutions  approved at the MFI
Board of Directors meetings on the 19th April, 1998, the 25th January, 1999, the
4th February,  1999, and the 10th February,  1999. (Copy of approved resolutions
available upon request.)

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMEND A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.


                                 PROPOSAL NO. 6

           MERGER OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES WITH MFI

     The Board of Directors  recommend that the Shareholders  approve the merger
of MFI  with  Advanced  Communications  Technologies,  Inc.  (ACT)  as  per  the
resolution  approved by the Board of  Directors of MFI at the Board of Directors
meeting held on the 4th February,  1999. Advanced  Communications  Technologies,
Inc., is a Nevada corporation that owns the entire rights and interests, for the
region of the  continental  North and South  America,  to a development  project
called  Universal Wide Spectrum  Cellular  (`UWCS") which will be marketed under
the name  "Spectrucell".  The primary  product of this project is a new Wireless
Internet Network ("WIN") structure  designed to transmit voice,  video, and high
speed data  transmission  signals without the necessity for a traditional  style
land based wire or fiber optic infrastructure. Once developed the technology has
many other  applications  including  the  integration  into and  replacement  of
existing cellular telephone  networks,  and the installation of new "Greenfield"
cellular   telephone   networks  in  regions  without   traditional  land  based
telecommunications   infrastructure.   Truly  Wireless  Internet  Networking  is
considered as the "Holy Grail" in the telecommunications and wireless industries
as it does not exist at present.

     The initial basis for developing the  technology has been  established  and
tested at an eminent foreign technical  University.  ACT now requires funding to
finalize the system  design,  implement  the bench and field testing of the UWSC
system,  and to enable  completion of the production  design of the  Spectrucell
units.

     ACT is  negotiating  to acquire a majority  interest in a RF Wireless based
microwave  circuitry  company that is currently  profitable and complementary to
the production of the Spectrucell units.

     ACT is also in preliminary negotiations to acquire a majority interest in a
new local service  telephone  company that is based in New York City,  and has a
substantial sales base, revenues and profits.

     ACT has also  entered  into an  agreement  from a well  reputed  investment
banking  house to fund an initial one  million  dollars  ($1,000,000)  under the
terms of a 504D  offering,  with a secondary  funding under  Regulation A for an
additional five million dollars ($5,000,000).

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     While ACT strongly believes it can manage,  fund, develop to the production
stage, and implement the Spectrucell  system into the market place, this project
should be considered  as a "high risk"  venture and the eventual  success of the
project cannot be assured.

     Similarly,  while ACT believes it can complete the  acquisition  of the two
business  ventures  mentioned  herein,  the eventual  outcome and success of the
negotiations cannot be assured.

     The basis of the merger is that ACT will merge all of its assets, including
its  rights and  interest  in the UWSC  Spectrucell  project,  and the  Wireless
Internet Network project applications.  As consideration for ACT agreeing to the
merger,  MFI will authorize the issue to ACT of an amount of one year restricted
MFI shares of stock  sufficient  in number to reflect that at the  completion of
the  merger  ACT will own ninety  percent  (90%) of the  issued and  outstanding
shares  of  stock  in  MFI  and  all  of  the  previous   shareholders  together
collectively will own ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding  shares of
stock in MFI.

     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE MERGE OF
MEDIA FORUM INTERNATIONAL, INC. WITH ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                  PROPOSAL NO. 7

                 INCORPORATION OF MFI IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE

     That the Shareholders  approve the  re-incorporation of MFI in the State of
Delaware,  as per the resolution approved by the Board of Directors at the Board
of Directors meeting held on the 25th January, 1999.

     The Company no longer has an operational base in the State of Florida,  and
the Board of  Directors  believe  that the State of Delaware is a more  suitable
location to incorporate.

     THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  RECOMMENDS  A VOTE  "FOR"  THE  APPROVAL  OF THE
PROPOSAL.

                               EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

     In October 1997 the Company entered into a  Consulting/Employment  contract
with Roger May pursuant to which he is currently  serving as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company.  The Agreement had a one year term,  with  automatic one
year  renewal  terms  at the end of each  calendar  year and  provides  for base
compensation at the rate of $120,000 per annum, with annual  increases.  Mr. May
has not been paid  since  commencement  of the  contract  and has been  accruing
salary  since  that  time.  Mr.  May  has  been  paid  a  total  of  $12,000  as
re-imbursement  of expenses  since  inception of the contract,  with no payments
being made since  January of 1998.  Mr. May is currently  owed  $125,000 in back
salary,  and $36,700 in expenses  outlaid on behalf of the Company.  In January,
1999 the Board of Directors  approved a conversion  of $35,000 of back salary to
shares of common stock with a one year restricted  legend,  at a rate of 5 cents

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per share  when the  market  value of free  trading  shares  was 4 - 8 cents per
share.

                            DIRECTORS COMPENSATION

     Directors have not been paid any fees for their services as such during the
year ended December 31, 1998. All directors have been issued an inception  bonus
of  50,000  restricted  shares of stock and will be  reimbursed  for  reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board of Directors meetings.

                               PERFORMANCE GRAPH

     SEE ATTACHED STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH AND EXPLANATORY COMMENTS


                               OTHER BUSINESS

     As of the date of this Proxy  Statement,  Management of the Company was not
aware of any  matter to be  presented  at the  Meeting  other  than as set forth
herein.  If any other matters are properly brought before the Meeting,  however,
the shares  represented  by valid  proxies  will be voted  with  respect to such
matters in accordance  with the judgment of the persons  voting them. A majority
of the shares  present  which are entitled to vote thereon would be necessary to
approve any such matters.

               DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
                    FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN 2000

     Any proposal by a Shareholder  to be presented at the company's next Annual
Meeting of Shareholders,  currently expected to be held in February,  2000, must
be received at the address of the Company's  Counsel,  Jack H.  Halperin,  Esq.,
Suite 1421, 317 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

                               ANNUAL REPORT

     The Company has been completely  inoperative  through 1998, in regard to an
operational business,  and totally without cash flow or any cash reserves of any
nature.  There is no Annual Report for the year ended  December 31, 1997 or 1998
and it is not anticipated that one will be prepared due to cash restraints.

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     The CEO  managed  to  settle  several  outstanding  disputes,  including  a
settlement  with Neville Russell & Co, the receivers for UCM Ltd who were acting
on behalf of National Westminster Bank (UK) PLC. Settlement was negotiated for a
final  amount  of  575,000   shares  being  issued  to  the  receivers  for  UCM
Ltd/National  Westminster  Bank (UK) PLC,  instead of the  1,150,000  originally
agreed to by previous  management.  Settlements  were also  reached  with Itamar
Lubitsky/MFI  Boston  and  Grasslands   Corporation,   although  the  Grasslands
agreement has yet to be consummated.


                                       BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS




                       SHAREHOLDER VOTING RECORD STATEMENT

Name of Shareholder:    ________________________________________________________

Address of Shareholder: ________________________________________________________

                        ________________________________________________________

Contact Numbers:        Tel: ________________________   Fax: ___________________

Number of shares held:  ________________________________________________________



                                 WAIVER OF NOTICE

     The  shareholder  named  above  hereby  agrees to a Waiver of Notice  under
Section Nos. 1 & 2 as described under Section 607.0706 of the Florida  Corporate
Statutes.

     Waiver of notice agreed to by:


Signature:  ________________________________   Date:  __________________________


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     The Shareholder named above votes on Resolutions 1 - 7 as follows:

     Please indicate "FOR" or "AGAINST" accordingly:

        Resolution No. 1 _______________     Resolution No. 2 ________________
        Resolution No. 3 _______________     Resolution No. 4 ________________
        Resolution No. 5 _______________     Resolution No. 6 ________________
        Resolution No. 7 _______________


     This proxy may be returned by fax to: (212) 308-1892.



STOCK PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

     The  following  graph  presents  five-quarter  return of MFI  common  stock
compared  with the NASDAQ  Index.  Only five  quarters of data are available for
MFI.  The graph  assumes that a $100 value of  investment  in MFI and the NASDAQ
Index were each made on September 30, 1997,  and that no dividends  were paid by
either.

[BAR CHART]

                 Sept '97   Dec '97   Mar '98    Jun '98   Sep '98    Dec '98
MFI                $100     $50.18     $37.45     $18.18     $4.73      $0.73
NASDAQ             $100     $93.16    $108.90    $112.40   $100.49    $130.08


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