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The Orange County Register, Calif., Jonathan Lansner Column.

By Jonathan Lansner, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 13--IT'S A SPLIT VERDICT ON STOCKS: Call us "Splitsville."

Five Orange County companies have announced stock splits this year, part of a nationwide rush of companies expanding their share counts.

Depending on whom you talk to, this stock-split spree is either a bullish signal of future stock profits -- or just corporations taking tactical advantage of a heady rally.

According to Thomson First Call, 99 companies split their stocks in the

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