Investors will have a chance to respond to Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel's intc earnings Wednesday after the company said its 1999 first-quarter net income was $2 billion, or 57 cents a share, adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split, compared with $1.3 billion, or 36 cents, in the year-ago period. The First Call consensus estimate was 55 cents a share. See full story. Intel shares fell3/4 to close at 60 1/2 before the earnings report was released. An analyst who follows the stock predicted a "neutral to slightly negative" impact Wednesday.