ep,
At last one reply to my several emails (none from Softbank, PCCW or Morningstar).
This is from netconductor who posts on SI, is a SFTBF shareholder (and a real story behind that odd-lot purchase). He works for Morningstar.
He makes no promises, but it may be relatively easy for him to find out something. As I wrote in my email to him, Morningstar Asia is partially owned by PCCW. I find it interesting that Morningstar.com has several foreign sites, at least one in Asia, but no Morningstar Asia or mention of one to come.
He is also in the dark, but here is his short reply and my message:
From:<netconductor@######.com> Save Address - Block Sender
To: "Merryfield #. #######" <merry693@siliconinvestor.com>
Subject: Re: HK.648
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:19:22 -0700 (PDT)
Interesting, I didn't know that Softbank dumped their
Cheung Wah. I'll let you know if I hear any details
soon. Sorry I don't know more, - george
--- "Merryfield #. ########" <merry693@siliconinvestor.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am Merry693 at SI.
>
> Is there a Morningstar Asia, or will there be?
>
> Several of us invested in Softbank Investment
> International (Strategic) HK.0648, OTC: SBISF. You
> must be familiar with them; the old Cheung Wah shell
> that Softbank bought late last winter or early
> spring.
>
> Several of us invested (high.hopes, Yamakita, and
> others). Monday the HKSE announced that Softbank
> Corp. had informed them they had sold all their 87
> million shares of HK.648. I believe they bought 10%
> interest in Morningstar Asia from PCCW.
>
> Do you know anything? It is amazing how this has
> gone unreported in the financial press. Softbank
> would not get good press from this. Amazed that
> they think they could get away with something like
> this today. Guess they have.
>
> Merry #######
>
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Gee, I would really like to edit my original message -- Repeating that same sentence at the start of each paragraph will hopefully teach me not to send with out previewing.
I sure hope the others were not duplicates of this message -- if so, no wonder they have not replied.LOL
Merry |
