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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks
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To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (11607)7/16/1998 8:06:00 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 18691
 
Roger, speaking of Y2k, this morning's WSJ had a piece about how many Japanese banks and retailers switched over to a new year-numbering "era" after Emperor Hirohito died, using the occasion as an opportunity to update their computers for four digit years. This according to a Merrill Lynch report.

If this is correct, it's no wonder they aren't spending as much as US companies on the problem.

Now, if we can just survive that Nasdaq 2000 ("N2K"?) problem...

Bob
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