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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (32694)	9/30/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Respond to of 70976

Brian, I never had a valid excuse in the first place. I can just imagine some poetic justice striking me down for pooh-poohing the alarmists. And somewhat more on topic: Another genius who mused aloud, "I wonder what would happen if the Japanese Nuclear Accident caused...." In fact the whole Japan market is up... +++++++++ Thursday September 30, 10:23 pm Eastern Time (Note: this article is ``in progress'; there will likely be an update soon.) Nikkei up by midday as nuke mishap worry set aside TOKYO, Oct 1(Reuters) - Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average rose one percent by midday on Friday, as healthy demand at the start of the new fiscal half-year helped the market brave initial concerns about the country's worst nuclear accident. ``The market dipped in the morning because it was worried it had been over-dressed on Thursday,' said a trader at a local securities firm. ``But volume has been returning quite strongly, helping the overall index pick up.' The Nikkei average rose 1.0 percent or 176.80 points to end the morning session at 17,782.26. The key Nikkei December futures contract <0#JNI:> was 130 points higher at 17,740. And the answer is, "Thursday September 30, 10:06 pm Eastern Time (Note: this article is ``in progress'; there will likely be an update soon.) TI says no accident impact on Japan chip plant TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Japan unit of Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE:TXN - news) said on Friday that its Japanese semiconductor chip plant in Miho, Ibaraki prefecture, was not affected by a nuclear accident at a uranium processing plant in the same prefecture. "