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Technology Stocks : Vodafone-Airtouch (NYSE: VOD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (2129)	11/21/1999 1:03:00 PM
From: hl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3175

I don't like the public opinion here in Germany regarding the deal. Headlines at the front pages of weekends newspapers look way too agressive for me. One says: "Mannesmann steht wie ein Fels. Briten holen sich eine blutige Nase." (translation: Mannesmann stands like a rock. Brits are getting a bloody nose.) Another says: "Schlacht um Mannesmann." (means: Battle for Mannesmann.) Public opinion is absolute against VOD, politicans (like chancellor Mr. Schroeder) are declaring that a merger is against public interest. My personal opinion is that VOD has only a 10 % to get this deal done. I hold on to my Mannesmann shares, but I gonnna sell them into the next rally (I'm looking for 220 EUR a share). Regards Kai P.S.: I think that nationalistic opinions and emotions should not intervene in business transactions. VOD is a fine company and has my sympathy and from a realistic standpoint this combination would make sense!