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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9826)	11/28/1999 6:34:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Trump on Trump and others. Don't expect Mr.T to shake your hands. He doesn't do it for health reasons. makes sense. Trump's opinions are Scrambled. Find the answer: The MEN...............Trump's opinion A: Yeltsin............Visionary B: Clinton............underated C: Buchanan...........Marxist D: Al Gore............Disaster E: Bill Bradley.......No Hope F: Gates..............Almost Great See the end for answers WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump said Sunday he would not rule out a U.S. military first strike to stem North Korea's missile production. The potential Reform Party presidential candidate also called Russian President Boris Yeltsin ``a disaster' and ``one tough hombre' who suffers from ``a major alcohol problem.' In a wide-ranging interview that touched on Trump's views about U.S. foreign policy and his own prospects for the presidency, he said on CNN's ``Late Edition' that he will decide by February whether to run for president. Trump said his Reform Party colleague, Patrick Buchanan, has ``no hope' of winning the presidency, and he predicted that Buchanan's campaign would attract enough Republicans to let Democrats win office. His own campaign would not, Trump said. Trump said he supports amending the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and negotiating with North Korea because the United States needs a missile-defense shield. ``We're a bunch of saps,' Trump said. ``There's no question that North Korea is developing missiles. We give them nuclear power plants. We give them tremendous aid because we thought we could bribe them into stop developing. Well, they're developing, so much so that South Korea is now developing their own missile systems in order to protect. And I'm really not sure I can blame them.' Trump continued: ``Would you rather have a very, very serious chat with them now? And if necessary you might have to do something fairly drastic? Or would you rather have to go after them in five years when they have more nuclear warheads and missiles than we do?' Asked whether Trump would rule out a military strike against North Korea, such as Israel's attack against in 1981 to halt the completion of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, Trump said, ``You can never rule it out.' ``What Israel did was fantastic,' Trump said. ``And you know what, if you ruled it out, you couldn't talk to them. Why would they - he only thing they're afraid of is exactly what you just said. That's what they're afraid of. That's what they're concerned with.' Trump also complained that Russia was ``out of control' with a leader who is ``a disaster.' As president, Trump said U.S. aid would probably stop if it were me, until they straightened out their act.' He contends Russia is using the aid ``on developing more nuclear' weapons. He said Yeltsin suffers a ``major alcohol problem,' and called him ``one tough hombre, but certainly he can't be there very much longer.' On the domestic front, Trump described: -Bill Clinton as someone who ``could have gone down as a very good and almost great president, primarily because of the economy. And he'll go down as something less than that because of the scandal and that's unfortunate.' -Al Gore as ``very, very underrated. If his campaign doesn't get into gear, I'll have to take that apart and take that away. But I think he's starting to get it together.' -Bill Bradley as ``a terrible senator,' and the 1986 tax law Bradley championed as ``a disaster.' A Bradley presidency ``would be very, very bad. ... He's almost Marxist in his leanings.' -Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., as having ``a vision that's amazing. I hate to see them ripping his company apart.' Trump, famously opposed to shaking hands for health reasons, called it ``a very, very terrible custom.' And he said much of his mail from potential constituents agrees with him on that point. ``I mean look, the concept of - the other day a man comes up, he's walking at me - he sneezes,' Trump said. ``He grabs his nose. He sneezes. And he sees, he grabs, 'Mr. Trump how are you?' Now, I'm supposed to shake his hand and be happy with it? The guy's got a terrible cold.' Trump also said he never took drugs, drank alcohol or coffee or smoke cigarettes. ``I do love women, but I'm single and I'm allowed to do that, I guess,' Trump said. ``But I respect women. I admire women. And if that's supposed to be bad, then I'm guilty.' Yelsin:Disaster Clinton:Almost great Buchanan:No Hope of being president Al Gore: Underrated Bill Bradley:Marxist Gates:Visionary

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9826)	11/29/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Infosys says to split ADS in 2-for-1 ratio Monday November 29, 3:05 am Eastern Time BOMBAY, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Indian software firm Infosys Technologies Ltd said on Monday its NASDAQ-listed American Depositary Shares (ADS) will be split in the ratio of two-for-one following a similar split set for its local shares . ``The ADS holders will receive 2 ADSs for every ADS held by them,' the firm said in a statement. Infosys, India's first firm to be listed on a U.S. exchange when its ADS's were listed in March, said it would split the par value of its domestic shares to five rupees each from 10 rupees, subject to approval from shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting set for December 29. It said the ratio of two ADSs to one underlying equity share remained unchanged. ``As of September 30, 1999, Infosys had 2,070,000 ADS outstanding. Upon completion of the stock split, the number will increase to 4,140,000 ADS,' the firm said.