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To: Altaf Amin Jadavji who wrote (2685)	12/11/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6018

Fujitsu is less a service company than IBM and more a manufacturing company. They make disk drives, PCs, main frames, air conditioners, you name it. Of course they know about internet and they want to remain the leader in internet access providing. Yet, SONY has a greater component of internet interest. Recently SONY announced plans to open an online bank in mid 2001. However if you want a pure internet stock based in Japan, only one really fits the bill, i.e. Softbank. Softbank is the least dependent on the traditional economy which is in serious trouble in Japan.

To: Altaf Amin Jadavji who wrote (2685)	12/12/1999 4:06:00 AM
From: Edwin S. Fujinaka	Respond to of 6018

It is probably useful to read back through this Board to pick up background information on Softbank. There are more references to useful web sites posted here than on most of these bbs. People share information pretty unselfishly and try to post relavent information without much hype. For a collection of useful web sites to visit, Ganesh has compiled an awesome list: geocities.com I think this Bloomberg site is one of the more comprehensive for quotes and charts and news on SFTBF. Their quotes are updated only once a day: quote.bloomberg.com If you are in the US, you have to buy Softbank through the Over the Counter Pink Sheet listings. Merrill Lynch is one of the major market makers but they usually quote a 20 point spread between the bid and asked prices. It is usually better to have your trade executed overnight on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. I use the Schwab Global Trading guys (who are located in Phoenix, Arizona; 800-992-4685). You can probably get a quote during the day from them, but they are only supposed to deal with their own customers. Good luck.