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To: marcos who wrote (46612)	1/3/2000 9:35:00 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Marcos we are in times that defies sane and adovocates futurisitic as all. I truly believe the day will come when information highways feed computers to create solutions. The problem is lack of literacy i read people quitting jobs to play the market. Someone looses when highs turn to lows and shorts end and rational begins. You owned a house not a net stock you were fine. It is unreal but there is no social unrest either.

To: marcos who wrote (46612)	1/4/2000 5:32:00 AM
From: Alex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Gold Falls as Computers Negotiate New Year, Giving Shares More Allure By Rajat Bhattacharya Gold Falls as Y2K Bug-Free Trading Triggers Selling (Update3) (More comments from traders, updates prices) Sydney, Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Gold fell as much as 2.2 percent after global financial markets reported no Y2K computer problems, prompting investors to sell the precious metal and invest in stocks. ``People are selling out on the back of Y2K being a non- event,' said Peter Upton, a gold trader at Dresdner Bank in Sydney, one of six bullion banks in Australia. Some investors bought gold last week as a ``safe haven' to park their savings, but then sold after financial markets said they were safe from the Y2k bug, he said. Almost all financial markets reported glitch-free operations on the first day of trading in the New Year. Around Asia, stock markets in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and India surged, as computers successfully negotiated the year 2000, allowing investors to focus on the region's economic growth. Gold for immediate delivery fell as much as $6.25 per ounce, or 2.2 percent, to $282.75 in Asian trading, its lowest since Dec. 21. It was recently trading $5.125 lower at $283.875 per ounce. Gold for February delivery fell as much as 1.8 percent to $284.3 per ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was recently trading $4.7, or 1.6 percent, lower at $284.90. Gold rose more than 3 percent in the last three weeks of December as investors bought the metal as a hedge against possible turmoil on financial markets because of the Y2K problem, which can cause computers to malfunction by reading the year 2000 as 1900. Gold may fall to $280 per ounce after trading starts in Europe today, said Duncan Cruickshank, associate director in charge of metals trading at Barclays Capital in Sydney. ``I see it going till $280, I'm not looking at a wholesale collapse,' he said. quote.bloomberg.com

To: marcos who wrote (46612)	1/4/2000 9:16:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116764

Well, guess there will never again be another problem: Tuesday, January 4 8:37 AM SGT Britain appoints team to save world from asteroids LONDON, Dec 4 (AFP) - Britain's Science Minister Lord Sainsbury on Tuesday named a three-man task force to study the risks of the Earth being destroyed by a giant asteroid. The team is tasked with making proposals to the British National Space Centre on how the country can best contribute to international efforts to protect the planet from a strike from space. The task force will be chaired by Harry Atkinson, 70, a past chairman of the European Space Agency's Council. The other members were named as Crispin Tickell, 69, an environmental expert and diplomat who was Britain's permanent representative to the United Nations between 1987 and 1990, and David Williams, a 62-year-old professor of astronomy at University College, London, who formerly(cont) asia.dailynews.yahoo.com