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To: Edwin S. Fujinaka who wrote (3375)	1/19/2000 1:12:00 PM
From: Edwin S. Fujinaka	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6018

It appears that yesterday's (tuesday's) US closing quote of $880 was followed by a close in Japan of around $860 and then a close this morning in Frankfurt of below $840. The current indication here in the US is only $815 bid and $835 Asked. Still we are ahead of my expectation of a month ago that Softbank would bounce around $690 until late January or early February and then begin a rise to $1000 and perhaps beyond before mid February. My expectation was derailed by a pretty spectacular rise in late December to just about the $1000 target. In my view, this current pullback is just a minor perturbation and does not deviate much from what I expect a long term moving average would show. (Does anyone have a nice link to a long term moving average chart?)

To: Edwin S. Fujinaka who wrote (3375)	1/19/2000 4:21:00 PM
From: michelda	Respond to of 6018

i think you are fully right this was my view since long long time is why yahoo dont buy reuters and give full acsses of reuters to all yahoo user for 20-25 us per month and yahoo will never need all the suport stuff of reuters i hope we will see that one time good luck

To: Edwin S. Fujinaka who wrote (3375)	1/19/2000 7:21:00 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 6018

Reuters can not be taken out in hostile manner, given its 'Founder's Share' set up since the beginning of time which out votes all common shares, and that share resides inside a foundation of sort dedicated to editorial independence. It is a company with oddles of reporters, print and television content, Instinet, and a bunch of investments that was written off as 'research and development' (love conservative accounting), and all the ad revenue sharing (a lot from Yahoo). So, no, I do not think RTRSY will be taken over, friendly or otherwise. In the case of Yahoo, Reuters' network stuff (Instinet, news, investments, business products) encompasses more than what Yahoo does. Reuters' management is investment bank and VC savvy, almost to the calibre of some of the best banking houses. At the end of the day, we are betting on the people and the embedded value they control. Deal heat generates thinking. And AOL TWX heats up the air more than people realize, yet.