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To: astyanax who wrote (3892)	2/14/2000 5:59:00 PM
From: mact	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6018

wow, sftbf up 220 to close at 1700!...now thats power!

To: astyanax who wrote (3892)	2/14/2000 7:01:00 PM
From: Edwin S. Fujinaka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6018

Is this going to help Softbank in the Banking Ratings by Gomez? Anyway, I guess we all knew this was coming... Nippon Credit to Be Sold to Softbank, Orix, Tokio, Nikkei Says By Tak Kumakura Tokyo, Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Japanese government, which two years ago acquired financially troubled Nippon Credit Bank Ltd., has decided to sell the long-term credit bank to a group of companies led by Softbank Corp., Orix Corp. and Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., the Nihon Keizai newspaper said, without citing sources. The group will acquire all shares of Nippon Credit Bank for somewhere between 1 billon yen and 10 billion yen ($9.2 million to $91.7 million). After the purchase, Nippon Credit Bank will also receive an additional capital infusion of more than 20 billion yen from the buyers. Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd., another long-term credit bank placed under the government receivership, will be sold to Ripplewood Holdings LLLC, a U.S. buyout firm. (Nihon Keizai, 2/15, front page) For the Nikkei web site, type NKEI

To: astyanax who wrote (3892)	4/18/2000 11:51:00 AM
From: astyanax	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6018

Gomez + Softbank. Well, well. I didn't notice until now that 2 days after my last post (below) that Softbank funded Gomez. I belatedly noticed Ganesh's post at the motley fool where he mentioned my posts and this newswire followup: home.snap.com Bloomberg News: "Gomez Advisors Raises $30 Mln From BancBoston, Softbank, Others" As the wire mentions, gomez.com helps consumers conduct "due diligence" on 25 industry 'scorecards'. The company plans to finance expansion into japan and "may sell stock to the public later this year." - Netconductor.com >>Netconductor again wrote on 2/14/00: Followup on Softbank & Gomez. Gomez ranks Webvan #1. Surprise. biz.yahoo.com - Netconductor.com >>In December, I wrote: Softbank to formally purchase gomez.com (Gomez advisors)? Gomez is the leading independent rating agency for online financial services. In their latest survey, the Softbank empire nearly makes a clean sweep of the categories. 1. Mortgage E-Loan Score: 7.94 1. Insurance Insweb (review) Score: 6.44 1. Brokers ETrade Score: 7.74 Only the bank ratings keep Softbank from dominating the online financial world, as rated by Gomez. I know very little about Mortgage (most 24-year olds don't worry about that kind of stuff). As for Insweb, I wonder if people find it much better than Quotesmith, Quicken InsureMarket, etc? As for e-brokers, I question the reliability of this score. Lots of anecdotal evidence suggests that ETrade doesn't deserve to sit atop of the ebroker rankings every quarter.