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To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (76990)	3/5/2000 2:11:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

joan, is a variation of the gold carry trade occurring with platinum? if so, the tendency will be to drop in price until the carry trades are halted.

To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (76990)	3/5/2000 11:42:00 AM
From: Mark Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Joan, The Timet-Boeing supply agreement has been the subject of some controversy on the Yahoo boards. Posters claiming BA not enforcing supply agreements on subcontractors, and TIE not in a good position to shoot their largest client. Don't know how much underlying truth there is to this. I also wonder about the Boeing/GE partnership regarding the 777's using GE engines. I don't know who GE gets Titanium from, but that can't be good for Pratt-Whitney. Guess that has been discussed too. messages.yahoo.com Just here for latter reference messages.yahoo.com messages.yahoo.com messages.yahoo.com I guess my question is, given Titanium is supposed to be very abundant and a superiour metal, why is it so darned expensive to produce?