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To: KevRupert who wrote (15890)	9/3/2000 5:09:32 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

AdV, Any guesses as to how much this $8B financing by the sector is relative to the sector's annual sales? Hint: Out of 229 Communication Equipment companies trading in the USA, 6 have annual revenues < $5B. Ian My Point: the financing is insignificant to the industry, even more insignificant than most Barron's articles - i.e. much less than 5% of annual sales. Even if every single last borrower defaults, it's not material. And the likelihood of any of them defaulting is not really all that great. But it appears that Barron's got a rise out of you. For which they'll be chuckling gleefully. +++++++++++ Name Symbol Rev (MM) Lucent Technologies LU 38,303.00 Alcatel ADS ALA 23,180.00 Nokia Corp ADS NOK 19,907.00 Motorola, Inc MOT 232.56 30,931.00 Ericsson(LM)Tel'B'ADS ERICY 25,603.00 Nortel Networks NT 22,217.00