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To: Tommaso who wrote (2790)	4/3/2001 7:25:41 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Tomasso, to expand on the point you made, it seems that many bright minds from other countries are educated and in and end up living and working in the U.S. It's here that they have free choice and it's here that the money is. A long time ago I made the point that one of our greatest, and possibly our greatest import, is all of the sharp minds that we attract to American business. As I review the names of many of the tech companies I have invested in I constantly note the exotic names and listen to their accents on conference calls. At this time in history, this is the place where the big league games are played. Just as we pull in athletes in sports like baseball and ice hockey, we pull in some of the best minds. It may change sometime, but it won't happen quickly. Ed Edit. On a different subject I noticed that the American Auto makers reported decreasing sales. I don't have a cite to it, but on bridge news it was reported that Toyota had a record month in auto sales. I suppose this is evidence that we are propping up a weak Japanese economy through a strong dollar vs a weak yen at the expense of American companies that compete with Japanese companies.