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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (97005)	4/20/2001 6:48:12 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Now we can Blame it on th CANUCKS!!!! What is this, some kinda revolt? Where do they think they are, Europe? biz.yahoo.com

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (97005)	4/20/2001 6:54:53 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

What is going on in bond daily charts like this with spikes all over theplace? bondresources.com

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (97005)	4/21/2001 9:28:32 AM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (97005)	4/21/2001 9:09:51 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

heinz I haven't seen you around a lot of the sites you use to hang out at?? I thought you might find these interesting O.T. Morgan Stanley To Invest Heavily In Japanese Property Sunday, April 22, 2001 TOKYO (Nikkei)--Morgan Stanley plans to invest 5 billion dollars over the next three years in Japanese real estate, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Saturday. The big U.S. investment bank hopes to cash in on a depressed real estate market expected to come back to life with the lifting last November of a ban on Japanese real estate investment trusts. A boom is anticipated despite the continuing decline in land prices, which were down 4.9% on average at Jan. 1 from a year earlier, the Land Ministry reported last month. Morgan Stanley plans to buy office and apartment buildings, mainly in greater Tokyo, believing that some prices in the capital have bottomed out. It has already snapped up the Ebisu Prime Square development in Tokyo's posh Ebisu district from failed Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. for some 40 billion yen. The property comprises a 62-unit apartment building, a 22-story office building and three commercial wings and has a total floor space of 70,000 sq. meters. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Sunday edition) ============================================ Koizumi Gains Stranglehold On LDP Leadership Race Sunday, April 22, 2001 2:04 a.m. JST TOKYO (Nikkei)--Junichiro Koizumi took a giant stride forward Saturday to being elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and becoming the next prime minister of Japan, having swept all eight prefectures in the preliminary round of voting for the leadership position regards Don

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (97005)	4/23/2001 10:25:40 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

>>German Business Sentiment Falls, Supporting Calls for ECB Rate Cut A WSJ.COM News Roundup MUNICH -- Business leaders in Western Germany were surprisingly pessimistic in March, lending support to the view that the European Central Bank should lower interest rates in the face of a slowdown in the euro zone's largest economy. The Ifo Institute said Monday that its index of business sentiment fell to 93.9 in March from 94.9 in February -- below a consensus forecast from economists surveyed by Dow Jones of a drop to 94.5. The Ifo index's nearly continuous fall since May -- excluding an unexpected rise in February -- has led some economists to conclude that the ECB's policy is too tight and is strangling economic growth. But the fall in March is unlikely to prompt the ECB to cut rates, as central bankers have repeatedly said their chief concern is price stability, not economic growth. A poor export market and troubled stock markets were to blame for business leaders' pessimism in March, economists say. The manufacturing sector has so far led the Ifo decline, and the prospects portion of the index has also fallen continuously since May, with only one exception being in October when prospects rose. The decline gives little hope that the Ifo index will rise in coming months. The index for western Germany accounts for around 90% of the country's industrial output. Meanwhile, in France, the euro zone's second-largest economy, the country's central bank said it expects to see a rebound in consumer spending in the first quarter this year as inflation cools and purchasing power rises. Euro-zone inflation was steady at an annual 2.6% in March, remaining well above the ECB's target of 2% and marking the 10th consecutive month that inflation has surpassed the tolerance level. The ECB meets Thursday to set interest rates, and most observers expect the central bank to hold the line on interest rates for the 12-member economic bloc.<< interactive.wsj.com