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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (103135)	5/18/2001 11:27:46 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 436258

Haim, Instinet is now valued at 3.5 billion...the show must go on. -g- Jim

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (103135)	5/18/2001 2:52:09 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Haim, we disagree only on one point: namely that this ponzi scheme can go on forever - it can't. it takes more and more money printing to keep it going, and the imbalances increase all the time. it's going to run into the law of large numbers, just as Cisco's market cap did.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (103135)	5/20/2001 10:30:24 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 436258

Desperando ........ Vite . . . empty the mattress BANK He was also instructed that eventual payment would come in the form of a suitcase stuffed with "Marie Curies", the Fr500 notes that traditionally circulate on the French black market. ................ These people are clearly desperate to get rid of hoarded francs before the euro arrives on January 1 and everyone has to convert. It's boom time for us. The guy from Boulogne wanted to pay £20,000 in straight cash, two thirds of the total bill. The woman [the TV producer] wants to pay the whole lot in cash." ...............According to the Bank of France, an astonishing £15 billion worth of francs is "missing" in private homes. Seventy-five per cent of Fr500 notes have passed out of circulation and found their way under the bed or into the traditional bas de laine (woollen stockings). telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000387808654031&rtmo=rQFhDbXX&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/01/5/20/wfranc20.html