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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (117554)	8/19/2001 3:45:54 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 436258

German high-tech miracle may start to sour ............ sad picture every were With the Neuer Markt, Frankfurt's exchange for growth stocks, trading 90 per cent off its March 2000 high, small technology companies, public or private, have seen their sources of funding dry up, raising concern about Germany's position as the technology hub of Europe. ................... "Venture capitalists bear a huge responsibility in what happened," says Mr Clarfeld. "They did not try to understand the companies they invested in, they only had their initial public offerings in mind, and now we see the result." http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3NWJIEFQC&live=true&tagid=ZZZJDG1TA0C German economic institutes on the defensive news.ft.com Bundesbank upbeat despite halt in Germany's growth