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To: maceng2 who wrote (168354)	5/27/2002 3:56:48 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Telekom 'to axe 22,000 jobs' news.bbc.co.uk

To: maceng2 who wrote (168354)	5/27/2002 11:03:14 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Hi Pearly: Re Euro "rip-offs": it's the same effect as when UK went decimal with shillings - everybody felt shafted. In the present case, my wife feels ripped off - the bagels & Co are up 5.6% y-2-y. My answer: look garden hoses (for instance) dropped 12.2% so the net effect (basket of x number of items, a whole newspaper page of them) is 1.6% up y2y in Germany. But I cant convince my wife. She's so emotional...; dj