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To: TobagoJack who wrote (39079)	10/2/2003 12:19:34 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

On reading your mail, I started whistling "let me take you by your hand, and lead you through the streets of..." and then realized Shanghai does not rhyme... Have some cash, will travel;) Any no-brainers for a Friday from Europe, Robinson J. Crusoe?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (39079)	10/2/2003 12:23:08 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Could it be zooming because exporters are no longer forced to leave 80% of the exports' proceeds with the Central Bank?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (39079)	10/2/2003 2:25:55 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

"...Somehow we doubt the company that Hewlett and Packard founded in that Palo Alto garage several decades ago when Silicon Valley was still orchards would warm to the thought of firing folks at home and replacing them with foreign workers who cost about 1/10th as much to employ..." .......................................................... Elmat comments: Vade retro Satan! The orchards were replacement by high paying tech jobs. Did anyone miss the F***ing Orchard jobs replaced by high tech? In 30 years, will anyone regret the jobs gone to India? .......................................................... Should American firms export U.S. jobs to boost their stock? Welcome to the giant sucking sound in information technology, jobs. Should U.S. technology jobs go to India or other offshore countries that work for pennies to the dollar? Some items were buried in the quarterly report from Hewlett-Packard's recent conference call. One we noted was the continued firing of H-P employees in the U.S. -- about 18,000 merger casualties will limp away bloodied and bruised from the H-P/Compaq merger. The flip side of this was H-P's announcement buried in the quarterly report of continued hiring of offshore employees such as those in India. Somehow we doubt the company that Hewlett and Packard founded in that Palo Alto garage several decades ago when Silicon Valley was still orchards would warm to the thought of firing folks at home and replacing them with foreign workers who cost about 1/10th as much to employ. siliconinvestor.com