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To: greenspirit who wrote (124100)	2/1/2004 3:46:32 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

my friend reported the German government forced Wall Mart to keep prices artificially high in order to open shop there. Very unlikely. Wal-Mart Germany isn't that much of a success story (yet). The local discounters Aldi and Lidl are much more popular and price-aggressive. Yes, Ryanair is widely used though I have heard the occasional horror story. (One example: flight from Oslo to Frankfurt cancelled due to technical problems, no substitute machine for three days, then train to Germany.) I may even buy some of their stock. You get it cheap now - they dropped 30% after a profit warning last week :)