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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayne Lian who wrote (33719)	10/28/1997 6:16:00 AM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Wayne <<The market trouble is not confined to Hong Kong. It is already in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philipines. The market crash has profound effects on the economies.>> the market trouble started in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand then spread to Hong Kong. China's central authority began to jack up interest rates to fend off the currency traders who had succeeded in devaluing the currencies in its three neighbors. The economies there are not in shambles, only the valuations of currency. this speculation leads to consequent valuation of goods and services. If China lowers interest rates, Hong Kong will rebound from its lows. China needs to act switftly though. They raised interest rates to stem the flight of capital from Hong Kong to more stable nations such as the US. So if you can get 9.5% in HongKong why go for 6% in the US? nevertheless, Singapore's economy remains strong and their accounting practices closely parallel that of the US. Singapore will be able to stimulate any weakened knees there and help ameliorate the problems. Again, this could be the "excuse" the feds were waiting for in order to reconfigure the world's monetary systems relative to exchange rates as they've threatened they would do if currency trading got out of hand.