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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (7687)	11/9/1997 6:16:00 PM
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Y2k Nuggets: KLM: "We are not talking about an airline problem, or an industry problem, all of society could be affected," said Baas: techstocks.com "Eventually we'll start seeing the term "Year 2000 Compliant" incorporated into advertising for almost every product containing embedded chips. But, it ain't happening yet. Buyer Beware." techstocks.com "Talks on Asia's financial crisis dominated the three-day conference and the organisation vowed to monitor the regional situation closely. "An in-depth study will be carried out by IOSCO to further consider the recent market events and draw the relevant regulatory implications," IOSCO said in a closing statement. The organisation said its technical committee would conduct a survey of the work being done by various countries to tackle the millennium bug -- the inability of some computer software properly to recognise the year 2000. The bug has sparked fears of a global financial meltdown if financial market computers malfunction or shut down on January 1, 2000. Markets, governments and companies are budgeting billions of dollars to ensure their systems survive. "This issue will remain a priority matter for the technical committee," the watchdog organisation said. The committee will form a task force to examine regulatory issues relating to electronic commerce, an area of growing concern for watchdogs who fear regulation has not kept pace with the global explosion of Internet and other network technologies. " techstocks.com