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To: Paul Senior who wrote (838)	3/18/2012 3:23:26 AM
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If China slows and iron ore goes down, good for steel. “Iron ore together with coal represents 80 percent of steel production costs. As we are the biggest global producer, the more costs we reduce, the more competitive we become in steel,” Costa, 53, said. Message 28019639

To: Paul Senior who wrote (838)	3/18/2012 3:50:23 AM
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To: Paul Senior who wrote (838)	3/18/2012 4:07:26 PM
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Just think: Apple and Samsung are competitors. Walk into any Best Buy or Verizon store and you'll see their smartphones and tablets side by side. But the fund industry pretends they are completely different. Apple is the biggest single component of the typical U.S.-stock fund. Samsung, simply because it is headquartered in South Korea, is the biggest component of an emerging-markets fund. Someone who wants to get out of the "slow growth" U.S. economy and into "fast growing" emerging markets is selling Apple stock to buy Samsung. online.wsj.com