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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (107628)	9/19/2014 3:17:15 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 217516

Alibaba, not cheap if one takes into account the risks. Better remember who their main customers are, or their suppliers, even that they try to be "international", and where your money is deposited until the goods arrive. No it is not a secure US, UK, German, or Swiss bank!! Your money can be confiscate by pure administrative order until some political issues are cleared up as Alibaba could end up as a tool to the Chinese government in foreign politics. All those countries I would not like to live in for obvious reasons as they are not exactly free and democratic. In the same venue worthwhile to look at IP (international paper) they have substantial operation in Russia as a 50% stock holder in ILIM a major pulp and paper manufacturer who only recently entered the field of carbon fiber under Russian pressure. During the Russian "Forest Wars" the processing facilities where simply stolen by brute force then to shelter the loot 50% was sold to IP. Wonder how the sanction and the recent Kremlin kleptomania will affect IIP stake in the company. At present they need IP to distribute the pulp and paper in Europe Japan (China no need to IP)

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (107628)	9/19/2014 3:37:09 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217516

your enthusiasm is catching, as young jack would say some day now 4, jack actually says, "impressive ... very impressive" in tone unfortunately we must work to correct, as he emulates lord darth vader yeup, not enough superlatives to describe baba reminds me of the wonder days and beautiful nights of softbank circa 1999 but as rumour goes, the chinese cannot pronounce R and L correctly, cannot innovate, invent and only copy, cannot do naval aviation, cannot do maritime anything, and did not invent golf, soccer, etc etc so, advise shorting baba :0)