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To: Janice Shell who wrote (2163)	12/15/1997 9:38:00 PM
From: Joseph G.	Respond to of 2563

J, And indeed, he had a good reason to be outraged. Now, however, due to the heroic efforts to the Mayor R. Guliani, everybody can rob the banks in New York City without the fear of being mugged in the street. J+

To: Janice Shell who wrote (2163)	12/15/1997 9:44:00 PM
From: Joseph G.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2563

J, The lawyers who participated in the tobaco settlement are outraged too, at the Congress considering imposing a cap on their fees in the form of maximum per hour rates taht they can charge. They insist it would be a blatant case of unconstitutional federal infrigement on their rights? J+

To: Janice Shell who wrote (2163)	12/16/1997 10:19:00 AM
From: Joseph G.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2563

J, <<YEAREND-POLL-Milan bourse to have bumpy 1998 MILAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Milan's stock market looks set for a bumpy ride in 1998, weighed down by the impact of Asian troubles which will be only partly counterbalanced by lower Italian interest rates and healthy corporate profit growth, a Reuters poll of analysts showed. The survey of 10 economists, carried out between December 9-12, indicated they expected a ''difficult'' 1998, forecasting the BCI (BCMI.MI) Comit bourse index growing by only five to 15 percent, far from the record performance of 1997 of a rise around 50 percent. The authoritative Comit global index (1972=100), calculated once a day after the market close, was 977.15 on Friday December 12, up 52.48 percent on the dame day in 1996. The first quarter next year will be crucial ''to determine the real impact of the Asian turbulence on foreign markets'' and the fallout involved for the Italian market, said Marco Nascimbeni of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Milan.>> J+