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To: Alec Epting who wrote (6781)	1/10/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: jack rand	Respond to of 13594

Abelson's Barron's column today talks about Asian exposure of Yahoo (and AOL, etc.) This is just an excerpt. Full text at the URL (need WSJ online subscription). What's neat, but not mentioned, is that apparently AOL was source of the list of top selling items -- in AOL's press release touting the strong XMAS online buying. At least the Barron's text tracks perfectly with it. "Many of the advertisers online, he observes, which represent the primary source of profits for companies like Yahoo!, most evidently do have Asian exposure. Of the top seven product categories of holiday season online buying, four -- apparel, food, electronics and toys -- are especially vulnerable. Makers and purveyors of this stuff either face competition from suddenly cheaper imports or must cope with shrinking export markets" interactive.wsj.com