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To: John Hunt who wrote (16666)	10/3/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: Link Lady	Respond to of 18056

Banks act in self-interest Their move to bail out crippled LTCM raises fears of collusionhttp://www.canoe.com/FPNews/oct3_banksactin.html

To: John Hunt who wrote (16666)	10/3/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: Link Lady	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18056

Northern Telecom must be evidence that th emarket is in a panic. Message 5904315 "Really, everybody's a bit panicky about markets and earnings, and this one hit home," said Mr. Mackenzie of Fairvest Securities, which specializes in corporate governance issues. "Maybe [Northern Telecom] set out with no intentions of disclosing anything that would be considered privileged, but it was construed."

To: John Hunt who wrote (16666)	10/4/1998 7:48:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 18056

U.S. Aid Proposals Get G-7 Backing - Risks 'Increasing' From Asian Crisis washingtonpost.com << Amid a deepening financial crisis that poses one of the gravest threats to the global economy since World War II, top economic officials from the leading industrial nations met yesterday in Washington and agreed to back recently announced U.S. proposals for new methods of providing aid to countries vulnerable to the crisis. But beyond a broad pledge of "intensified cooperation" to keep the world economy growing, the finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven nations offered little that was new to calm the panic that has gripped financial markets in recent weeks. >> :-O (Very Big Yawn)