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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/3/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: The Perfect Hedge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

MB- Did you just hear some analyst on CNBS?He was asked about earnings growth for Rambus and he said we don't do any FA,we just figure out where the stocks is going....!!!! This guy is responsible for people's money! B* Are you buying MER puts here?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/3/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: Micawber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

MB: Are you selling any on this SANG news?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/3/1998 1:40:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Respond to of 132070

MB or anyone: Does SI accumulate/reveal hits per thread? Hot subjects are measured by TREND of posting and bookmarking: "Score is calculated from a trend analysis formula of bookmarks and posting activity. The percentage score is roughly the increase in posting activity and bookmarking in the last 24 hours (vs. the last 7 days). " We see how many posts to a thread. How many reads would be interesting (to me) too.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/3/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: JHP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael your thoughts please on short/long play, IRIDF - LOR respectively? Meteors are arriving Nov. 17 1998! and all those orbiting birds represent easy targets for those high speed nickel-iron projectiles!

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/3/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: The Perfect Hedge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Mike- What are your thoughts on NEM calls here? Thanks... B*

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35182)	11/4/1998 3:04:00 AM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

ft...4 nov 98 Russia welcomes diamond deal with De Beers By Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow The cash-strapped Russian government has welcomed a marketing agreement signed between Almazy Rossii-Sakha (Alrosa), the country's largest rough, or uncut, diamond producer, and De Beers of South Africa. The deal, worth $80m to $100m a month depending on marketing conditions, extends for three years an agreement with De Beers to market Russian diamonds. It is particularly important for the Russian government, which owns 32 per cent of Alrosa and which is running a huge budget deficit. Russian diamonds make up about a quarter of total sales by De Beers' London-based Central Selling Organisation, which, in turn, accounts for more than 60 per cent of world trade in rough diamonds. Yevgeny Primakov, the Russian prime minister who met De Beers in Moscow, said Russia was interested in long-term co-operation with the South African cartel. "We are working on a very important territory for us and considering your position in this field, we are interested in our further co-operation," he said. Under the deal, Alrosa agreed to sell at least $550m of diamonds a year - half its output - through De Beers. It can also sell 5 per cent of its diamonds on the international market independently. The two sides will set up a watchdog to monitor the implementation of the agreement and prevent "leakages" of diamonds from Russia through unofficial channels. The agreement follows disagreements that peaked in January 1997 when De Beers stopped formal arrangements with Russia after 40 years. Viacheslav Shtyrov, president of Alrosa, which produces 98 per cent of Russian rough diamonds, said it was this year's most important event for diamonds. Demand for diamonds has been badly hit by the Asian financial crisis this year and Nicky Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers, said: "In the present conditions of destabilisation of the world diamond market, only joint efforts by large diamond producers can settle the situation."