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To: Paul Berliner who wrote (1169)	1/20/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 3536

"Spain'S Repsol Only Bidder For Argentine Gov'T Stake In Ypf" That's the headline..... I would like to see the article, sounds interesting... I put your link here see what happens: Message 7387158

To: Paul Berliner who wrote (1169)	1/21/1999 3:41:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

Here is more on the YPF/Reposol.... biz.yahoo.com And then..... A story about a merger of YPF with Petrobras (Brazilian Oil company, after Petrobras is privatized. Message 7393850 (note the link there, unfortunately it is in Spanish only.) It is a last minute proposal from the opposition leader to merge with Petrobras, with the intent of stopping the sale of the 15 % of YPF As Tom points out, it seems that Argentineans do not want to lose control of YPF... gets interesting.

To: Paul Berliner who wrote (1169)	1/21/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

patagon.com LatAm news: The Peruvian government won't offer financial support to help prop up struggling commercial airline Aero Peru, a spokesman for President Alberto Fujimori said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venezuela's finance minister reiterated that 1999 will be a year of fiscal austerity and low oil prices, and that the country will need to refinance part of its foreign debt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Repsol won a controversial bid to acquire a 14.99% stake in Argentine oil giant YPF. The Spanish oil, gas and chemical group will pay $2.01 billion for the stake. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The site "refreshes" every minute or so....