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To: The_Guru_00 who wrote (19176)	1/27/1999 2:29:00 AM
From: Da Zipstah	Respond to of 27307

Guru, >>Are you a U.S. citizen?<< Born and mostly raised, yes. >> When you buy Softbank shares, do you pay in yen?<< Yes, I pay in yen, by converting dollars at the spot rate. >> You seem quite familiar with Masayoshi Son,<< It's funny, but you can find anything and everything about Son-san in the Japanese press, but you can find very little in English (I spent 12 years in Japan and can read and write Nihongo). I have spent time with his older brother (no connection to Softbank), so I know a little more than most. And I do know that Masayoshi is being advised by some maverick ex-Nomura dudes (very clever). >> including his Korean roots<< Third generation. >> (Masayoshi still sounds Japanese, not Korean) to me. "Masayoshi" is a Japanese name. Almost all Koreans residing in Japan adopt some sort of Japanese name, but the surname (Son) is difficult (though not impossible) to change. >>Are you being straight with me?<< Would I lie to you? Aloha, Da Zipstah PS Plenty of parallels can be drawn between the current Internet run-up and the late-eighties bubble in Japanese stocks. I will not EVEN attempt to draw them. But, they are very REAL... I wuz there...