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To: The Prophet who wrote (22150)	1/29/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Re : Later the [Ericsson] CFO said that $10 billion had been set aside for acquisitions ... That sounds like a lot of money, even for a very large company like Ericsson. Maybe it was 10 billion Swedish Scrota (or whatever their currency is). Jon.

To: The Prophet who wrote (22150)	1/29/1999 2:24:00 AM
From: Robert Sheldon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

If he truly said US $10BB that's one thing. However, seeing that a US Dollar can buy about SEK 7.704, SEK 10BB only works out to just south of US $1.3BB. Hardly enough to purchase the mighty Q (market cap ~4.6BB).