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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (3641)	2/4/1999 1:50:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES believe that is a real possibility, and they are in the early stages of mapping out ways to potentially ramp up production of drugs they think patients will rush to stockpile, and to help wholesalers deal with larger-than-normal amounts of inventory. Manufacturers say they are hearing reports of doctors advising patients to stock up as Jan. 1, 2000, approaches. Glaxo Wellcome PLC has been talking to medical professionals and patients to try to gauge the size of the problem. “Because Y2K is unique, there isn't a precedent for it,” a spokeswoman for Glaxo, London, says. “We don't have a feel yet” for what the extra demand will be. ... msnbc.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (3641)	2/4/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

China Far From Solving Y2K Bug BEIJING (AP) - More than half of China's most crucial enterprises haven't identified the millennium computer glitch known as the Y2K bug in their systems, the official Beijing Morning Post reported today. A survey of 512 firms by the government found 53 percent did not know how to detect the problem, the newspaper said. .... dailynews.yahoo.com