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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (4680)	3/17/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK PROPOSES Y2K-BUG HOLIDAY BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Central Bank wants to limit the risks of the millennium bug for the banking system by making New Year's Eve a special holiday... *The ECB and national banks from the EU member nations have unanimously agreed* that Dec. 31 should be declared "a non-business day throughout the European Union."** ECB president Wim Duisenberg plans to close the European System of Central Banks on Dec. 31 -- a Friday -- to ensure its information systems are fully prepared for any problems ... comprises the ECB plus the national central banks of the 11 euro-zone countries ... canoe.ca Cheryl