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- From: narayana@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Kuram T Narayana)
- Subject: Re: Fod Lion
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- References: <1992Nov10.100617.15153@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> <Psw4TB2w161w@cdthq.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:41:50 GMT
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- In article <Psw4TB2w161w@cdthq.UUCP> gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
- >cooper@casey.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Bob.Cooper) writes:
- >
- >> What are peoples thought on the Food Lion ordeal? There have been may
- >> times in past history where bad news sent the stock sharply downward for
- >> a short while only to be followed by steady increase back to earlier
- >> levels. Didn't Union Carbide fall into this catagory?
- >
- >Presuming you're referring to the Bophal thing, I believe UC was in
- >the position of being a basically sound company that suffered some
- >*very* bad publicity due to two acts of stupidity; one on the part
- >of some UC employees, and one on the part of the residents of Bophal
- >(when the warning sirens went off, all the residents started running
- >*toward* the plant to see what was happening). The majority of UC was
-
- My god! you sure are a stupid american. For your information sir,
- I had my brother and famaily who survived the murder in the
- Gas chamber of Bhopal by UC. No the people of Bhopal did
- not run to the plant to see what was happening, my dear stupid
- fellow. They ran out doors to breath fresh air. And they further
- inhaled the MIC gas. Stupid bum! learn that the gas was around
- a five kilometer radius, it killed about 3000 people, injured
- paramanently about 30000 people and partially injured about
- 100000 people. Try to learn some truth before you make some
- blood money.
-
- I hope most other Americans don't share this fellows views
- and make blood money out of UC.
-
- >not and has not been run in that manner.
- >
- >In the case of FL, it seems to be a basically scurrilous company,
- >with pervasive problems, rather than an isolated incident.
- >
- >In both cases, the stocks will almost certainly go down. In the case
- >of UC, it would rebound shortly. I doubt that FL will rebound very
- >quickly, if at all.
- >
- >Gary Heston, at home....
- >gary@cdthq.uucp
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