caine - 10:25 pm on Jun 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

very much a demographic and industry related proposition - SE's regarding the big industrial players are very shaky grounds, a lot of companies and their shareholders lost a lot of money when the .com burst and continued to shrivel, it seems now, the share prices and stability of them is gaining a standardisation in trend with old school industries, but money is tight - investment wise due to many extraneous factors - i.e. certain first world country views, and actions.