Ralph, It is a quite normal practice in the financial world that competitors own shares in each others companies. Philips and Sony, do I know. >How about humanitarian reasons: "I just wanna help the little company >out". > >As our European techs will inform you, There aren't really any Japanese >autos sold in Europe....... Volks, Volvo Renault, Saab, Fiat, , >etc....VERY few Japanese cars.I don't really know what that means. I >offer it only to give us something to think about. There are very much Japanese cars sold (and made) in Europe. Volvo and Mitshubishi have a joint ownership in a car factory in Holland where Volvos and Mitshubishis are made on the same production line. and they have been using Renault eniges and gearboxes. >Possibly one of the other guys or gals could suggest why Yamaha would >invest in a European COMPETITOR. Yamaha and Kemble work together in England . I don't know anything about ownership. Michiel van Loon mvanloon@xs4all.nl Meppel Nederland
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