> Is this finacial thing that was big news today, a April Fool's joke?

Sorry for being so late in giving out this reply, but I was really, really busy.

As many of you may already know, I work as a consultant for the Italian branch of NCR Corp., Dayton, OH, doing my consultancy on software solution for the financial market.
Of course, NCR clients are also *my* clients; this means that I've contacts with the largest Italian banks and asset management groups and, consequently, I've immediate access to people, resources and first-hand news about the European and American financial world.
My actual girlfriend does her job as a financial consultant for an Italian important asset management company; we both are a joint-venture more than a couple.
Other than using our resource for our personal economical success we also sell our experience and our ability to do business (expecially by speculating on the hi-tech market).

Of course, Sam's press release about turning RW into a financial portal comes just-in-time as a challenge to get in the American market from a well-known entry point.
He'll be contacted soon by JPMorgan for an interesting all-inclusive offer that will be released to public domain not before its acceptance by the proper Federal Bureau.

This, of course, means that everyone of you will get really challenging deals and job opportunities. It's all up to you, as a community, to decide to be 'in' or 'out'.

Sincerely yours,
Andrea Pasqualini,

Milan,
Italy.