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March 16, 1999 Tuesday update at 10:58AM
Playstation import flood, New publications
   Imports
New Playstation imports
   Thirteen new Playstation imports arrived this morning. NCS will post cover scans and game summaries in tomorrow's update due to a hectic morning. By the way, the game Puffy P.S. I Love You has nothing to do with Puff Daddy.
More Playstation imports
   Chocobo Racing, Dr. Slump, and Umjammer Lammy are expected on Thursday. Umjammer is the sequel to Parappa the Rapper and features new characters in a musical rhythm game.
Import Magazines
   Four new magazines have been posted and are available for shipping today.
Neo Geo Pocket Color
   SNK's color NGP was shipped overnight and NCS expects to take delivery on Thursday. It appears that Puzzle Bobble Mini made it in time for the NGPC launch and we should have this popular puzzler in stock with the handhelds. NCS will adjust NGP Color pricing downwards thanks to a bulk discount that we were given for taking large quantities of NGP stock. Please allow us until tomorrow to set final pricing for the unit and all of the games that are expected on Thursday. New orders are welcome and pre-orders will be confirmed tomorrow.
   Everything Else
Yen Equilibrium 09:03AM
   We added to our long dollar and short yen positions yesterday. Perhaps we should have waited since the forex is calm and we're only up .20 from yesterday's buy at Y117.60. We're down a full point on our core that we opened on Friday but we have conviction that this trade is good.
E-Mail Resolution
   Bell Atlantic appears to have resolved all of the e-mail problems that escape was experiencing over the weekend. There should be no further problems and e-mail flow should be normal from this point forth. You may CC our tertiary mail account at 826157924@worldnet.att.net if escape ever goes down again but Roman assures us that outages are a thing of the past.
Capital Markets 09:47AM
   The Dow hit 10,000 a couple of minutes ago but bounced right off and the SPX is leading the market lower. We upped our sell stop on the SPH to 1304 and will get out at that level if we are hit to lock profits. The market action is not very convincing but we won't go short yet. If we can buy long SPH at 1290~1298, we will open a core because this market has legs. We would like to see strength come back into the market midsession as the market eats up all the selling that was triggered once 10,000 was touched. There should be another run at 10K today and this time, the market should stay above that level.

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Monday New Playstation imports tomorrow, D&D Collection restocked, Super Speed Racing this week
Tuesday Thirteen new Playstation imports, D&D sold out but restock on the way, New import magazines
Wednesday Playstation import cover scans updated, NGP Color news, Fast Dreamcast titles
Thursday Neo Geo Pocket Color in stock, Umjammer Lammy and Chocobo Racing in stock
Friday Densha de Go! 2 in stock, Anti-mod update, House of the Dead 2 closed for pre-orders

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