Dear Taku,

Thank you for your fourteenth message. My comments follow.

Sincerely,

Prof Sue Stiner

> Takumi Kimoto wrote:

> Dear dr. Stiner,

> Thank you for your reply

> Home work

1.A. Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from

Yahoo!Finance. Tell me (1) the date and (2) time of the quote and (3)

the stock price.

> (1)November 2

> (2)15:03

> (3)$36.99

1.B. Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock

quote. List the URL for your source.

> http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/subject.gsp?subjectid=588

2. Tell me each stock price quote that you found. Are they the same as

the one listed on the company's web site at

http://www.appliedmaterials.com/financial/Stock_Quote_main.html?

> I think it is the same.

The prices probably were the same, Taku. When you checked the prices,

our markets were closed. The stock quote services would all have the

closing price. During the US day (Japan's night), the prices may be

different. The services update their quotes at different times.

> This week's homework is difficult for me.

> I have no confidence about it.

Sorry the homework was so hard. What made the homework hard?

> By the way, I see the news every day.

> Recently, the bacterial incident has been a very serious problem in U.S.

> Take care of yourself.

The problem of bacterial contamination is a very bad problem for the US

and the world. What happened here can happen in any modern country. It

is a scary situation.

> I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

> Have a nice day.

> sincerely Taku.　

This week we will talk about the role of technology. The new lesson is

here:

http://www72.homepage.villanova.edu/susan.stiner/cgu/technology01.htm

Technology has changed the way accountants do business. We "crunch the

numbers" with a fast computer, not a slow calculator. We provide more

valuable services now. Some firms get the financial data directly from

the client through computers. They do not generate tons of paper in

each audit engagement.

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