Dear Den,

Thank you for your thirteenth message. My comments follow.

Sincerely,

Prof. Sue Stiner

Masaki Inden wrote:

> Dear Prof. Stiner,

> Thank you for your reply!

> The best way to learn to speak English is to find someone who is a

> native speaker, and talk with them constantly. They speak to you in

> English and you reply in English. Never speak Japanese or any other

> language with them.

> It became helpful very much. Thank you very much Prof. Stiner.

> Homework

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

> Yahoo!Finance.To find a stock price quote on Yahoo Finance,

> (1)go to the main page

> (2)enter the stock symbol, AMAT, at the top of the page in the space

> that looks like this:Enter Symbol(s): e.g. YHOO, ^DJI Symbol Lookup

> | Finance Search

> Do NOT enter the stock symbol on this lesson page.

> (3)Click the "Go" button.

> 1.B.Tell me:

> (1) the date of the quote,

> It's Friday, October 22, 2004.

> (2)the time of the quote and

> It's 2:38AM ET.

> (3)the stock price.

> It's 16.38.

Correct! Thank you for the quote.

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

> price quote.List the URL for your source.

> It's http://www.nyse.com

> 2.A.Tell me the stock price quote that you found.

> I'm sorry.It was not found.

> 2.B.Is it the same as the one listed on the company's web site at

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

> 2.C.If the quotes have different prices, why do you think they are

> different?

> It changes with current value accounting.

> Sincerely,

> Den

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