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Articles: (all hot-linked at site)

- Y2K bug buzzes in background, but world hums along - CNN - How Y2K Bug Money Was Spent - AP - UK relief over bug - BBC - Y2K Bug Remains Myth, But Shares Slide - Reuters - Charities tap leftover Y2K disaster supplies - CNN - Old Checks Are Not Y2K Compliant - AP - With Y2K Bug 'Squashed,' U.S. Trims Watch - Reuters - Markets Pass Y2K Test, But Bug Nibbles Predicted - Reuters - US declares Y2K bug 'squashed' - AFP - Y2K Cost Beyond Reckoning, Global Coordinator Says - Reuters - US Economy Feeling No Y2K Bite-Official - Reuters - Y2K Panic Money Shipped Back to Fed - AP - Y2K efforts give economy a lift, U.S. official says - Dallas Morning News - Yawn2K? Bug mostly a no-show as world returns to work - CNN - Satellite Station Back to Normal - AP - Businesses still wary of Y2K - Dallas Morning News - Millennium Bug Hassles Show Systems Not Immune - Reuters - No Serious Y2K Outages Anywhere - Reuters - No Y2k Bugs Reported by Auto Makers - AP - Markets Rally As Y2K Glitches Emerge - Reuters - February 29 May Be Next Y2K Hurdle - AP - Better-safe-than-sorry attitude aided most nations - USA Today - World Back at Work With Few Delays - AP - U.S., Russian officers toast to no nuclear surprises - USA Today - Systems face bigger test today - USA Today - Peak holiday travel expected Tuesday - CNN - U.S. Recovers Spy System Hit by Y2K Glitch - Reuters - Tiny Millennium Bug Bite on 1st Working Day - Reuters - He 'snookered' the world into beating Y2K - USA Today - Now that it's behind us... - USA Today

-- Ken Decker (kcdecker@worldnet.att.net), January 04, 2000

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), January 04, 2000.

Articles from the last 24 hours:

Japan electronics makers report no major Y2K bugs  (Reuters)
TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Japanese electronics makers reported no major Y2K problems with their products as of midday Tuesday, when many Japanese companies resumed operating after the New Year holiday. ``There have been no major (Y2K-related) computer bug problems reported to us since the new year kicked off, except some minor glitches,'' said a spokesman for the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA).
- Jan 04 1:06 AM EST

Ecuador gov't offices see minor Y2K bugs  (Reuters)
QUITO, Ecuador, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Ecuador's Y2K coordinating committee said Monday two government offices had experienced minor glitches related to the 2000 rollover but were on their way toward fixing them. Both the Labor of Ministry's and Attorney General's Office had small problems with their Internet servers which did not allow them access to the Web, said Jaqueline Herrera, director of the presidential contingency planning office.
- Jan 03 8:10 PM EST

U S Economy Feeling No Y2K Bite-Official  (Reuters)
Many of the world's financial markets passed their first real Y2K bug test Monday and a U.S. spy satellite system hit by the glitch returned to duty but experts cautioned minor problems such as a $91,250 late video fee could keep popping up for weeks.
- Jan 03 7:49 PM EST

M arkets Rally As Y2K Glitches Emerge  (Reuters)
European, Asian and U.S. share markets rallied Monday in relief at the absence of serious Y2K problems, but the appearance of a number of small glitches showed it was too soon to write the bug off as mere hype.
- Jan 03 1:12 PM EST

FOCUS-Argentine banks pass Y2K test unflustered   (Reuters)
By Stephen Brown BUENOS AIRES, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Argentine banks passed the Y2K test without glitches and authorities were confident on Monday that cash withdrawn by savers fearing a millennium computer bug would soon be deposited back in the system. The Central Bank and private banks reported that the first working day of 2000 began smoothly, after all institutions passed tests for Y2K bugs carried out on New Year's Day.
- Jan 03 1:07 PM EST

Global Markets Rally As Y2K Glitches Emerge  (Reuters)
European, Asian and U.S. stock markets rallied Monday in relief at the absence of serious Y2K problems, but the appearance of a number of small glitches showed it was too soon to write off the bug as mere hype.
- Jan 03 11:12 AM EST

Y2K bug adds 100 years to Italian jail sentences  (Reuters)
NAPLES, Italy, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Millennium bug computer glitches added a century to some Italian jail sentences and knocked 100 years off others on Monday, forcing court officials to close administrative offices while the problems were solved. Officials in a court in the southern city of Naples found that prisoners looking forward to release next Monday had, according to their computer records, been detained 100 years too long and should have been released on January 10, 1900.
- Jan 03 6:30 AM EST

FOCUS-Chicago leads world markets into Y2K trading   (Reuters)
(Recasts with start of Chicago futures trading) By Daniel Sternoff NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - After dodging digital mayhem at the start of the millennium, the world financial system began a key showdown with the Y2K computer bug on Sunday as Chicago futures dealers executed the first major market trades of 2000. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) reported a glitch-free start to interest rate, currency and stock index futures trading on its Globex electronic trading system beginning at 5:30 p.
- Jan 02 7:20 PM EST

Y2K Glitch Causes Mega-Late Fee  (Associated Press)
The Y2K bug made a comic cameo appearance Sunday morning at an upstate New York video store, when it socked a customer with a five-figure late fee.
- Jan 02 5:16 PM EST

Mexico aces weekend Y2K test but braces for Monday   (Reuters)
By Dan Trotta MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Mexico passed its first Y2K test with flying colors this weekend as virtually no computer glitches were reported, but some experts refuse to breathe easy until business resumes as normal on Monday. All of Mexico's major industries and government offices entered the New Year without a hitch as the country inoculated itself against the widely feared millennium bug with meticulous preparation, officials said.
- Jan 02 1:28 PM EST

< b>Bug-Free World Set for Y2K Test on Monday  (Reuters)
Minor glitches at hospitals and nuclear power stations were the only signs on Sunday of the millennium bug biting as a weekend of tests suggested computers will continue their smooth transition into 2000 when much of the world returns to work on Monday.
- Jan 02 1:06 PM EST

WRAPUP-Bug- free world set for Y2K test on Monday  (Reuters)
(adds Italian church bug in para 10) By Richard Baum LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Minor glitches at hospitals and nuclear power stations were the only signs on Sunday of the millennium bug biting as a weekend of tests suggested computers will continue their smooth transition into 2000 when much of the world returns to work on Monday. Financial industry employees around the world spent a second day testing trading systems to ensure they could recognise the year 2000, and analysts said relief that the bug had not triggered any disasters should boost global stock markets.
- Jan 02 11:14 AM EST

Germany still sees no Y2K troubles  (Reuters)
BERLIN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The German government and leading companies said on Sunday they had experienced no problems related to the Y2K computer bug. The government said that there had been no glitches seen in the first two days of the new millennium but said it would remain vigilant and continue monitoring the situation through Monday, the first business day of the new year.
- Jan 02 11:02 AM EST

Seems a Bit High, Even for a Travolta Video   (Reuters)
The much-feared Y2K computer bug has struck at last at a video store in New York state.
- Jan 04 8:42 AM EST

Y2K Bug Remains Myth, But Shares Slide  (Reuters)
The Y2K bug remained more myth than menace on Tuesday as London rejoined the working world after the New Year break, but more traditional worries about interest rates quickly deflated markets.
- Jan 04 7:30 AM EST

WRAPUP-Y2K bug remains myth, but shares slide  (Reuters)
(Updates problems in Turkish companies para 3, FTSE fall para 4, adds oil prices drop paras 9-10) By Robert Hart LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Y2K bug remained more myth than menace on Tuesday as London rejoined the working world after the New Year break, but more traditional worries about interest rates quickly deflated markets. From Bangkok to Reykjavik, bourses reported smooth trading without a millennium bug in sight.
- Jan 04 7:25 AM EST

Y2K Task Forces Scaled Back   (Associated Press)
Y2K task forces were scaled back and business went on unhindered today, another nearly glitch- free day of the new year.
- Jan 04 7:19 AM EST

WRAPUP-Y2K bug remains myth, but markets slump  (Reuters)
(Updates with reopening of UK markets, interest rate fears, changes dateline) By Robert Hart LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Y2K bug remained more myth than menace on Tuesday as London rejoined the working world after the New Year break, but more traditional worries about interest rates quickly deflated markets. Despite an apparently bug-free return to the financial fray, the UK's FTSE 100 index slipped sharply away from last year's record levels and by just before 1000 GMT was down 164.
- Jan 04 6:05 AM EST

Y2K Bug Remains Myth, But Markets Slump  (Reuters)
The Y2K bug remained more myth than menace on Tuesday as London rejoined the working world after the New Year break, but more traditional worries about interest rates quickly deflated markets.
- Jan 04 5:57 AM EST

Markets Pass Y2K Test, But Bug Nibbles Predicted  (Reuters)
Japanese stocks joined a widespread Y2K rally on Tuesday, but market relief did little to dispel suspicions that the millennium bug was history's most expensive and tedious piece of hype.
- Jan 04 4:42 AM EST

FOCUS-Yen, Tokyo stocks rise as Y2K bug fears fade  (Reuters)
(Updates markets) By Linda Sieg TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan jumped into the market to cap the yen's rise and Tokyo stocks hit a two-year high as Japan's financial markets began the first working day of Year 2000 on Tuesday without the bite of Y2K bugs. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) repeatedly bought dollars and knocked the yen down after the Japanese currency came within a hair's breadth of clearing a four-year high at 101.
- Jan 04 2:15 AM EST

Yen, Tokyo Stocks Rise As Y2K Fears Fade  (Reuters)
The Bank of Japan jumped into the market to cap the yen's rise and Tokyo stocks hit a two-year high as Japan's financial markets began the first working day of Year 2000 on Tuesday without the bite of Y2K bugs.
- Jan 04 2:08 AM EST

Still Possibility for Y2K Trouble  (Associated Press)
The Y2K bug's biggest risk was never to power grids, missile systems or telephone exchanges but rather to the complicated backroom systems on which the world's corporations and governments run.
- Jan 04 1:37 AM EST

Japan Stocks Hit Highs AS Y2K Fears Fade  (Reuters)
Japanese stocks joined a widespread Y2K rally on Tuesday, but market relief did little to dispel suspicions that the millennium bug was history's most expensive and tedious piece of hype.
- Jan 04 1:37 AM EST

How Y2K Bug Money Was Spent  (Associated Press)
For anyone who believes the $100 billion spent in the United States immunizing technology from Y2K bugs was wasted, consider this: Three minor computers known to have problems and deliberately left running crashed completely at the century's dawn.
- Jan 04 1:31 AM EST

WRAPUP-Japan stocks hit highs amid Y2K post-mortem   (Reuters)
By Mark Snelling SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks joined a widespread Y2K rally on Tuesday, but market relief did little to dispel suspicions that the millennium bug was history's most expensive --and tedious -- piece of hype. Tokyo stocks marked the first working day of the New Year with their highest close in more than two years, following rallies in stock markets around the world.
- Jan 04 1:31 AM EST

Tokyo Stocks Rise As Y2K Bug Fears Fade  (Reuters)
The Bank of Japan jumped into the market to cap the yen's rise and Tokyo stocks hit a two-year high as Japan's financial markets got off to a Y2K-bug free start on Tuesday, the first working day of the new millennium.
- Jan 03 11:08 PM EST

Cub a Suggests Y2K Buy Was Hyped   (Associated Press)
Cuba's communist government suggested Monday that the threat of the so-called millennium bug was hyped by some to make money.
- Jan 03 9:03 PM EST

Y2K Bug Tame, Stocks Up in Tokyo  (Reuters)
Toyko's main stock market barometer jumped above the 19,000 level for the first time in more than a month and financial markets appeared Y2K- bug free on Tuesday, as Japan began the first working day of the new millennium.
- Jan 03 8:26 PM EST

Y2K bug tame, stocks up as Japan returns to work  (Reuters)
TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Toyko's main stock market barometer jumped above the 19,000 level for the first time in more than a month and financial markets appeared Y2K-bug free on Tuesday, as Japan began the first working day of the new millennium. The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) said it encountered no internal system problems when it began taking orders at 7:30 a.
- Jan 03 8:20 PM EST

With Y2K Bug 'Squashed,' U.S. Trims Watch  (Reuters)
The Clinton administration declared Monday it had ``squashed'' the Year 2000 computer bug and began winding down an unprecedented 24-hour-a- day watch over automated systems.
- Jan 03 7:59 PM EST

FOCUS-With Y2K bug "squashed," U.S. trims watch  (Reuters)
By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The Clinton administration declared Monday it had ``squashed'' the Year 2000 computer bug and began winding down an unprecedented 24-hour-a-day watch over automated systems. ``We can safely say what has been referred to as the Y2K bug has been squashed with regard to the key infrastructure systems in the United States,'' President Clinton's point man on the issue told reporters.
- Jan 03 7:41 PM EST

Y2K hits video store  (Reuters)
The much-feared, but thus-far toothless Y2K computer bug has taken a small bite out of videotape rentals.
- Jan 03 7:26 PM EST

WRAPUP-US economy feeling no Y2K bite-official   (Reuters)
(Recasts lead, new throughout, updates with afternoon Y2K briefing, closing market indexes, other details) By Jonathan Oatis NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Many of the world's financial markets passed their first real Y2K bug test Monday and a U.S.
- Jan 03 7:07 PM EST

Y2K Bug Bites Gore  (Associated Press)
Al Gore helped lead the federal response to Y2K, but that doesn't mean his own Internet operations went bug-free.
- Jan 03 6:59 PM EST

Busi ness As Usual for USA in Y2K   (Associated Press)
From Main Street to Wall Street, Americans returned to work Monday, logged onto their computers, checked their e-mail and found that whatever Y2K bug there may have been had largely crept back from whence it came.
- Jan 03 6:45 PM EST

Y2K Hits Basic Life Services: Chocolates And Videos  (Reuters)
The much- feared, but thus-far toothless Y2K computer bug has taken a small bite out of at least two of life's essential industries gourmet chocolates and videotape rentals.
- Jan 03 6:11 PM EST

U.S. says Y2K computer bug "squashed"   (Reuters)
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The Clinton administration declared Monday it had ``squashed'' the Year 2000 computer bug and began winding down an unprecedented operation to monitor automated systems worldwide. ``We can safely say what has been referred to as the Y2K bug has been squashed with regard to the key infrastructure systems in the United States,'' President Clinton's point man on the issue told reporters.
- Jan 03 5:49 PM EST

Y2K cost beyond reckoning, global coordinator says  (Reuters)
By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The head of the global Y2K coordination drive said Monday the full cost of upgrading computers for Year 2000 would never be known because it was impossible to reckon. Amid second-guessing about whether the threat of the Y2K bug was overstated, estimates of the worldwide fix-it bill have been all over the map -- from lows of $200 billion to three times as much or more.
- Jan 03 5:27 PM EST

< b>Y2K Briefs  (Associated Press)
Japanese nuke glitch due to monitoring system Technicians flooded by PC owner calls Cell phone company apologizes for New Year hiccup
- Jan 03 5:21 PM EST

Y2K Hits Basics: Chocolates And Videos  (Reuters)
The much-feared, but thus-far toothless Y2K computer bug has taken a small bite out of at least two of life's essential industries gourmet chocolates and videotape rentals.
- Jan 03 5:17 PM EST

How Y2K Scare Helped Businesses  (Associated Press)
Keeping its planes airborne and punctual at the start of the new year was satisfaction enough for Virgin Atlantic Airways, which spent $20 million to inoculate its computers against the millennium bug.
- Jan 03 4:27 PM EST

Muni bond market's $25 bln payday unscathed by Y2K   (Reuters)
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Investors expecting about $25 billion in payments due on municipal bond holdings Monday are getting their money free of Year 2000 glitches, officials at bank trust departments said. The first business day of January is always one of the busiest in the municipal bond market, since bond deals traditionally schedule calls, coupon payments and redemptions for that day.
- Jan 03 3:40 PM EST

Fed Rate Rise Looms As Y2K Fears Fade  (Reuters)
Investors breathed a sigh of relief Monday over the uneventful passing of the millennium bug, but celebrations were overshadowed by mounting fears that U.S. interest rates may rise yet again as early as next month.
- Jan 03 2:55 PM EST

All clear for U.S. Fed rate rise as Y2K fears fade   (Reuters)
By Knut Engelmann WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday over the uneventful passing of the millennium bug, but celebrations were overshadowed by mounting fears that U.S.
- Jan 03 2:50 PM EST

America Threw Money At Its Y2K Bugs  (Associated Press)
Moved by genuine fears that Y2K technology problems could disrupt everything from telephone calls to electricity, Americans stomped out the once-dreaded computer bug the old- fashioned way - they spent it to death.
- Jan 03 2:42 PM EST

U.S. Economy Feeling No Y2K Bite  (Reuters)
U.S. financial markets passed their first real Y2K computer bug test Monday, but stocks were mixed in the United States and at some European exchanges as the euphoria wore off, and experts warned small problems could continue cropping up.
- Jan 03 2:34 PM EST

O fficial: Economy Feeling No Y2K Bite  (Reuters)
U.S. financial markets passed their first real Y2K computer bug test Monday, but stocks were mixed in the United States and at some European exchanges as the euphoria wore off, and experts warned small problems could continue cropping up.
- Jan 03 2:33 PM EST

Toronto Stock Exchange sees no Y2K problems   (Reuters)
TORONTO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Canada's largest stock exchange expects a bug-free trading session when action resumes on Tuesday after Monday's holiday, an official said. The dreaded Y2K menace has so far failed to produce serious problems in the rest of the world and weekend-long testing at the Toronto Stock Exchange revealed no system difficulties related to the date rollover to year 2000.
- Jan 03 1:27 PM EST

World Back at Work With Few Delays   (Associated Press)
The first major business day of the millennium opened with few signs of Y2K computer glitches, much to the delight of stock markets worldwide. At least two stock indexes hit new heights.
- Jan 03 1:24 PM EST

Sears to charge Y2K fee on returned generators   (Reuters)
CHICAGO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - It usually pays to be prepared, but for consumers who bought power generators from retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE: S - news ) in anticipation of Year 2000 glitches and want to return them, it will cost a 20 percent restocking fee.
- Jan 03 12:59 PM EST

Tiny Millennium Bug Bite on 1st Working Day  (Reuters)
A post- Y2K rally in U.S. stocks evaporated Monday as major indexes turned south, making the world's largest financial market the party pooper after Asian and European exchanges celebrated the absence of millennium bug computer problems with fresh highs.
- Jan 03 12:19 PM EST

UK central bank says so far so good on Y2K bug  (Reuters)
LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Britain's central bank on Monday said the UK financial sector's preparations to deal with the millennium bug had so far proved effective, with very few Y2K problems being reported. The Bank of England said any small problems that had occurred had been resolved quickly.
- Jan 03 12:02 PM EST

Morocco says business as usual after millennium   (Reuters)
RABAT, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Morocco resumed work on Monday after a three-day New Year holiday with no disruptions from the millennium bug, the country's Y2K steering committee said. ``With the relaunch of economic activity, our observation centre did not signal any incident up to 1500 GMT,'' the committee said in a statement.
- Jan 03 11:46 AM EST

Germany goes back to work with no Y2K hitches   (Reuters)
BERLIN, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Germany returned to work on Monday after the New Year holiday with no signs of any significant disruptions because of the millennium computer bug, the government said. ``German infrastructure functioned without a hitch at the weekend and now the first day back at work has not shown any significant problems,'' interior ministry spokeswoman Brigitte Zypries and state secretary Alfred Tacke of the economics ministry said.
- Jan 03 10:50 AM EST

WRAPUP-Global markets rally as Y2K glitches emerge  (Reuters)
(Adds more comments from computer experts, U.S.
- Jan 03 10:47 AM EST

No Y2k Bugs Reported by Auto Makers  (Associated Press)
Major U.S. automakers rolled into the new millennium with no reported Y2K computer bugs. Now, they're set to get their vehicles again rolling off assembly lines at full speed.
- Jan 03 10:38 AM EST

U.S. currency markets report bug-free trading   (Reuters)
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Currency trading started 2000 glitch-free when U.S.
- Jan 03 10:28 AM EST

Millennium bug hassles show systems not immune  (Reuters)
By Sara Ledwith, European Technology Correspondent LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Reports of the death of global computer systems in the millennium date change were exaggerated, but computer sniffs and sneezes on Monday showed the bug to be more than just hype. From software glitches that caused problems for Internet banking customers to an Italian error which added a century onto some jail sentences, a string of minor irritants was building up.
- Jan 03 9:45 AM EST

Stocks Expected to Open Higher   (Reuters)
U.S. stocks are expected to open sharply higher on Monday, led by technology issues, with all the major indices at record peaks and expectations the Y2K bug won't strike.
- Jan 03 9:15 AM EST

Stocks Expected to Add to Records  (Reuters)
Stocks were expected to open higher on Monday, with all the major indices at record peaks and expectations the Y2K bug won't strike.
- Jan 03 8:05 AM EST

German DAX buoyed by telecoms, techs as banks fall  (Reuters)
FRANKFURT, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Germany's DAX share index was lifted by gains in telecoms and technology stocks in early Monday afternoon trade as investors breathed a sigh of relief that the Y2K bug had not bitten. ``Fundamentally nothing has changed.
- Jan 03 7:57 AM EST

Eurostocks strong as techs, telecoms lead gainers  (Reuters)
LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - European bourses remained in fresh record territory by midession on Monday but off their opening highs as the continent waited to see if Wall Street's start would also be free of Y2K glitches. Techs and telecoms were back in the driving seat.
- Jan 03 7:09 AM EST

French services have bugless return to work  (Reuters)
PARIS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Key services in France such as power, telecommunications, transport and food distribution worked smoothly on Monday following the New Year weekend when the feared Y2K bug failed to bite. The state-run utility Electricite de France, France Telecom and the main Rungis wholesale market all reported problem-free operations as the first working day of the millennium began.
- Jan 03 4:47 AM EST

Eurostocks Hit New Post-Y2K Highs  (Reuters)
European shares surged to new highs in the new millennium's opening trade on Monday as fading worries about the Y2K bug encouraged investors to press on with last year's rally.
- Jan 03 4:29 AM EST

Eurostocks hit new post-Y2K highs, Thomson rallies   (Reuters)
LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - European shares surged to new highs in the new millennium's opening trade on Monday as fading worries about the Y2K bug encouraged investors to press on with last year's rally. Defence group Thomson-CSF gained 4.
- Jan 03 4:13 AM EST

Emerging FX - Unbitten by Y2K bug, uptrend seen  (Reuters)
SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Asian regional currencies were on a firm footing late on Monday as banks started unwinding long dollar positions kept from late last year due to concerns over potential Y2K computer glitches. But gains in some currencies, particularly the Thai baht , were exaggerated by thin trade as many domestic markets were still closed for the New Year holiday.
- Jan 03 4:11 AM EST

Asian Markets Swat Y2K Bug to Soar Into 2000  (Reuters)
Share markets in Hong Kong, Singapore and India roared to record highs Monday with no sign of the pesky millennium bug on 2000's first day of stock trading in major centers.
- Jan 03 3:19 AM EST

FOCUS-Asian markets swat Y2K bug to soar into 2000  (Reuters)
(Adds Tokyo exchange says now Y2K ready, China, Taiwan mock testing, updates prices throughout) By Regan Morris SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Share markets in Hong Kong, Singapore and India roared to record highs on Monday with no sign of the pesky millennium bug on 2000's first day of stock trading in major centres. The dollar was slightly pressured at 101.
- Jan 03 3:08 AM EST

Eurostocks set to open firmer as Y2K worries ease   (Reuters)
LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - European shares are expected to open firmer and chalk up fresh record highs on Monday as continental stock markets reopen amid fewer worries about the Y2K millennium bug. ``I expect a firmer opening, especially with the background of a firmer euro which supports cash inflow into the euro-zone area,'' said Achim Matzke, an analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
- Jan 03 2:37 AM EST

F inancial Markets Rise in Bug-Free World  (Reuters)
Asian financial markets opened seamlessly Monday, the third virtually trouble-free day for the world's computers since the rollover into 2000, prompting some to wonder if the world had been conned into Y2K panic.
- Jan 03 1:22 AM EST

Few Signs of Y2K Computer Glitches  (Associated Press)
Americans looked overseas Sunday for hints of Y2K trouble in the world's earliest time zones, where employees already began returning to offices for the workweek and turning on computers and other systems for the first time in 2000.
- Jan 03 12:50 AM EST

FOCUS-Bug off Y2K! Asia markets roar into 2000  (Reuters)
(Updates prices, adds India shares at record) By Regan Morris SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Hong Kong, Singapore and India share markets climbed to records on Monday with no sign of the pesky millennium bug on 2000's first day of stock trading in major centres. The dollar was a touch lower at 101.
- Jan 03 12:12 AM EST

Bug Off Y2K! Asia Markets Roar Into 2000  (Reuters)
Hong Kong and Singapore share markets hit record highs on Monday with no sign of the pesky millennium bug on 2000's first day of stock trading in major centers.
- Jan 03 12:00 AM EST

WRAPUP-Financial markets rise in bug-free world   (Reuters)
(recasts and adds comment on Y2K panic, paras 13-15; Britain says functioning smoothly, paras 16-17) By Nick Macfie SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Asian financial markets opened seamlessly on Monday, the third virtually trouble-free day for the world's computers since the rollover into 2000, prompting some to wonder if the world had been conned into Y2K panic. Communist- run Cuba even suggested the millennium bug was nothing more than a capitalist-hatched plot.
- Jan 02 11:49 PM EST

Wi ll Monday be the real Y2K day?   (ZDNet News)
Other than a few minor inconveniences, the Y2K bug has been a no-show in the new year. But a new Y2K watch begins as the world returns to work Monday.
- Jan 02 10:31 PM EST

Asia Markets Open Seamlessly, Ignore Y2K  (Reuters)
Asian financial markets opened seamlessly on Monday, apparently free of the millennium computer bug which had threatened to bring the world's trading systems crashing.
- Jan 02 10:04 PM EST

WRAPUP-Asia markets open seamlessly, ignore Y2K   (Reuters)
By Nick Macfie SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Asian financial markets opened seamlessly on Monday, apparently free of the millennium computer bug which had threatened to bring the world's trading systems crashing. It was the third virtually

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), January 04, 2000.

Thank you, Ken

It's amazing to me that even the Chernobyl reactor got through the rollover and is still operating.. minus one reactor, of course :-)

The stock market looks volatile, but normal.. All I see so far are minor glitches.

I think most of the problems will appear during the next few weeks in application/database systems. My wife takes care of several databases for 'some government agency'. She warned them about the two digit date problem early last year. They didn't want to spend the money to upgrade the databases or correct the programs.. They will have to pay her to do it this year, I guess.

Bryce

-- Bryce (bryce@seanet.com), January 04, 2000.

Gamblers First Y2K Victims
Zanzibar Television, Radio, Suffer Y2K Glitch
Computer problems hit three nuclear plants in Japan
Computer Glitch Affects Tracking of Aircraft in New Zealand
US Air Force glitches
Japan railway glitch
Update on missile center glitch
Missile warning glitch
Power out in Troy MI
Spanish nuclear reactors glitch
Irish Telecom accounts backdated to 1900
Chemical Weapons Leak
Computer Malfunction Delays Flights
Limerick Nuclear Plant has Hot Shutdown
PowerPower surgein Chicago leaves air
controllers staring at blank screen
Y2k bug hits Naples prison records (Italy)
3 nukes shutdown
Couple receives shock with $27,700 utility bill
Nigerian Oil pipeline forced to shutdown
Ukraine nuclear power plant by half due to Y2K bug
Computer Glitch Affects Tracking of Aircraft in New Zealand
Y2K bug hits traffic lights
USAA Online Banking Server Down
Seven nuclear power plant licensees have reported problems
911 systems broke down - Charlotte NC
Low-level Windshear Alert systems failed at
Tampa, Denver, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago, St Louis
Toledo, Lansing, Charleston and Moline
Power Conditioning System Data terminal glitch
Kavouras Graphic Weather Display Systems at flight
service stations failed.
Weather Message Switching Center Airport glitch
Amtrak's Philadelphia Control Center glitch
ATF security systems not functioning
FDA lock failed in open position
Boston MA JFK Federal bldg alarm systems failed
Omaha security access system froze
The Naval Observatory Web page contained 19100 error

I'm tired. Too much to list.

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), January 04, 2000.

Center off.

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), January 04, 2000.

Spider,

EXCELLENT evidence of how the media is STILL over-covering Y2K. All computer problems we'd never hear about in a three day period in July.

And if we did, we wouldn't have desperate people spending their entire days scouring obscure newswires to find them :-)

-- John H Krempasky (johnk@dmv.com), January 04, 2000.

Linkmeister: Thanks for the best-to-date set of links and capsule summaries that I've seen!

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 04, 2000.