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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna

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To: William H Huebl who wrote (43435)9/12/1999 8:43:00 AM
From: clochard  Read Replies (2) of 94695
 
Bill, here's an interesting article about Microsofts grand fraud:

8-September 1999: Greenspan and Pension Directors Updated on
Microsoft Fraud Analysis

Dear Mr. Greenspan,

I appreciate your comments in Jackson Hole regarding taking a closer look at the integrity of corporate earnings, in particular the accounting for stock options. As the prestigious Economist magazine noted in an 8/7/99 cover story, a “proper accounting” at Microsoft would have resulted in a loss of $18 billion in 1998 even though the company reported earnings of $4.5 billion. This loss will probably exceed $25 billion for 1999. Although the overall effect on corporate earnings may be 1-2 percent, as you noted, this effect is dramatic at Microsoft and it is creating a serious artificial impediment to market efficiency not unlike the situation created by the Long Term Capital Hedge Fund.

rest of article:
billparish.com
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