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To: rupert1 who wrote (69987)10/25/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd  Read Replies (1) of 97611
 
>>>>The proposed write-off of between $700-900 gives COMPAQ lots of scope to
"cook the books" in the nicest sense of the word. I have seen a suggestion that the
operating profit and the write-offs will be counter-balanced, and the net effect will be an
EPS manipulated to be right on .05 cents or no more than a couple over.<<< Corectomundo!!! El
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