<<OT? Dougggie, do U s'pose...foisted off on one "spin-offs">>
In some cases size does matter, as here it could help for a continuation. But any popping of a bubble will spoil the party. One into three for a smaller base, mentioned below, along with continued government policy for its legit'ness, so "if it ain;t broke, and works to "someones" advantage, and these someones are running the company(s),....
<<... U s'pose old MSofty will now have 3x the headaches as it splits apart & takes all its accounting shennigans into its 3 or more separate spin-off parts? Or do you think the smoke and mirrors accounting tricks will be foisted off on just one of the "spin-offs" and only the insiders...>> Ole 49r, ... financial fraud and corruption enabled by bad government policy. ... At Microsoft, however, stock option accounting is only one of its many pyramid building techniques, what could be called a cash generating component... ... pyramid scheme is to leverage share growth from investors using a passive investment approach based upon indexing to the S&P 500..... ... top level is Bill Gates and the bottom level are 401K, 403B and public pension retirement plan participants.ÿ Microsoft mployees and various other levels reside in between..... ...Financial pyramids are very hard to sustain once the base becomes too wide.
...As companies exceed $10 billion in market capitalization, they should realize the importance of shifting more to cash wages in order to protect the integrity of the financial structure...
Doug |