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To: Joe Smith who wrote (96570)	7/20/2002 8:42:52 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) of 99280

They just increase the number of outstanding shares which does effect earnings. It affects earnings but is not "an expense" and does not get reported except as a footnote. bullshit! Instead DELL or whoever reports bloated earnings, everyone goes ga ga but shareholder equity drops like a rock cause all the profit for years has gone to options. In effect there was no earnings cause it was all given away. This is total bullshit. Unless an until they are expensed, people with think companies have earnings when they do not. No wonder the CEOs dont want to expense them. Enough is enough. Earnings should be as reported to the IRS. Those earnings include the affect of stock options. Pro forma earnings should be FORCED out as well. If a company wants to show pro forma earnings it should do so on a 5 day delay basis. Or explain it in a CC or whatever. Corporate selling should have to be reported 10 days before it is done. How can we bottom when there is all this mistrust. How can we bottom when people have no idea what earnings are? M

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