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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?
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To: Yikes who wrote (10281)6/17/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: J.S.  Read Replies (1) of 13594
 
Does anyone care to defend this rampant irresponsibility on the part
of the press?:

LFT: "someone" said they offered comfortably above 19B

US Press 1: LFT reports that the offer was comfortably above 19B.

US Press n: (optional: Company sources said) ATT's offer was
comfortly above 19B.

Note that the first report of the rumor, June 5, was at a time when AOL's market cap closer to 17B. Did the "someone" use the 19B figure or just "AOL's current market cap or was the 19B figure "added" by the LFT.

This syllogism leads me to a new proof that Santa Claus exists.

I will call this new rule of inference, Modus Aolus

Example:

Premise: Someone said "Santa Claus exists"
Therefore..
Conclusion: Santa Claus exists.
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