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To: PaperChase who wrote (71723)10/26/1999 12:54:00 AM
From: Amots  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
PC.
Short IBM buy JCDA. -g-



To: PaperChase who wrote (71723)10/26/1999 7:39:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 86076
 
They have a column (a) for guys who want to hear what they want to hear and another column with real results. Snake oil salesmen everywhere! Look at the punch line - these earnings are "NM - Not meaningful" -g-
                             LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
Fourth Fiscal Quarter Income Statement
(Unaudited; Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts)
For Three Months Ended
9/30/99 9/30/99(a) 9/30/98(b) Change(c)
Revenues 10,575 10,575 8,574 23.3%
Costs 5,778 5,706 4,443 28.4%
Gross Margin 4,797 4,869 4,131 17.9%
Selling, General
and Administrative 2,423 2,251 1,972 14.1%
Research and
Development 1,145 1,131 1,050 7.7%
Total Operating
Expenses 3,568 3,382 3,022 11.9%
Operating Income 1,229 1,487 1,109 34.1%
Other Income
(Expense), net 366 92 (43) NM
Interest expense 114 114 71 60.6%
Income before
income taxes 1,481 1,465 995 47.2%
Income tax expense 533 493 348 41.7%
Net Income 948 972 647 50.2%
Earnings per
share - Basic 0.31 0.32 0.21 52.4%
Earnings per
share - Diluted 0.30 0.31 0.21 47.6%
Effective tax rate (%) 36.0 33.7 35.0 (1.3) pts.
(a) Excludes one-time, pre-tax costs of $258 million ($191 million,
after-tax) associated with asset impairments, integration-related
charges and merger expenses in connection with Ascend Communications
and Nexabit Networks business combinations. These costs principally
include the write-off of Livingston goodwill and existing technology,
certain product and system integration and direct merger expenses
related to Nexabit. In addition, excludes a $274 million pre-tax
($167 million, after-tax) gain on the sale of an investment in Juniper
Networks.
(b) Excludes one-time, pre-tax charges of $431 million ($427 million,
after-tax) for in-process research and development related to the
Company's acquisitions of SDX, MassMedia, LANNET, JNA and Stratus.
(c) Change is between the three-month period ending 9/30/99 and the
corresponding 1998 period, excluding one-time items.
NM - not meaningful



To: PaperChase who wrote (71723)10/27/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: Cynic 2005  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 86076
 
Weren't you long HWP?

<<CBSM 10/27 17:05 [HWP] H-P SEES 'INCREASED RISK' OF NOT MEETING Q4 FORECASTS-REUTERS. >>

Hope they pay you big bucks at the Star Bucks to make-up for the short-fall! -g-