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To: Les H who wrote (42084)	3/3/2000 12:58:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 99985

"warning lawmakers it could chill mergers and slow the U.S. economy." Well gee, didn't those lawmakers just get some strong words from Alan Greenspan, saying that the economy is way too strong recently, and therefore he may have to keep stair-stepping up the interest rates until the economy slows? Perhaps these lawmakers will connect the dots and pass this legislation, thanks to that "lashing out" by these dot-com execs.

To: Les H who wrote (42084)	3/3/2000 1:05:00 AM
From: AlanH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Les, re:mergers and FASB Imagine the delight of Benhamou (and company)... * Acquire USRobotics, write-down various costs thereby inflating earnings (er, paring losses); * Spin-off PALM, netting wildly more than original acquisition swap; * Refocus business units, per following release: biz.yahoo.com (Gee, I wonder if the modem business is a keeper?) Say, didn't FASB ink the loop-hole for hiding labor costs visa-vis "incentive stock options"? What are the odds that FASB will kill the golden merger goose? Joking aside, thanks for the frequent news posts. Alan