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To: Herbert Caldwell who wrote (7733)	5/5/2000 10:17:00 AM
From: JSwanson	Respond to of 10309

I would be more worried about the increase in receivables than the payables. Increase in receivables has a negative impact on operating cashflow while increasing (to a point) payables and other current liabilities improves operating cashflow. Take a look at the Cashflow Statement at the MSN site and you will see that the increase in receivables was offset by the increase in payables. I a perfect scenario I would like to see no increases in A/R but that is unrealistic and as long as WIND can turn its receivable faster than your payables in the long run everthing should be fine. Regards, JS

To: Herbert Caldwell who wrote (7733)	5/5/2000 10:17:00 AM
From: dwayanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Hi Herbert, thanks for the link moneycentral.msn.com The alert you spoke of is "percent rate of payables increase rose more than the rate of revenue increase" (bad), and is offset by the matching alert on that page that "percent rate of receivables increase rose more than the rate of revenue increase" (minor bad). Together, these two indicate that WIND is slower at collecting on its bills -- overall a minor negative, at a guess related to WIND's acquisitions during the last year. This is waaaaay different than "..The accounts payable has exceeded sales. ...". There are pretty good explanations of each alert on that page, under the 'description' links. - Dway