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Technology Stocks : Motorola (MOT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: $Mogul who wrote (2092)	4/10/2001 9:20:57 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 3436

"Motorola (MOT) 13.00 +1.50: Some confusion over MOT's numbers, as company changed its reporting method at the last minute... Reported loss of $0.09 excludes goodwill, whereas company used to report results including goodwill... Our checks indicate that consensus estimate of ($0.07) included goodwill... Sources telling us that if goodwill charges put back into the MOT number, quarterly loss would be more like ($0.13) or ($0.14)..." Why would you amortize goodwill if you are at a loss? There are NO EARNINGS! Goodwill is amortized against earnings. In any case, report was lousy as expected. I think it goes lower but stays in double digits. Good opportunity to buy Nokia off this...hopefully it sells off in the morning. Somehow I doubt it. Any weakness in Nokia and possibly even Ericson is a great buying opportunity, IMHO. Nokia rules this business.