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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (51715)	4/21/2001 7:37:48 AM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Victor, One thing regarding "book value". Many companies have tremendous amounts of "Goodwill" and other intangibles on their Asset side, thus inflating the "book value" of their companies. Pretty much, when a company takes over another company, they should write off all GW that Q and move forward. Enough of writing off GW over a series of years. Did you see MOT? They are now reporting "operating earnings" like their competition. By reporting "operating earnings", they just barely met expectations...