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To: Jack of All Trades who wrote (11435)7/11/2001 5:41:34 PM
From: Paul Shread  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 52237
 
From Briefing: Microsoft (MSFT) 66.50 +2.02: -- Update -- Company sees revs of $6.5-$6.6 bln vs. consensus of $6.43 bln; company will take $3.9 bln charge resulting from the impairment of certain publicly traded and private equity securities particularly in the cable and telecommunications industries; management expects results from operations to be in line with previous guidance; including the non-cash charge, diluted earnings per share is expected to be approximately $0.01; MSFT 69.75 +3.25 vs. 4 pm close.

Bizarre writedowns. Were they expected?



To: Jack of All Trades who wrote (11435)7/11/2001 5:47:27 PM
From: Peace  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 52237
 
Are you kidding. Any upside on revenues for a tech company is huge in this market. Rev estimate was 6.46b.