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To: Kirk © who wrote (14724)	7/12/2001 5:47:42 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

kirk, i'm saying many companies purposely mislead the "quick glance" crowd (98% of investors) in the way they "manage" their reporting. msft adds in their investment gains to their reported revenue. let's see if they use the same principle and reduce reported revenues by their $2 billion investment loss. hint, they WON'T! wanna bet? ;-) why are the rules DIFFERENT? i KNOW why! i think you do to. effective manipulation of the "quick glance" crowd. does anybody know a good free web site to check out income statements and balaance sheets for companies? if so, let me know and i'll cite specifics. kirk, re: cash flow. micron has negative cash flow and takes about $500 million from the equity markets every year. yet, people reward them handsomely. my point, if smart people look aat cash flow, there sure are a LOT of dumb folks controlling a lot of dough ;-)