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To: hueyone who wrote (45044)	7/31/2001 12:35:45 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

>> Yahoo reports 22 cents per share earnings with no mention these are pro forma earnings. I think you may be referring the First Call reports which are linked to Yahoo rather than Yahoo itself. The detailed quote for qcom from Yahoo Finance shows ttm earnings of -.46, which leads me to believe they are including one time events and the results from discontinued operations. My remark to John was intended to be of a more generic nature, Huey. I was implying that the "average investor" who accepts published data at face value is at a disadvantage when competing with those who perform rigorous dd. uf