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To: Don Earl who wrote (13753)	1/24/2002 1:09:01 PM
From: Don Earl	Respond to of 78915

PS: I thought this article was interesting: mktnews.nasdaq.com\\news3\news_www\nasdaq\news\afx\2002\01\23\AFX20020123-6110.html&usymbol=9999 On nearly every company mentioned, EPS is "before special items". Wall Street has conditioned us to ignore "special items" and one "time charges", but at what point are "special items" EVERY quarter a part of normal operations? Somewhere along the line it's no wonder investors are getting stuck with Chapter 11 candidates that have low price to earnings ratios and no money. Everyone forgot to factor in a boatload of "one time charges".