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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (147399)	1/31/2002 8:36:51 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Respond to of 436258

yup things are really rosey out there in J.O.B. land US CONTINUING JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 21,000 TO 3.38 MLN US Q4 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX UP 0.9% AS EXPECTED US 2001 EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX UP 4.1% US WEEKLY INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS UP 30,000 TO 390,000 US 4-WEEK AVERAGE INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS 386,000

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (147399)	1/31/2002 9:40:03 AM
From: Earlie	Respond to of 436258

KIS: The reporter missed some of the really nasty IBM tricks. I especially like Gerstner's tactic of reducing the SG&A line by using the cash coming in from asset sales. One of these days the auditors who approved that little gem are going to be fried. Nice to no longer being a "voice in the wilderness" on this company's accounting. Hickey, Tice, Fleck and yours truly have pounded this company's accounting ninsensew for years. By the way, I love First Call's chief Chuck Hill calling the pro-forma accounting "junk". His firm is the one that could have put an end to this nonsense and didn't. They caved in under pressure on the "pro-forma" scene. Best, Earlie

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (147399)	1/31/2002 9:57:34 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<You can't have declining revenue and record sales." > ROFLMAO!!! Hedonically speaking perhaps?? DAK