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To: mishedlo who wrote (307)	4/20/2003 12:40:28 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 4914

The Costco phone cards for MCI are now just 3.0 cents/minute. Funny how the company with the most trouble can keep lowering rates ;-)

To: mishedlo who wrote (307)	4/20/2003 10:11:19 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Respond to of 4914

misheldo, By allowing bankrupt companies to stay in business it just puts pressure on the others. Now WCOM has debt taht is wiped clean and a competitive advantage over other carriers if I am not mistaken because of it. Agreed... If F goes bankrupt but stays in business, how much competitive advantage will they have (pricing power - no debt to pay back) over GM. Under this scenario a bankrupt F might be the death bell for GM. The problem being there is too much worldwide capacity for auto production. Also, agreed... As for right now... What would a "bailout" of F constitute anyway? Doesnt a bailout occur when a company is floating just abpve BK with stock nearly worthless? Ummm, not entirely in agreement... A bailout would occur if and when it was politically expedient to do so. Not to confuse politics and economics, a bailout is far more a political statement than it is an economic statement, though the effects of the statement would likely be felt throughout the economy... KJC