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To: yard_man who wrote (21927)	1/21/2005 1:10:43 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

with co.s like GE -- finance a big part of the biz -- I just assume earnings are fudge Did you actually look at the statements before making your comments? The financial is 43% of the revs but only a third of the earnings. Because of the losses in insurance they had far better growth in the non-financial (16 vs. 10% YOY). Some of this growth was due to acquisitions, but it would be hard to fake the 17% increase in Advanced Materials revenues and 32% growth in Healthcare revenues. Whether this kind of growth continues in the future is anyone's guess but it's irrational to dismiss such good growth in such a large and diversified company as "fudge".