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To: mishedlo who wrote (47041)	12/11/2005 2:21:55 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Dark Matter -- U.S. owned assets which produce revenue, but which are not included on our balance sheet as assets. Hmmm, I wonder what the real world examples of this "dark matter" are? A systematic under-counting of intellectual property? .

To: mishedlo who wrote (47041)	12/11/2005 8:53:04 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 110194

Dark Matter - transfer pricing adjusted to reduce high US taxes. Cash ends up over seas, where it helps the US investment 'returns' by actually being a return of capital. Some of the cash is actually invested, but doesn't show up in official statistics. This will increase the investment base. I don't that US investors in appregate are that much better than the rest of the world. Templeton, Mark Mobius, Jim Rogers, Warren Buffet and a few others - but they are a minority.