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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (19217)	6/1/2006 6:18:17 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

OT GE Files 24,000-Page Tax Return The Associated Press ^ \| June 1, 2006 \| Ed Donahue tampabays10.com GE Files 24,000-Page Tax Return WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers who gripe about long returns have nothing on General Electric Co., which filed a 24,000-page tax return this month. The Internal Revenue Service said the company "stepped up and embraced" the new requirement for companies with more than $50 million in assets to file electronically. If GE had sent paper forms, the return would have stacked up eight feet high ....

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (19217)	6/1/2006 10:12:55 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25522

Brian, here's the correct [from SIA] text and numbers for April ww chip sales... SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 1, 2006– Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $19.6 billion in April were 8.1 percent higher than in April of 2005 when global sales were $18.1 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. SIA reported a nominal decline of 0.4 percent from March, when total sales were $19.7 billon. sia-online.org PS: the article you posted had April sales as 18.1 billion, but that was the number for April 2005. All numbers are 3 month moving averages