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To: Sam who wrote (625)2/5/2014 10:12:30 AM
From: Kirk ©  Respond to of 26796
 
I've written in my newsletter for over a decade that fines and such (write downs by semi companies to lay off US workers back before they shipped most of those jobs overseas) are a "cost of doing business" by most big companies so it is one reason to look at GAAP income and cash flow while not relying solely on operating income.