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To: akidron who wrote (23427)8/27/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: Teri Skogerboe  Respond to of 70976
 
Aki **OT/OT**

Re: "what they are doing is faking operating profits by manipulating the charges. It's all legal and very advantageous..."

And it shouldn't be legal... because these little 'tricks' can lead to stock market bubbles. They need to change the accounting rules, IMO.

Re: posting, addictive etal...

You're right. And we both need to get to work, instead of yammering here on SI. :-)