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To: Thomas M. who wrote (45376)2/2/1999 1:03:00 AM
From: Bonnie Bear  Respond to of 132070
 
sniff, sniff...I smell bear in that article....sniff....
sure smells like bear to me.....gawd it smells good....



To: Thomas M. who wrote (45376)2/2/1999 2:27:00 AM
From: Peter Singleton  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
<<"Drug companies have figured out a way to hide their research and
development costs. The big question is whether this gimmickry fools
anybody.">>

ooohhh ... what a dumb, dumb thing these R&D spinouts are, no accounting logic whatsoever. This is gonna hurt a few companies ...

Why did the SEC let things get so out of hand? And, much, much, much worse with ESOPs.

Peter



To: Thomas M. who wrote (45376)2/2/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Tom, good article, but we see how dumb investors really are every day. This ruling could impact GENZL and GZTC.

MB



To: Thomas M. who wrote (45376)2/2/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Earlie  Respond to of 132070
 
Thomas:
A good article. The practice has even been migrated up here. (Biochem has copied it). (g)

Best, Earlie