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To: Slumdog who wrote (43696)	3/3/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Certain leases are considered to be another means of financing the acquisition of an asset. The building that is leased is shown on the asset side of the balance sheet, and is treated like any other fixed asset. The amount owed to acquire the asset is shown on the liability side of the balance sheet and is recorded as the present value of future lease payments. Treated the same as long term debt. D, This may be accounted in various ways. The bottom line is the lease expense becomes an operating expense. Glenn

To: Slumdog who wrote (43696)	3/4/1999 4:14:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>The building that is leased is shown on the asset side of the balance sheet, and is treated like any other fixed asset.<< Yeah right. Please tell Ms Covey that, before they change auditors.

To: Slumdog who wrote (43696)	3/4/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

CATCH OF THE DAY: A guy's gotta eat I'm a big fan of pure-play Internet services, or, as a CEO buddy of mine calls them, "stuffless companies" -- meaning no hard goods or "stuff" to worry about; no warehousing, no delivery infrastructure. But it's an unfortunate fact of physics and biology that even in the Net economy, stuff's still got to get from the docks to your door. Amazon.com and Dell know it, but they have it easy -- their products don't go sour sitting in a truck. This encourages a cost-effective centralized distribution strategy. Groceries, on the other hand, require spread-out distribution infrastructures, not to mention expensive refrigerated delivery trucks. Plus, margins on milk and cookies are razor-thin. So why would anyone in their right mind want to take the Amazon model to grocery deliveries? Because if somebody's on your site shopping for toothpaste, you might also be able to sell them a new computer. If you think this sounds crazy, read Georgie Raik-Allen's grocer story, below. - Rafe Needleman, Editor rafe-needleman@redherring.com LATEST NEWS * Dell's new online store gigabuys.com * Online grocers go hungry redherring.com FURTHER READING * The kitchen of tomorrow! redherring.com * Filing for grocery dollars redherring.com