____/ Linonut on Wednesday 06 February 2008 15:25 : \____
> * Mark Kent peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 06 February 2008 07:48 : \____
>>>
>>>> If you look at the net assets lines over the last 3 years, you can see
>>>> that net assets have fallen from US$45bn to US$25bn, ie., almost halved,
>>>> with US$20bn lost, gone, disappeared, whatever.
>>>
>>> This was confirmed by the Seattle P-I last year. Over half of the
>>> companies' savings had been lost between 2004 and 2006/7. It's a big
>>> secret.
>>
>> Apparently, it's being hidden in public view. Presumably, MS have been
>> paying analysts everywhere to keep quiet about it. One of our trolls
>> (Scott Douglas, I think, posting under the nym Duncam Meyer or Meier?)
>> also tried to bury this, but his knowledge of corporate accounting was
>> so poor that all he achieved was to highlight how significant this issue
>> is.
>>
>> In fact, looking at the timing you're talking about, as you say, it
>> looks like more than half of MS's assets have been lost in 4 years.
>> This does appear to lack sustainability.
>
> Well, the U.S. government did eventually bail out Chrysler, didn't they?
> <sick grin>
The SEC bail out SCO last year (or about a year ago). "All was just fine," they
decided.
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