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"Wage expense at Microsoft exceeded $22 billion for the two-year period ending June 2001, and not a dime of this amount is charged against its earnings. Showing this expense as a charge to earnings would indeed make Microsoft, like Enron, an unprofitable company." (An older, but more detailed, analysis can be found at <http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html>.) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************