Good one. :-)
Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:39:07 +0000 > >So not only did Al Gore invent the internet, Bill Clinton made DSLRs >profitable. Gotta hand it to those Dems. They've got the high tech stuff >covered. > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > And it was under the *former* president's watch that DSLR's became more > > profitable. So go figure. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Takehiko Ueda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D > > >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 22:09:02 +0900 > > > > > >Hi friends, > > > > > >Maybe this is not news, but to make sure. > > > > > >Pentax is to open its middle term plan tomorrow, with their business > > >performance of FY2006. Their biggest shareholder, an investment fund, > > >is proposing to nominate the ex-president of the company as a board > > >member, which means the fund urges Pentax to show their new strategy to > > >make the company more profitable if they are not to accept the tender > > >bid from HOYA. > > > > > >The present president, who is believed to be reluctant to merging and > > >acceptance of HOYA's offer, claims that digital SLR area is getting > > >better and more profitable. This is thought be a response to HOYA's > > >president remark that they might sell "unprofitable businesses" even > > >after the merging. > > > > > >Anyway, let us see the middle term plan, which is believed to include > > >the sale of HQ in Tokyo and withdrawal from the "unprofitable area". > > > > > >May God help our brand! > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > >-- > > >Takehiko Ueda > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >-- > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >[email protected] > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

