Investor0239:
This is an interesting point. It's ironic when we find that a scientific law has uncomfortable applications to society. Lionel _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of investor0329 Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: briefing? Re: [quotes-plus]suggestions You are right. Is it not a basic law of thermodynamics...that says...given time, all things tend to disorder?..like less info in the briefing..and , eventually, little or no Social Security? --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "acadian21" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I should have clarified that statement. The information for the > Briefing field changed, where they no longer provide detailed > information about a company's core business. > > For example the 1-3-05 briefing for ADBE states: > > ADBE is a provider of graphic design, publishing, & imaging software > for Web and print production. (followed by other fundamental info) > > The (new version) Briefing for 1-3-06 states: > > For the fiscal year ended 2 December 2005, Adobe System > Incorporated's revenues increased 18% to $1.97B. (followed by other > fundamental info) > > Notice there is no information there about the company's core > business. > > You know how you may periodically get those ads in the mail for > newletters touting their "Hot Stock" of the year? They tell you all > about the company, but come just short of telling you the name (or > symbol) of the company (after all, the goal is to get you to > subscribe to their newsletter). Exporting the old Briefing field into > Excel allowed you to search the entire QP database and know EXACTLY > what company they are talking about.....within seconds I might add. > This is just one example of the usefulness of the old format. > > > Joe > > > --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "investor0329" <mb0329@> wrote: > > > > ??? > > Briefings are still in my version of QP (2.3). The function > > QP_Briefing(ticker) works for me in Excel as well. > > > > > > --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "acadian21" <acadian21@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I dearly miss the Briefing which gave a short synopsis of the > > > company. I remember you gave reasons as to why that was taken > out, > > > but somehow the reason wasn't strong enough to pacify my hissy > > fit. > > > Hahahaaaa!!!! Just joking! ;-) > > > > > > Seriously, I was really hoping there were some way to implement > it > > > back in again. I for one would be willing to pay a bit extra for > > > that. > > > > > > Looking forward to the new changes!!! > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "gary" <gary@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > What additional fundamental data would you like? > > > > > > > > Many of these items are likely in future releases. There are > > > changes coming. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/GHeqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quotes-plus/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
