[Am-info] Xbox losses

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.05.26 09:30 PM, Paul Rickard typed: ============

>    Stock price is the answer... That's why Microsoft is storing so much 
>cash lately. They know the stock is toast for a while and will use their 
>rapidly growing bankroll to a) buy back shares b) pay employees more to 
>make up for decreasing option values and c) buy companies that would have 
>in better times been bought out with stock. Judging by recent behavior, 
>I'd dare say they're counting on the stock being abused for a while. It's 
>not like they care about investor or consumern that much -

   I meant "investor or consumer opinion..." The e-mail program ate 
"opinio" and I didn't notice until the message came back. Sorry.


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