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> " For the three months ended March 31...earned...or 29 cents per share...compares with earnings of...23 cents per share...for the same period a year ago.

The third-quarter earnings were dented by legal costs that amounted to 3 cents per share, while the year-ago numbers were impacted by 5 cents per share related to legal costs."

Stuff was snipped out.

Le's see...3 cents per share for the current year implies that 9.375% of the per share profit is being eaten up by legal fees (29 cents + 3 cents all divided into the 3 cents). As compared to last year when it was...17.857143%

I guess this is an improvement, right? It's only half as much.
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On the other hand...  marksashton | 04/27/06
Which .....  Linux_4u! | 04/27/06
Price caps in a free market, I don't think so...  SouthernPride | 04/27/06
*sigh*  zkiwi | 04/27/06
Re *sigh*  SouthernPride | 04/27/06
Clearly...  zkiwi | 04/27/06
Even they are not forced  Omch'Ar | 04/28/06
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Look at all the rest  SouthernPride | 04/27/06
Well, you are wrong.  zkiwi | 04/27/06
You are not exactly right either  SouthernPride | 04/27/06
Look  zkiwi | 04/27/06
It is very difficult, if not impossible  Ole Man | 04/25/08
This will be a fun one...  John Zern | 04/27/06
You called it  rapson | 04/28/06
yes, and they also said  Monkey_MCSE | 04/28/06
the end is near!  Linux Geek | 04/27/06
Yes, your grounded from Dad's computer!!!  SouthernPride | 04/27/06
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Yeah, right  Fred Fredrickson | 04/28/06
Wow. Small thinkers proliferate these boards  John Zern | 04/28/06
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Too true  John Zern | 04/28/06
That's the beauty of a monopoly  Ole Man | 04/25/08
WHAT Service and HPC? nonsense  michael_t | 04/27/06
That's not what the article said  rapson | 04/28/06
MBA's?  Cardinal_Bill | 04/27/06
Haven't listened to the conference call yet ...  too_much green_tea | 04/27/06
You obviously didn't read the article  marksashton | 04/27/06
Microsoft spends on growth  Anton Philidor | 04/27/06
Hmmm, first Sony reports more revenue but next Q shortfall... now this...  HypnoToad72 | 04/27/06
Maybe the public is catching-on!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/27/06
If by the public  zkiwi | 04/27/06
He speaks in riddles.  HypnoToad72 | 04/28/06
He speaks in riddles.  HypnoToad72 | 04/28/06
Good, this puts them in line with Sun  Boot_Agnostic | 04/28/06
The end is not near  Chad_z | 04/28/06
This isn't a sign of doom  Michael Kelly | 04/28/06
Some people may be waiting...  Anton Philidor | 04/28/06
Maybe not but this is  Chad_z | 04/28/06
Further slippage likely thru 2007...  TCO . | 04/29/06
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Not at all!  Tok-Sic | 01/25/08

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