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KrK
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Re: Which is it?

Conspiracy Theorists?

Are you crazy? Hiding income is considered accepted business practice. Even so, because Bells are publicly traded, they must release some numbers.... which show that profits are indeed excellent.

KrK
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Re: Which is it?

SBC reported profits slipped slightly for 1Q 2004, caused by people disconnecting traditional POTS lines. However, they also reported amazing growth in DSL subscriber lines, and new Long Distance service sales to customers, so future expectations look very rosy.

Also, they apparently paid down several billion dollars in debt, which is a good thing, but makes earnings look less impressive..... (IE 5 billion in after expenses-revenue looks worse when you chose to pay an extra 3 billion out to reduce debts, and then announce only 2 billion in final revenue)

Simply put, the Bells are doing great, Thank you very much.
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Re: Which is it?

They're probably part of the 60% of corps that didn't pay any taxes as well.
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