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Bean, you asked: ... I think you can bet your bottom dollar that PWC and IBM executives spent the month before submission, orchestrating the dance of the seven...
Beans, thanks for your analysis - very helpful. I'm especially interested in the "vapor income formula" (copied below) and extremely curious about the...
First, you need to know I'm no expert. Justa_bean_counter pretty much explains it. Also, I'm not too sure I want to be called 'beans39; the rest of my posting...
Forbes article on IBM's accounting.... http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0401/036_print.html ... network to AT&T. It applied a large chunk of this profit to...
Please see http://www.ibmemployee.com for summary links to press articles and message board postings of interest to IBM employees, retirees, friends and...
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Another good article on the debates in Congress... http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6222-2002Mar23?language=printer 401(k) Debate: The Jackpot vs. the...
This administration is developing a reputation of hiring arsonists to fill fire chief jobs, Harvey is another in a list growing by day. Bring on the next enron...
DJ did a great job honing right into the eye of the bull. I have many of the same questions he has raised. Here's my letter to the SEC: Dear FASB: What's...
I got my 2002 IBM proxy and IBM annual report. It is fine. However, a co-IBMer with over 5500 shares of IBM, got only a proxy vote card and instructions to go...
It's a shame this is happening. It will easily discourage voting. Many won't even bother to read up on the issues at hand. I prefer hardcopy so I can make...
An SEC complaint filed yesterday in the Chicago U.S. District Court charges a Chairman of the Board and ex-CEO, along with 5 company officers in a scheme to...
American Benefits Council publishes full text of Kennedy committee- approved Pension Reform Bill http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/main.shtml Excerpt:...
SEC Asked IBM to Amend '99 Report Thu Mar 28 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission asked International Business Machines Corp. to...
SEC Urged IBM in 2000 to Consider Amending Its 1999 Annual Report By WILLIAM M. BULKELEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (exceprts - online for full...
I also found a similar article on CNN at: http://money.cnn.com/2002/03/28/technology/IBM/index.htm Following is a cut and paste from that article: SEC asked...
I read the following things on the ibmpension home page: * * * ibmpension · IBM Pension - A place to talk about IBM pension conversions See post summaries on...
See http://www.plansponsor.com/content/News/Rules/jointtrusteereax (registration may be required) Of particular note is the fact that our friends at ABC...
'distort ordinary fiduciary duties'??? I promise Mr. Deleplane, I will NOT distort ordinary fiduciary duties. It's the inordinary fiduciary duties that...
< I repeat a previous post of mine: Fact. The fair value of our trust fund has plummeted 12.3b since 1999. Our surplus has plummented 16.5b over the same...
One of IBM's favorite little baby is "The Masters Golf - Aug. 8-14" where the Exec's, PEP Exec's, and Client Exec's like to fly in with their customers and do...
http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=14140 by Jill R. Aitoro Industry Reporter March 28, 2002 Earlier this month, IBM stockholders big and small sat...