[Newspoetry] Mike Lehman reports profits down

[Robert Porter]

Aha!  That explains all the tastefully bland accent pieces over at Mike's
lately ...

on 6/18/02 2:01 PM, Editor-Within-Chief at futrelle at shout.net wrote:

> How naive you are, my child.  Haven't you learned anything from the Enron
> scandal?  Mike cashed in his stocks, *then* revised his revenue numbers
> down to keep the SEC off the trail of his Cayman islands partnership
> scheme, code-named "Lando Calrissian".  So now he's swimming in cash along
> with his close personal friend Martha Stewart.
> 
> At 01:50 PM 6/18/2002 -0500, Robert Porter wrote:
>> Joe, are you nuts?  Look how much his net income has dropped!  Why, I bet
>> he'll have to give up the townhouse in Gstaad, at the very least.
>> Seriously, Mike, if you need anything, like jet fuel for the Lear, I'm sure
>> all of us Newspoets would be willing to chip in.  $$$ :) $$$
>> 
>> -- Bob
>> 
>> 
>> on 6/18/02 1:17 PM, Editor-Within-Chief at futrelle at shout.net wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/business/18CND-LEHMAN.html
>>> 
>>> "For the three months ended May 31, Lehman reported net income of $296
>>> million, or $1.08 a share, down from $430 million, or $1.38 a share, a year
>>> earlier. Revenue excluding interest expenses fell 15 percent, to $1.7
>>> billion."
>>> 
>>> Wow, Mike, you are really raking it in!  Can you spare a little for a
>>> newspoetry editor in need?  I'm not interested in stock options, though. ;)
>>> 
>>> 
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