[OT] Deafening silence
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at clemson.edu
Sun Mar 14 21:30:45 UTC 2010
On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 15:31 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 23:56 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 15:26 -0800, Russell Miller wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> We are *not* irrelevant. I'm not, and neither is the OP, and the
> >> >> attitude
> >> >> that says we are is the *problem*.
> >> > ----
> >> > #1 - mentioning Red Hat or the NYSE on a Fedora list is irrelevant.
> >>
> >> Before this becomes another occasion for a beat around the bush
> >> diffrential discussion, I would like to correct what I wrote. Red Hat
> >> is on NASDAQ.
> >
> > No, they started on NASDAQ, but now (as of 12/12/06) they are on NYSE.
> >
> > http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4955650991.html
>
> Thanks for the info. Ihad noticed that teh ticker name had changed
> from RHAATto RHT but not that RHhad switched to the NYSE:that's not
> where your eyes go on the page at finance.yahoo.com.
>
> I don't understand this paragraph, though:
>
> "In addition, businesses must now expense their stock options. Thus,
> if you can better estimate the value of your stock options, you can
> lower your option expenses. While options aren't as significant a
> factor as they were in the dot com days in most companies' bottom
> lines, they still are no small matter in determining many technology
> companies' bottom lines"
>
> I thought that stock options were no expense for companies, that they
> only had to print them and give them away... thus diluting the
> investors' actions value, of course. OTOH, anf that's the good part,
> since they count as expense for accounting, they reduce the profits,
> hence taxes.
>
> So, I don't understand.
Well, that's now *really* OT for this list. Suffice it to say that tax
laws are highly fluid from year to year, and you should consult a tax
lawyer if you have questions that affect your own returns.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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