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For When You Have Some Time
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RE: For When You Have Some Time
(December 29, 2017 at 2:09 pm)Wololo Wrote: Oh and 9 times out of ten when a major company posts a loss it is an accounting loss only. They're allowed to deduct a lot of stuff including notional impairments to goodwill and "interest" from intra company loans from their profit figures. So if a major company posts a loss only believe them if it's on the lines before the PBIT line.

^^^

Or EBITDA.

Also note, regarding those "loopholes"? Largely, corporations got to keep theirs, unlike the proles.
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For When You Have Some Time - by Minimalist - December 29, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Fake Messiah - December 29, 2017 at 1:58 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Pat Mustard - December 29, 2017 at 2:09 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Jackalope - December 29, 2017 at 2:59 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Pat Mustard - December 29, 2017 at 4:15 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Tiberius - December 29, 2017 at 5:49 pm
RE: For When You Have Some Time - by Minimalist - December 29, 2017 at 7:16 pm

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