On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 15:31 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
