---------- > > > Doesn't Yamama own Schlimiel (sp?) ? > > No they do not. I believe they own 25% or 40%. Whichever it is, it is a > non-controlling share. > Oh Boy, So they order a 100,000 units, the stock goes up 25% or 40%, then they sell the stock, Now they can sell the 100,000 units which takes three or four years. Meanwhile the stock goes down, and they start all over again. But now there is the three of four years of "lost production" which is a tax write off against future profits, depending on the tax laws of that country. Plus all the tax money the socialists poured in to keep the poor workers with a job. Gee... do you think that will/has happen/ed?? Richard The Wonderer "Follow the tax concessions" grafitti in Rome 100 BC
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