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Article #37103Re: Federated: Dumped by Atari! Shame on you, Atari!
From: Robert allen Jung
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 17:19
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 17:19
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In article <1308@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> pa1132@sdcc15.UUCP () writes:
>According to a Federated employee in El Cajon, CA store, Atari has
>seperated itself from Federated. Now Federated is in its own
>completely, and is expected to be bankrupted soon. Atari is said to
>make "megabucks" by doing this because it can deduct the Federated
>loss from tax. Federated is left to die on its own.
Just out of curiousity, how reliable a source is "a Federated employee"?
Atari has announced plans to sell Federated ASAP a few days ago (leveraged
buyout, anyone?), but is this the same as "left to die on its own"?
Would Atari make more money by writing off Federated, or by selling it?
--R.J.
B-)
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