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Re: FINANCIAL HEALTH OF ATARI ??

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From: Neil Harris
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1986 01:30
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In article <8609201633.AA06324@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, menton@v5130b.DECnet ("V5130B::MENTON") writes:
> Did I hear right, on the cable TV show "Computer Chronicles" on 9/20/86?
> Atari is laying off people, down from 7,000 not long ago, to 1,000 in the
> near future?  Because they LOST $500 million (!) last year ??

OLD NEWS!  This is the story from 1984!  Did you pick up a time warped
TV signal?  We have about 1,000 employees worldwide at the moment, and
our financial performance is available from any PaineWebber office.
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From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris)
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Subject: Re: FINANCIAL HEALTH OF ATARI ??
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Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 21:30:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 23 21:30:00 1986
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