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- From: jmonson@chch.planet.org.nz (Jmonson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: News Article: Escom in financial trouble
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 22:39:48 GMT
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- JN>> I'm not too worried about this. I'm sure a HUGE portion of this can
- JN>> be attributed to the purchase of commodore and it's belongings. This
- JN>> purchase would account for a large outflow of cash.
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- >Errr. 10 million (USD) is nothing. They're talking losses of 85 million.
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- and the rest... setting up At and getting Amigas being produced off the line
- would have taken 2-3 times the purchase price (30-40 million) then there was
- the purchasing of all the stores in the UK... (probably the same value if not
- more) there is 85 million already... and that wasn't even trying.
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- Jason
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