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    JG
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    http://www.haaretz.com/news/extent-o...w-50b-1.271672

    "Former SEC head Harvey Pitt agreed that Madoff "probably inflated the
    amount of money he had under management." He predicted the actual loss
    would fall below $17 billion.

    "But there's no question the amounts are probably north of $10 billion
    and that's a lot of money by anyone's reckoning," he said at a recent
    forum on the case."

    http://the-lro.com/docs/lucents%20legacy%2011.13.05.htm

    "The speed of Lucent's decline was as stunning as its severity. In the
    space of 24 months, the market capitalization of Lucent dropped by
    nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars, from $258 billion to $10
    billion. Lucent went from spending $100 million to advertise its new
    name to turning off lights and shuttering bathrooms to save pennies.
    ....
    Scientific advances also allowed existing technology to be used more
    productively. This led to a situation of gross overcapacity; industry
    analysts estimated that 97 percent of all the fiber-optic cable laid
    was never "lit," or activated"



    See More: Who was the Bigger Madoff ?? Madoff or Lucent ??




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    Steve Sobol
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    Re: Who was the Bigger Madoff ?? Madoff or Lucent ??

    In article <36187db3-fb21-4b5d-b282-d4ab821f9ac8
    @k28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, JG says...
    >
    > http://www.haaretz.com/news/extent-o...w-50b-1.271672


    more offtopic crap about Lucent, I see?



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  3. #3
    JG
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    Re: Who was the Bigger Madoff ?? Madoff or Lucent ??

    On Jan 9, 6:15*pm, JG <[email protected]> wrote:
    > http://www.haaretz.com/news/extent-o...estimated-at-f...
    >
    > "Former SEC head Harvey Pitt agreed that Madoff "probably inflated the
    > amount of money he had under management." He predicted the actual loss
    > would fall below $17 billion.
    >
    > "But there's no question the amounts are probably north of $10 billion
    > and that's a lot of money by anyone's reckoning," he said at a recent
    > forum on the case."
    >
    > http://the-lro.com/docs/lucents%20legacy%2011.13.05.htm
    >
    > "The speed of Lucent's decline was as stunning as its severity. In the
    > space of 24 months, the market capitalization of Lucent dropped by
    > nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars, from $258 billion to $10
    > billion. Lucent went from spending $100 million to advertise its new
    > name to turning off lights and shuttering bathrooms to save pennies.
    > ...
    > Scientific advances also allowed existing technology to be used more
    > productively. This led to a situation of gross overcapacity; industry
    > analysts estimated that 97 percent of all the fiber-optic cable laid
    > was never "lit," or activated"


    A rough analysis shows that Lucent was a bigger Madoff than Bernie, by
    a factor of 10x.



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