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Titolo: William Caspita ma come hai fatto? 1,24 miliardi di $ di perdite

e Menomale che é spuntato Warren Buffett a tirarti fuori le castagne dal
fuoco! vedi a usare solo i CW cosa succede! avresti dovuto fare il Fib, il
MiniFib e il Dax e il MiniDax e il VerniDAX
03/07 15:35
Williams Has 4th-Qtr Loss on Communications Charge (Update1)
By Mark Johnson
Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Williams Cos., which delayed
releasing results for five weeks to review debt and costs from a former
telecommunications unit, had a fourth-quarter loss of $1.24 billion, mostly
from a communications charge.
The loss was $2.39 a share, compared with a loss of $48.3 million, or 11
cents, a year earlier, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. The charge was $1.31 billion, or $2.62. Revenue
fell 23 percent to $2.32 billion from $3.01 billion.
Williams, the second-biggest U.S. natural gas-pipeline owner, won't take any
other charges related to Williams Communications, Williams Chief Executive
Officer Steven Malcolm said on a conference call today. Williams had said it
may owe $750 million in Williams Communications network leases and as much
as $450 million in other expenses.
Shares of Williams, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, rose $1.76, or 8.7 percent, to
$22.04 in late trading.
Williams agreed to sell its Kern River line to a unit of Warren Buffett's
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $960 million. MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.
will pay $450 million in cash and assume $510 million in debt. The 922-mile
line runs to California from Wyoming.
Williams, one of the biggest energy traders, had said in December it planned
to sell assets and cut capital spending by $1 billion to boost its balance
sheet and support its credit rating following the collapse of rival Enron
Corp. The pipeline sale is expected to close at the end of the month.
Berkshire Hathaway is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Williams and its lenders agreed Tuesday to a longer payout period on $1.4
billion of notes used to finance Williams Communications Group. Williams
Communications said Feb. 24 it may file for bankruptcy protection with more
than $5 billion in debt from building a fiber-optic network. Rivals such as
Global Crossing Ltd. and PSINet Inc. also have filed for Chapter 11.
Williams stock fell 22 percent on Jan. 29, the biggest decline in at least
20 years, after the company postponed its earnings announcement.
The New York Stock Exchange today suspended trading in Williams
Communications, also based in Tulsa. Trading in the shares had halted Feb.
28 for an exchange review. They had fallen to 13 cents. Two years ago, the
stock reached $61.81.

stock reached $61.81.
Two years ago, si traduce con due
anni o due ere fa? :D Chi two years ago acquistando 1000 wcg a quel prezzo
e spendendo 62.000 $ circa e tendendo duro nella speranza di riprendere i
soldi spesi immaginava poi di trovarsi in mano pochi spicci? Se quei soldi
poi non erano superflui, ma il frutto dei risparmi per la pensione, ...
meglio non pensarci, ovvero forse e' meglio pensarci _prima_. Certo che
l'enronite e' un brutto male, ma ha le sue cause precise e i suoi rimedi,
una delle cause possibili  e' la disonesta', dei manager e dei revisori, un
rimedio possibile e' quello di non far scegliere, almeno per le aziende
quotate, i revisori alle aziende stesse. Se io pago chi mi certifica
condiziono o non pesantemente il certificatore? Se questo e' pagato
indirettamente con delle tasse comuni a tutte le aziende, il
condizionamento potrebbe essere inferiore. Forse sto dicendo delle
cretinate, perdonate sara' l'ora tarda. Bye Roe.
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