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From: jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org ( Staff OACIS)
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Subject: Re: Gould, CBM make the Wall Street Journal
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Date: 8 Nov 90 18:27:42 GMT
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In article <13671@june.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
  [WSJ quote about Irving Gould's salary deleted]

>I knew there was a flap about his wages--but more than the company's
>profit?  Wow.  No wonder the stock is flagging at 6.

Profit is what's left after expenses, including the salary of the top management.
It's not strange for a the head of a struggling company to make more salary than
the company makes in profits. What if the company only made $10,000 profit, or
perhaps took a loss? Should he pay Commodore instead?

Not that I don't think this salary is obscene, since it's not mine. But be
careful of clever use of context.
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