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From: good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: How is Atari doing in Germany?
Message-ID: <1225@atari.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 17:47:41 GMT
References: <706@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <706@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>, pa1132@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (pa1132) says:
> Also, can anyone from Atari tell us why Atari never releases their
> sale figures?  Is Atari ashamed of their number?  Or what?

Atari is a publicly traded corporation, on the American Stock Exchange
(symbol ATC). It regularly releases quarterly reports (3rd qtr report
due imminently) on time scales which are (a) legal and (b) consistent 
with most other companies (ie around 6 weeks after close of quarter).
These reports include sales figures (and have even separated Atari's
Federated subsidiary, to clarify the situation).
I have come across few companies in this business which break out revenue
by country - almost all consolidate their figures, although I guess each
subsidiary is obligated to file its local figures for local tax reasons,
so that would be an appropriate source.
Finally, as a shareholder, you get the Annual Report and can request a
10K, which is the document filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC).
Hope that's enough info! Most of it applies to ANY public company.
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Roy J. Good
Product Development, Atari Corporation
Views expressed are my own. Atari may agree or disagree; they have the right.
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