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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 2:50PM (Unverified) said

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that is very shady.isnt there laws against this or something? they need to martha stewart his ass.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 2:58PM (Unverified) said

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If it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck, its a friggin' duck.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:03PM (Unverified) said

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One could also make a case that the warrenty announcement would have been viewed by investors as a positive, and boosted their stock price. Yeah, it cost them a billion dollars, but it showed they were trying to get out in front of the issue, keep customers happy, and maintain their lead. Is it so bad to sell stock then? When *can* he sell stock, surely he must *always* know *some* insider knowledge that the public isn't privy to...
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:20PM (Unverified) said

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Investors don't care about keeping the customer happy, they care about the bottom line which is $1B less than they though it would be.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:08PM (Unverified) said

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For the record, Martha Stewart went to jail for Perjury and Obstruction of Justice as a result of being INVESTIGATED for insider trading. Let's get the facts straight before we start making comparisons.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:08PM (Unverified) said

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Bang! And the stocks are gone.

*anyone gets that and you're my hero*
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:12PM hvnlysoldr said

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Coming to America
Brewster's Millions
Someone set us up the Bomb
Trading Spaces
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 4:43PM Vordus said

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Heatsinks, fans, Ground-up disks,
They're a challenge, but not for;
Robbie Bach!

Look what it does to 900,000,000 pennies...
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:16PM BananaBoat said

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I agree, if you want to sell stock from a company that you are an officer, I think it shouldn't be considered illegal (since as previously stated, you'd ALWAYS know insider information) and I don't think that it is in this case. What is somewhat (not even really) shady is that he didn't report the sale to the SEC, which then would have made the sale public and caused the stock to waffle (since one of the officers of a company was selling his stock. That sends a huge red flag). In all likelyhood, this guy just wants to diversify his portfolio, and there is no mischief going on here.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:18PM (Unverified) said

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Where o where is J. Allard?
Microsoft executives are starting to look like Gizmodo executives.

There is clearly much more to this story than we know at this point.

Rats from a sinking ship that have jumped so far, Mr. Moore and financially Mr. Bach. Who is next?

Paging Mr. J. Allard paging Mr. J. Allard
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:25PM WackyCoffee said

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I doubt this can be tied to a "sinking ship" analogy considering he actually bought some more MS stock, right?
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:43PM (Unverified) said

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Did not know that. Well then, strike my last comment.

Where is J. Allard? Anyone?
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 4:44PM Altairio said

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I'm afraid we're gonna have words about that avatar of yours.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 5:15PM sand0789 said

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No, just no. This isn't "rats from a sinking ship". Moore moved back home and got a job with EA. Bach made a relatively small unscheduled stock sale. MS stock is on the rise. The 360 has a bright future. MS has an even brighter future. No matter how bad you wish it would go away, it isn't.

If you want to use a cliche for this story, try "making mountains out of a mole hill". That one is much more accurate.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:19PM mr nimblewick said

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I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, he bought the stock back once it was at a lower price.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2007 7:14AM Korova Pamplona said

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Ah, buy low sell high?! That called short-swing profit. And, if he took advantage of insider info that regular investors didnt have, is illegal.

The problem is, if he is martha stewarted, he will come out of jail even more HARDCORE. And then xbox will never beat the Wii or Apple
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:39PM Hoffer said

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IMHO, this is such a non-story. Did the warranty announcement even have the slightest impact on MS’s stock price? Wasn’t it like 2 weeks later that MS reported billions in PROFIT and that took into account the billion loss??
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Posted: Aug 15th 2007 7:21AM Korova Pamplona said

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Even though MS is so huge it lends God money when he is short, a $1bln hit is still important to MS and its investors. Thats when SEC gets involved - when insiders trade around important bad news.

It could just be a coincidence - as you know, Martha Stewart got busted because SEC flipped her stockbroker, who also traded on the info. So if anyone rolls on Bach, he will not pass go, will not collect $200 and go str8 to jail.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:43PM sand0789 said

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Big problem with this whole deal. People are assuming a 1 year warranty extension (from the 2 years offered at the time) would have a serious impact on Microsoft stock. There is no reason it should have. And, it obviously didn't. It is just a bunch of idiots trying to put some pieces together, and failing.

My question is "where did Bach move his money to?" If he put it in a hot stock or a new lake home, I will have to shout an extra big lol out to the dumbasses that all the sudden think they're big money geniuses.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:54PM FrankTheCrank said

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God, I wish I had 3 Million in MSFT.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 3:54PM (Unverified) said

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Let me explain to you how this works. You see, the corporations sit there in their corporation buildings and, and and see that's, they're all corporationy, and they make money. Mhm.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 5:07PM Spiritof said

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One of them moved on to greener pastures and now the other one is about to be fired?

Somewhere out there Miyamoto and Harrison are having a tickle fight.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2007 8:04PM Flash333 said

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Martha could give him some advice on doing hard time.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2007 9:37AM (Unverified) said

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Correction: Martha went to jail for lying under oath.
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