Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] Kodak Film and Digital: "Kodak's plans spur (investor) rebellion"
From: Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:20:04 -0700

"ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co.'s decision to bet its future on digital
photography has touched off a battle with a potent group of dissident
investors.
Investors reacted with fury last month when Kodak slashed its annual
dividend by 72 percent to fund a major shift away from its ailing
conventional film business and into the fast-growing but highly competitive
digital arena.

Institutional investors led by Providence Capital Inc. are staging a forum
today to examine ways of prodding the world's biggest photography company to
alter its new course...

...Citing doubts about the potential profits in digital imaging compared to
conventional photography, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Moody's
Investors Service downgraded Kodak's credit rating last month to BBB-minus,
one notch above "junk" level... more"



http://denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E33%7E1714108,00.html?search=filter

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