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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Film and Digital: "Kodak's plans spur (investor) rebellion"
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:38:34 -0800
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGKEGDIGAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

Tim Atherton showed:
>>Kodak Film and Digital: "Kodak's plans spur (investor) rebellion"<<<<

PITY!
ted


> "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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