Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember reading—somewhere—that Kodak owned more digital patents than any 'one' company. I suppose the topic of this thread and it's numerous predecessors is fear...jf On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 09:17 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > On one hand, we have of course learned over these past three years or > so > just how honest and far-sighted institutional investors have proven to > be. Was Providence one of the countless such groups investing in > internet ventures where there was no product, no real plan to have a > product, and no prospect that any vaguely intelligent three-year-old > could see of such ventures ever making profits? > > On the other hand, digital photo will indeed be highly competitive, and > it may well be too late for Kodak to jump in and do anywhere near as > well as its investors would like it to do. However, that doesn't mean > that the company's leadership isn't correct in believing that while > there is still money to be made in film, film will no longer be able to > sustain the kind of giant it allowed Kodak to become. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tim > Atherton > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:20 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Kodak Film and Digital: "Kodak's plans spur (investor) > rebellion" > > > "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=fi > lter > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html