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	<title>Comments on: ITRI: Itron to Call Stock Expense an Expense</title>
	<link>http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/04/17/itri-itron-to-call-stock-expense-an-expense/</link>
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		<title>By: CTSH: Cognizant Growth Slowing A Bit More Than Expected - Stock Market Beat - Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it.</title>
		<link>http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/04/17/itri-itron-to-call-stock-expense-an-expense/#comment-28052</link>
		<author>CTSH: Cognizant Growth Slowing A Bit More Than Expected - Stock Market Beat - Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it.</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/04/17/itri-itron-to-call-stock-expense-an-expense/#comment-28052</guid>
		<description>[...] Let us first say that it is time for Cognizant to toss aside the &#8220;non-GAAP&#8221; adjustment for options. It sure looks like the estimates are GAAP-based, so why bother? [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Let us first say that it is time for Cognizant to toss aside the &#8220;non-GAAP&#8221; adjustment for options. It sure looks like the estimates are GAAP-based, so why bother? [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: SLAB: Silicon Labs Needs to Get With GAAP - Stock Market Beat - Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it.</title>
		<link>http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/04/17/itri-itron-to-call-stock-expense-an-expense/#comment-26757</link>
		<author>SLAB: Silicon Labs Needs to Get With GAAP - Stock Market Beat - Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it.</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/04/17/itri-itron-to-call-stock-expense-an-expense/#comment-26757</guid>
		<description>[...] It is impossible to tell how that guidance compares to the consensus estimate. Analysts were expecting $92 million in revenue, which likely included a contribution from the discontinued operations. Expectations of $0.21 per share in earnings probably do exclude stock-based compensation, though they shouldn&#8217;t. Since it has now been a year since accounting rules required stock based compensation to be expensed, apples to apples comparisons can be made using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  For more information, see all articles on: Stock Market, SLAB, SMH [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] It is impossible to tell how that guidance compares to the consensus estimate. Analysts were expecting $92 million in revenue, which likely included a contribution from the <a href="http://financial-education.com/2007/02/21/discontinued-operations/">discontinued</a> operations. Expectations of $0.21 per share in earnings probably do exclude stock-based compensation, though they shouldn&#8217;t. Since it has now been a year since accounting rules required stock based compensation to be expensed, apples to apples comparisons can be made using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  For more information, see all articles on: Stock Market, SLAB, SMH [&#8230;]</p>
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