No one should think that shareholder value would be preserved ... Microsoft would be greatly damaged by this kind of split.
The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
Finally, assuming that many of those are fulfilled, which won't be easy in tight budget times, we're taking the supply side at the basic research level, because that's where government is absolutely fundamental.
A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.
Everything on the internet is real god damn it!
Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.