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		jgalt212 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft needs to open up more about its OpenAI d... > Companies have a lot of tools at their disposal to hide things on their balance sheet for a while. That's why some analysts ignore most company-provided metrics and just focus on cash-flow. You need inside and outside of the house fudgers to mess with that metric.

actionfromafar 25 days ago [–]

But isn’t there some of that? Microsoft buys services for prices it might influence the sticker price of

jgalt212 25 days ago | [–]

sticker price, or amount of cash that actually changes hands?

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