I initially misread that as $8.98 (as in, 9 dollars minus 2 cents) and thought -- hey, I can cover that. US Corporations, I got yer back. But then I re-read. Never mind. joe <http://artlung.com/> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Hugh Blair wrote: > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030103/D7OAEAD80.html > > ... > "A study to be released Monday attempts to quantify the annual > cost of spam: $8.9 billion for U.S. corporations, $2.5 billion > for European businesses and another $500 million for U.S. and > European service providers." > ...