they are managing other peoples money. they put in $100 million and took out $500 million. in these two companies, they were spectacular sx. one was bought for a billion dollars. two months later, they sold it for $1.7 billion. they bought it cheap from trw. i don t think there was an auction. two months later before they even moved into the house or painted the kitchen or crossed the front door, they sold it to a british company that was run by margaret thatcher s former staff director. how is that? how did that work? they made $200 million in two months. good for them. that s great speculation. i would call that an inside job. now the other one was that they bought the yellow pages in 1997 from the utility in italy. if you re going to do that, you have a relationship in the