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2008 Annual Report 1
Introduction 1
Letter to Shareholders 12
Reports of Management 16
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 17
Selected Financial Data 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations 19
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 43
Consolidated Balance Sheets 47
Consolidated Statements of Operations 48
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 49
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity 50
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 51
Supplementary Financial Data, Stock Market Information,
and Stock Performance Graph 83
Shareholder Information 84
TRANSFORMATION
When humanity meets technology, the way we work
changes, and ultimately the way we live is transformed.
The need to communicate, collaborate, and create drives
humanity forward. Modern technology allows us to come
together collectively and transform our lives in innovative
ways. We’re more engaged, more informed, and more
involved. We are seeing the results of our actions in creating
a sustainable world. It is the realization of human potential.
When humanity is connected, wonderful things happen,
locally and globally.
That’s the Human Network Effect.
INTRODUCTION
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