RE:Is there anybody out there?Personally, i do not forget epic failures and huge losses on investments especially led by some reputable business folk. Seems like they don't have much meaningful to report between the financials so we have to hope that the growth they keep talking about will translate into the financials. But it is never encouraging when a company talks about growth and cost cutting under the same breath. Companies that are going places also spend more to capture the market as fast as possible. I am ok with cutting folk that are not contributing...usually at the leadership level when overall results are so poor and shareholders have almost lost their entire investment.