The financial statements of these companies boggle my mind sometimes. In addition to Google's, I saw this bit on Microsoft's today: > Accounts receivable, net

The financial statements of these companies boggle my mind sometimes. In addition to Google's, I saw this bit on Microsoft's today: > Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $426 and $335 What they're saying is, that's $426 million dollars they're owed that they expect to not get, because of defaults and deadbeat customers. And it's just a line item!