Leader: Cash flow please

Analysts read cash flow statements. Analysts listen to conference calls. Analysts use earnings statements to make paper airplanes while listening to conference calls. Earnings mania is officially dying. Soon all clued-in companies will deliver the balance sheet, cash flow and income statement plus notes in one nicely wrapped package. Even investors who don't read the small print will wonder about companies that omit cash flow statements. Maybe they have no cash, will be the logical conclusion,