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Pat: I have been an Inner Circle member for 2-3 yrs and value your advice. Could you comment on Kodak and its prospects?

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Eastman Kodak Co., $3.37, symbol EK on New York (Shares outstanding: 268.5 million; Market cap: $885.1 million; www.kodak.com), is the world’s largest seller of photography and imaging products. The company has three main divisions: 1) Consumer Digital Imaging, which contributes 38% of Kodak’s sales, makes digital, still and video cameras, ink-jet printers and digital-photo frames. 2) Graphic Communications, which accounts for 37% of Kodak’s sales, sells industrial printers and related services to newspaper and magazine publishers. 3) The Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group (25% of sales) sells film, paper and photofinishing services to consumers and professional photographers. Kodak invented the digital camera, which records images on computer chips, in the mid-1970s. However, the company chose to focus on its traditional film business up until the middle part of the last decade. Because of this decision, Kodak’s sales have plunged over the past few years as more consumers have shifted to digital photography. In the three months ended March 31, 2011, Kodak lost $249 million, or…