The major problem of accounting earnings is accrual-based. Companies may easily manipulate it by using some non-cash items. Remember: cash is the king!

会计学的收入主要问题在于收入积累。公司可以用一些非现金项目轻易操纵利润。记住：现金为王！

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The sanguine point out that this has no effect on cashflow, since such charges are non-cash items.

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The numbers also include and do not pull out charges for non-cash items like stock-based compensation, which was significant as the company did a major ramp up in growth from 600 to 5, 000 employees in 2011.

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