In this case, releasing GAAP earnings first can result in an investor making a wrong decision since analysts and the press have consistently been reporting non-GAAP (pro forma) earnings estimates as the expected earnings.
And with both the Conservatives and the British press becoming more sceptical in the 90s, one of the most pro-EU party leaders - Tony Blair - felt he had to offer a referendum if a Labour government were to decide it was in Britain's economic interests to join the euro.
The press has often been pretty hard on Upshaw, a former all-pro offensive lineman with the Oakland Raiders who took over the union's top spot in 1987, for supposedly caving too often in negotiations with owners over the years.