Change the accounting rules drastically and most corporate earnings as we now know them could disappear.
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Decades from now there will be another bubble, and the accounting scandals will come back to life.
The accounting profession's rules clearly failed to deal with earnings manipulation and corporate hanky-panky.
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The difference between the two was the accounting cost of shares and stock options employees owned.
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Then came the accounting frauds at Enron, WorldCom and elsewhere, and the implosion of Andersen.
Dolan was either president or chief executive during the time when the accounting irregularities occurred.
Chanos is most well known for correctly calling the accounting scams behind Enron, Tyco and WorldCom.
She was also involved in the accounting and financial duties of GTI as a volunteer.
The accounting board was designed to be fully independent and thus not subject to political pressure.
Steven Resnick, a partner at the accounting firm Resnick Amsterdam Leshner in Blue Bell, Pa.
Investors should focus on the truth behind the accounting numbers and avoid this stock.
And I've been making some inquiries about the accounting and legal position Rangers is now in.
The current-account deficit is no more than the accounting counterpart of that net inflow of capital.
The accounting entries for interest expense and income were not meaningful in the eyes of DOR.
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Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else: the accounting standard-setters.
The legislation has been a boon for the accounting industry-fees in many cases have doubled or tripled.
The accounting practices at the Texas-based Halliburton Corp. are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The legislation has been a boon for the accounting industry--fees in many cases have doubled or tripled.
How far apart were the doings of these minor corporate embezzlers from the accounting fraud at Enron?
Finally, Einhorn picks up on some of the accounting issues that the Musketeers discussed earlier this year.
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One of my partners had been in charge of all the accounting and finance since Day 1.
Manipulating the accounting to maximize compensation has been around since the first performance bonus plan was created.
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Einhorn also noted that the Accounting Department at GMCR has a lot of temps and college students.
"It'll certainly benefit China's reform process, " says Kevin Zhang, Beijing manager for the accounting firm Price Waterhouse.
One of the speakers will be Michael Woodford, former CEO and whistleblower for the accounting fraud at Olympus.
Enforcement trends are cyclical, and the accounting rules are no less complex today than they were in 2000.
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The accounting firms also have huge international networks of offices, dwarfing those of even the biggest law firms.
Without the accounting change, the company earned 20 cents per share, short of of estimates of 25 cents.
High corporate transparency means no hidden surprises in the accounting, so investors are willing to pay a premium for its stock.
Bowsher is chairman of the Public Oversight Board, which oversees the accounting profession, but which is disbanding March 31.
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