[Am-info] Microsoft corrects nearly $1B 'clerical error'

[John J. Urbaniak]

Erick Andrews wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:41:15 -0500, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
>
> >From: Computerworld_Daily@Computerworld.com
> >
> >Microsoft corrects nearly $1B 'clerical error'
> >
> >The software company filed amendments with the Securities and Exchange
> >Commission to correct an error in financial statements for 2001.
> >
> >http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO69566_NLTPM%2C00.html
> >
>
> Yo!   Does this smell of a strategy to make it 'easier to ask for forgiveness than
> to ask for permission'???
>
> A "nearly $1b 'clerical error'"?  Get real!
>

The proverbial "tip of the iceberg?"

John