[Am-info] Breaches of SEC Regulations

[Eric Bennett]

John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> It seems that when the likes of Worldcom or Xerox breach SEC Regulations
> it is big news, but it's only a matter of a few weeks since Microsoft were
> confirmed as having violated these rules.
> 
> How come that never filtered through to the mainstream news media?

Some of them carried the story, but it wasn't considered big news since
Microsoft underreported its profits instead of overreporting them. 
Yesterday I saw an article on the overall subject which did mention
Microsoft, along with GE, regarding the subject of companies that "manage"
their earnings.

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