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The Economist: Sweet Little Lies

The Economist published a story, Sweet little lies, How to read between the lines of companies’ accounts in which they describe the corporate earnings season as:

a carnival of confusion, obfuscation and fibbing

This article is worth reading.

Similar article from the New York Times, Fantasy Math Is Helping Companies Spin Losses Into Profits

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 06:46AM by Registered CommenterCharlie in | CommentsPost a Comment

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