How to Fake Sincerity in Reporting Quarterly Results

Michael Giberson The Wall Street Journal reports on research analyzing quarterly reports (nearly 1/2 a million of them from over a 27-year period) which discovered strong circumstantial evidence that companies tweak their results to improve reported earnings.  The evidence? The number 4 occurs less frequently than chance would dictate in the tenths of a cent …

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