Article: Advice to ignore `bumpy accounting surprises'

Article: Analysis: Bear Christmas in 4Q earnings.
United Press International;  January 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to have slowed rather than accelerating during the quarter, this would not seem to allow anything for adverse accounting surprises, or alternatively it may assume that all such surprises will be swept "below the line" as extraordinary items ...

Article: Looking for Trip Wires.(Brief Article)
Investment Dealers' Digest;  May 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...With danger everywhere, investors poke beneath the surface With corporate earnings and accounting surprises seemingly around every corner, and the advice of Wall Street analysts suspect, these days investors can't just hop aboard the ...

Article: WorldCom Can't Plan Until Probes Finish; Uncertainties Delay ...
The Washington Post;  August 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... company, it would be almost impossible to find buyers until the company can promise there will be no more major accounting surprises. That could take several months as WorldCom auditor KPMG LLP and outside investigators, including the Securities ...

Article: EMC REPORTS STOCK-OPTION COSTS DATA-STORAGE GIANT DECIDES TO ...
The Boston Globe;  July 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... options as business expenses this week, steps that could boost investor confidence in the wake of disastrous accounting surprises at Enron Corp., WorldCom, and elsewhere. The technology sector, where stock options have been a chief form ...

Article: Go figure: investing in a vacuum Balance Sheet
International Herald Tribune;  May 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... appearances dramatically watered down reveal reality. This was abundantly demonstrated recently by the raft of accounting surprises and executive shuffling at Computer Associates International, Nortel Networks and Global Crossing. With this ...

Article: Subprime lenders: 'it can't happen to us.'(Turmoil for subprime ...
American Banker;  January 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Thursday by the sudden reversals at two big companies in the high flying subprime business. But they insisted no accounting surprises await their investors. One distinction that most subprime lenders made: They securitize the majority of their ...

Transcript: Nightly Business Report
Nightly Business Report;  March 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... sharp drop quickly attracted buyers, helped by a rise in IBM (IBM), whose latest 10k filing contained no accounting surprises. Declining stocks still led advancers on the New York Exchange by a 2 to 1 margin on somewhat heavier volume ...