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100 1 $aBerenson, Alex.
245 14 $aThe number :$bhow the drive for quarterly earnings corrupted Wall Street and corporate America /$cAlex Berenson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2003.
300 $axxiv, 274 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [234]-249) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue : One of many --$tIntroduction : System failure --$gpt. 1.$tThat was then ... --$gch. 1.$tBoom and bust --$gch. 2.$tFoundations --$gch. 3.$tBubbling under --$gch. 4.$tThe death of equities --$gpt. 2.$t... this is now --$gch. 5.$tCountdown --$gch. 6.$tThe number is born --$gch. 7.$tOptions --$gch. 8.$tAccountants at the trough --$gch. 9.$tArchaeologists and detectives --$gch. 10.$tFrenzy --$gch. 11.$tTruth --$tConclusion: Look both ways --$gappendix 1.$tAccrual versus cash accounting --$gappendix 2.$tBalance sheets and income statements --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex.
520 $aExamines how companies have put too much emphasis on "the number," companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.
650 0 $aCorporations$xAccounting$xCorrupt practices$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCorporations$xAccounting$xCorrupt practices$zUnited States$xPrevention.
650 0 $aFinancial statements$zUnited States$xAuditing.
650 0 $aAuditing$zUnited States.
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