Thursday, October 24, 2002

categories: Financial, Biz AOL to Restate Troubled Unit's Revenue Again AOL Time Warner said that it had turned up several additional improper transactions at its AOL division, broadening the extent of its acknowledged accounting problems. By David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times: Business   7:59:29 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz Looking Glass on Earnings Just Got Darker Standard & Poor's will release its calculations of "core earnings," as it defines them. That definition will make most companies look far worse than they have appeared. By Floyd Norris. New York Times: Business   7:58:33 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Medical/Health, Biz Ethics Standards Overhaul Urged for Hospital Buying Groups A specialist in corporate ethics urged that companies involved in helping the nation's hospitals buy supplies adopt sweeping policy changes to avoid conflicts of interest. By Barry Meier. New York Times: Business   7:54:23 AM  Google It!  comment