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Author Berenson, Alex.

Title The number : how the drive for quarterly earnings corrupted Wall Street and corporate America / Alex Berenson.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2003]
©2003

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.168 BERENSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.168 BERENSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.168 B45    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-249) and index.
Contents Prologue : One of many -- Introduction : System failure -- pt. 1. That was then ... -- ch. 1. Boom and bust -- ch. 2. Foundations -- ch. 3. Bubbling under -- ch. 4. The death of equities -- pt. 2. ... this is now -- ch. 5. Countdown -- ch. 6. The number is born -- ch. 7. Options -- ch. 8. Accountants at the trough -- ch. 9. Archaeologists and detectives -- ch. 10. Frenzy -- ch. 11. Truth -- Conclusion: Look both ways -- appendix 1. Accrual versus cash accounting -- appendix 2. Balance sheets and income statements -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Corporations -- Accounting -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Corporations -- Accounting -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Prevention.
Auditing -- United States.
ISBN 0375508805 alkaline paper
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