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November 12, 2002

Earnings reports still are confusing

  • So much of corporate earnings remains a tangled mess of information that even financial experts have trouble deciphering.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK -- Take a look at some of the corporate earnings that have come out in recent weeks, and chances are you'll be confused. Really confused.

    That's not to say that most reports are misleading or illegal. But it seems as though all the corporate scandals over the last year didn't inspire many companies to change their ways.


     
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