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Another Take On The Reyes Verdict
Posted on August 10th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Yesterday I mentioned an article in the San Jose Mercury on the Reyes verdict. It was just about what you’d expect. Here’s somethi...

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Reyes Verdict: What They Say In Silicon Valley
Posted on August 9th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
The San Jose Mercury News ran this column by Scott Herhold on Tuesday, offering his take on the conviction of former Brocade Communications C...

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Rogues (Of Finance) Gallery
Posted on August 8th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
CFO.com’s Kate Plourd penned a neat article on the number of CFOs who’ve been convicted of some form of financial crime in the last fi...

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Backdating Investigations Move To Next Stage
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
The SEC has been such a hotbed of activity lately that you might not have noticed - but more of the backdating investigations initiated last ye...

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Feet Of KLA(-Tencor)
Posted on July 26th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
The discovery period of the backdating drama is largely behind us - it seems like all the special committees that were formed last year to ex...

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A Deeper Shade Of Green For Bluegreen
Posted on June 26th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Community and resort builder Bluegreen filed a non-reliance 8-K last week on its 2006 10-K and first quarter 2007 10-Q. Reason? It needs to rework its cash flow sta...

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Stock Options: Simmering In The Summer
Posted on June 7th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Maybe it hasn’t grabbed you by the shirt collar and shaken you with the same impact as the early revelations about “lucky strikes” ti...

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It’s Almost 2005 For Navistar
Posted on June 5th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
At CFO.com, Steve Taub reports that truck maker Navistar International will finally finish its 2005 10-K sometime in the next four months. It&...

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Cognos’ Cleanup
Posted on May 15th, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Another SAB 108 housekeeping cleanup dealing with options, this one from Cognos’ 2007 10-K. Cognos went the beginning-of-year retained earnings adjustment route to clean up two errors. The ...

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Another One Bites The Dust
Posted on February 2nd, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Maxim Integrated’s CFO is out, according to this nonreliance 8-K filed yesterday. The company also expanded the age range of the financials that should be...

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ESOARs Approved, But Will They Fly?
Posted on February 1st, 2007 on The AAO Weblog
Last June, we saw the invention of ESOARS - Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights - by Zions Bancorporation. Zion’s purpose in designing the secur...

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