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The answer is there was a shift, not a drop, in demand. Chinese shipments of computers were up more than 20 percent nationally, but fell almost 60 percent in Laredo, more than accounting for the drop in overall Chinese imports.

The $17 billion (loss) is meaningless because it involves all sorts of accounting issues.

While the equity market and accounting issues and corporate scandals are weighing on the economy, it is still fundamentally sound. The recovery process hasn't been derailed. We still think the economy is going to grow at about a 3.5-percent pace in the second half -- fast enough to keep the Fed from easing, but not fast enough to cause them to tighten this year.

We intend to submit a complete accounting of the pattern of evidentiary manipulation and misdirection employed by the independent counsel to the Judiciary Committee,

Will the administration be wise enough to pull back from its hostile attitude? What is needed is a sober accounting of what is needed, instead of turning to the CIA.

Whether you need to bill back clients for printing in a law firm or track usage of devices by department to cut costs, Lexmark's Embedded Document Accounting Solution brings a flexible, unique solution to the table that can significantly impact your bottom line.

We believe the odds GM management could be held accountable for accounting errors has gone up, and this could accelerate a bankruptcy protection decision that we think is inevitable.

We are demonstrating that we want to make sure we get all of our financial reporting correct. We're not going to rush a filing. We conducted an exhaustive review of all our accounting issues. We've addressed and corrected those that we thought weren't proper and will continue to do so.

We are seeing accounting and law firms able to plan out space 7 to 15 percent more efficiently.

We are satisfied that IBP's accounting issues have been resolved, and have every confidence in (IBP's) management team, ... We look forward to their contribution as we work together to run the world's premier protein provider.

The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world. The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years.

The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world, ... The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years.

We are looking at all the accounting issues we have looked at all along, and at this point, we don't have any conclusions. We are still hoping to wrap up the investigation by the end of December, and if we don't make it we'll do it in January.

Upon learning of these accounting irregularities, I immediately requested that the trust undergo a full and complete audit from its June 2000 inception through 2004 to determine if any additional accountancy problems existed with the trust.

We want to make calculations based on AT&T's (Wireless) share price at the end of tomorrow, and take any necessary accounting measures,

We believe CFO Mike Lehman is one of the most conservative on the Street, and we have no reason to believe there are any accounting irregularities at the company.

What is meat for one is not for another--no accounting for fancy.

The defendants are accused of perpetuating a massive accounting fraud that cost public investors hundreds of millions of dollars when it collapsed, then they allegedly tried to cover up their crimes by lying.

The deferred prosecution is clearly the only option the government has in this situation given the number of major accounting firms we have.

I have been asked, politely and not so politely, why I am myself. This is an accounting any woman will be called on to give if she asserts her will.

The fact that they don't know the answer means they're not running a properly secured facility. The odds are that it was an accounting error, but it is very possible that one of the persons with access to the lab has removed that material.

What it really means is a shorter, more focused trial, which is better for the government. It probably takes out of the equation some of the more complex accounting issues. The defense was likely hoping to make this case seem like a complex civil financial fraud case, and without Causey, that will be more difficult.

Mark-to-market accounting is like crack. Don't do it.

We have criticized these, but the real problem, the really irrational part of what is proposed, is the material on internal accounting control.

We owe the American people a full accounting from all levels of government concerning what went right and what went wrong with the initial Katrina response,

While none of these issues are enough to change our thesis on GM, they do raise our concerns on the company's internal accounting controls.

We have been requesting for details of accounting transactions but have not got satisfactory answers.

We have found that Enron's financial statements violated numerous existing accounting rules,

When a company announces an accounting restatement you ask no questions. You sell immediately. You don't have to wait to see how much worse it's going to get. It's not going to get better.

With over half the accounting investigation completed without discovery of material impropriety, much of the risk of an accounting fraud would appear to be greatly diminished,

This really was an accounting decision, ... The reality doesn't change because of the accounting.

There are a few ways to get into health administration. One is to graduate with a bachelor's degree in health. The other is to get a business degree in accounting or finance, and just happen to land a job in health care.

We've just evolved into a system that's more equitable and allows a more detailed accounting of access into the plantation.

With consumption accounting for about 70 percent of GDP, the extra strength should add about 0.7 point to total GDP growth.

Under the old world order, senior executives of companies that were most aggressive were the ones that won most often, ... We have to be able to convince the senior executives at companies that the world has changed and that under the new rules you are going to consistently lose if you are using accounting tricks.

Failure to have even a simple plan for the maximum amount that can be spent in any one month, given the savings, earnings, scholarship and grant money available. In other words, developing a plan that matches available funds to expenses, and thoroughly accounting for regular as well as occasional and unplanned expenses.

But pension accounting is awfully complicated and it's an awfully big company, so it's not surprising the markets would get a little spooked by it.

While this may be an easily explained accounting issue, it creates uncertainty and is a contentious issue with investors scrutinizing software stocks.

The reason it happens is the accounting is very bad.

The recent discovery of prior-year accounting errors has been extremely disappointing and embarrassing to all of us. Credibility is paramount, for GM as a company and for me personally.

We will be able to transfer data between our event management system and our accounting system, saving hundreds of hours of data entry.

Those things don't exist now. I think right now they're much more transparent in their accounting for their economy.

What seemed to be doable in July all of a sudden seems to drag and drag, and at the last minute, there's this crunch to meet shareholder expectations or the accounting end of things,

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal rules -- don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.

We firmly believe that he never would have been convicted had the court not given this instruction, ... because it was clear to anyone sitting in the courtroom that there was no credible evidence that Bernie knew about the accounting decisions in question.

With recent growth, we were soon going to need an upgrade for our Sage MIP Fund Accounting product. The new product configuration gives us the freedom to grow without upgrading products and without fees. In addition, the new workflow navigator built into the latest version of Sage MIP Fund Accounting will make processing payroll even easier, and the new payroll reports will help our management and department heads stay on top of costs.

We thank David for his contribution over the past three years and wish him a successful future. We are pleased that Allen has agreed to take on the additional responsibility. He has done a tremendous job over the past three years as our chief accounting officer and will help ensure a seamless transition.

We spent $250,000 on an armored bus and hundreds of thousands on security guards, bulletproof vests, night goggles, and safe day camps for children. We're very proud of what we've accomplished, and we maintain a very vigorous paper trail and accounting methods to track where every dollar is spent.

What that will tend to do will be to drive down accounting rates in international markets, which will tend to stimulate volume growth, and that will be a good deal for customers.

There are a lot of accounting issues that have taken place under prior management that haven't gone away and don't appear to be dissipating.

We felt the need to connect with industry thought leaders who would help direct our product development to meet the future demands of the market. For our market of SOX compliance and financial controls, we reached out to accounting professors who are experts in risk management and corporate governance.

You get a certain amount of respect when you start accounting for 1,000 transactions a month.

To be forced to stake our economic future on accounting maneuvers and inflated growth estimates is a stunning reversal from the economic situation you inherited just seven short months ago,

This new service is an ideal way for our Business Check Card customers to simplify their accounting practices and better manage company expenses.

There had been no standardization among desktop computers. Although it seemed as if we were changing only the accounting system (or desktop), we were implementing a large culture change. We faced a training challenge when we asked people to transition to a Windows 95 environment from DOS.

We have experienced significant client growth and increased demand by small business owners for consulting services, particularly in accounting and financial reporting. Ms. Mills will relocate her office and continue her practice with our firm, focusing on consulting for small businesses and tax planning and preparation.

Easter is the third-biggest seasonal driver for retailers in malls. The Christmas season November and December accounted for 25 percent of their sales last year. The beginning of summer May and June accounted for 15. 4 percent of total sales last year. Then came March and April, accounting for 12 percent of sales.

At the end of the day, we do not see Rudman acting as the catalyst that pushes Congress into the portfolio limitations favored by the Administration and Senator (Richard) Shelby -- especially in light of the absence of new material accounting revelations.

Conceivably, as the number of households that refinanced dropped off, the ability for consumers to enhance cash flows and service other debt loads eroded as well, thus partially accounting for the upturn in late payments.

Corporate governance mandates, new business practices and recently created regulatory agencies have made this a dynamic time for accounting and finance professionals at all levels, and have led to new opportunities and challenges. To succeed in this environment, accountants must go beyond their traditional roles of simply delivering financial data. Rather, they will need to discuss the implications of this data in the broad context of compliance and how it impacts other areas of the business.

Enron in its simplest form was a stark and vivid lesson that a company could comply with generally accepted accounting principles and totally deceive investors at the same time.

Embracing new ways of managing key business processes, such as procurement and accounts payable, allows leading companies like Colgate to uncover significant new sources of value within their operations. We're pleased to help Colgate move its business forward using our organization's expertise in procurement innovation coupled with IBM's well established group of supply chain and accounting professionals.

Each day the uncertainty surges and investor non-confidence increases amid the rise in cases of creative accounting in the United States.

Establishing LEA Europe and LEA Asia Pacific enables us to deliver a unique advantage -- best-in-class strategies and processes, faster new service development cycles, improved recruiting and retention and accelerated profitability -- to accounting firms around the world.

There was a colossal bankruptcy, 50,000 people lost their jobs, tens of billions of dollars were lost and there was a $4 billion accounting fraud. Keep a little perspective, guys,

There's still some overhang from the accounting worries out there.

There's not going to be any details. They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

There's not going to be any details, ... They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

I see no reason to buy banks now. Their fundamentals are shaky with bad loans and companies are stepping up selling of bank shares ahead of the September implementation of mark-to-market accounting rules.

These accounting worries go right to the underpinnings of trust and confidence. If trust isn't there, you're tugging at the loose thread of a cheap polyester suit. People are worried about what other shoes are getting ready to drop.

The situations have different issues. Here we're seeing a bending and stretching of the rules. Over there the rules are totally crushed. ...We have an accounting standards board and a fairly strict set of standards. Yes, we're seeing some problems. But by comparison they are nothing like the problems in Japan.

These new reports about accounting gimmicks at Halliburton while Cheney was CEO only reinforce those concerns. It's no wonder people think this White House has trouble with the truth and lacks credibility.

Technology can empower small retailers, freeing them up from mundane chores such as managing inventory and accounting systems manually. It can enable them to be a little more creative, a lot more efficient and a lot less sweaty.

See, Steven loved what he was doing and he would have wanted this. We are going to create a college fund for the kids and my agency will not make a penny. My accounting books are open for review.

Offering our clients the deepest resources possible has always been one of our primary goals. Our affiliation will enable us to enhance our service offerings on many levels, including international tax planning and compliance, as well as accounting and auditing services globally.

Oh, a wise guy. It was you who didn't do nothing about those crooks in the first place. And then you wouldn't listen to nobody about what to do. And then you who didn't tell anyone about the problem with the new accounting board guy.

No such initiative has been attempted in recent much larger white collar financial crime cases where there were allegations of accounting fraud, bankruptcy, thousands of people out of work, billions of dollars lost to investors -- none of which has occurred or is alleged here.

After reviewing the documents produced to the Committee on Energy and Commerce in connection with our investigation into the accounting practices at WorldCom Inc., we must express our grave concerns about what we have discovered,

Adding Tim, his staff and his nonprofit clients to ACM is a significant move for our firm. With Tim's experience we are getting a nationally recognized expert in the nonprofit sector and a key leader within the accounting profession in Colorado.

One day I was in Starbucks going through one of my books on accounting, and this beautiful young woman came up to me and said, 'My accounting book is different from yours.' Her name was Joyce, she had a background in finance and administration and ran a surgery center. Within a short time, we were married.

Companies in the Pacific region, especially those in the real estate and construction industries, are adding staff to support growth initiatives. As the competition for candidates intensifies, many firms are experiencing a shortage of skilled accounting professionals and, as a result, find they must offer higher salaries and better benefits to secure the best people.

Any company out there that has some accounting concerns, either real or imagined, is getting hit today. There's fear out there that maybe Enron was just the tip of the iceberg.

a real burden on a small company that's going public. The accounting expenses engendered by Sarbanes-Oxley are...just tremendous.

As a result, net exports contributed positively to the accounting of GDP growth in November.

As a vital health care provider and major employer, Westchester Medical Center is an important part of the community. But the corporation's combination of fiscal challenges, financial control weaknesses and accounting problems brought it close to the point of collapse.

The bottom line is that, when you start taking a look at the accounting differences, it comes down to we're about $117 million higher than Consumers and about two-thirds of that can be attributable to health care and pension benefits.

The CA investigation is an ongoing thing. They've had problems long before accounting scrutiny was fashionable, so the impact of that is muted. There is the sense that the market wants to shrug off the bad news.

A wholly unrealistic mandate to compete against itself with an aging fleet, aging workforce and and ailing infrastructure make a public accounting of the Coastal Ferry Act a necessity.

As long as we have loose accounting and auditing in Canada, this is going to continue to be a problem,

That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.

This is the evidence that our accounting standards are far behind international ones.

The U.S. recovery story is intact and the real side of the U.S. economy looks very positive. But you have concerns on the accounting front and they are very hard to quantify.

This corporation resorted to a variety of legal, regulatory and accounting contortions to keep investors and the public in the dark, ... It is now high time for the Congress to flip on the light and get to the bottom of this situation.

This contract is another opportunity to apply and demonstrate ACS' aptitude for innovation. We look forward to creating and implementing customized collection and loan accounting solutions for DT that will provide a solid foundation to support its rapid growth objectives. Our Consumer Finance Solutions team will bring ACS' proprietary technology and best-in-class service and support to DT.

This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess.

This event highlights once again the difficulty in determining earnings for derivative transactions. It also encourages those who feel that bank accounting in this area is weak. It is a reason why many large banking companies have such low multiples on their stock.

This action reflects the commission's close scrutiny of accounting practices in the technology industry to make certain that the financial disclosure of companies in this area reflect present reality,

This accounting change in no way affects the actual value or security of our pension or post-retirement assets. No cash will leave the plan or flow back to Lucent as a result of this change.

this indicates possibility that there could be other accounting control issues.

Although to my knowledge the company has always made good faith efforts to get its accounting right, the SEC has determined that mistakes were made. By my early retirement, I have held myself accountable.