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High & Low Finance: MF Global Case Exposes Weakness in Accounting Rules

nytimes.com (11 months and 15 days ago)

Jun 8, 2012

Trustees trying to unravel what happened at MF Global have focused on one technique, allowed under current accounting rules, that allowed the firm to buy bonds and book immediate profits. full story

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High & Low Finance: MF Global Case Exposes Weakness in Accounting Rules

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