Saturday, October 08, 2005

FSA warns on confusion about results


The Financial Services Authority has issued a warning to companies over their use of tailor-made profit figures, acting on concern that some companies are in danger of confusing investors with their results.

International accounting standards allow companies to report additional earnings numbers that are not defined in the rules, but many of them have chosen to highlight figures whose origins are vague.

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