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Lehman’s accounting tricks unveiled?

Associated Press WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.


Lehman’s accounting tricks unveiled?

Associated Press WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.


Lehman’s accounting tricks unveiled?

Associated Press WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found.


Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found.


Lehman’s accounting tricks unveiled?

Associated Press WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.


Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON — Lehman Brothers was insolvent for weeks before formally declaring bankruptcy and relied on an accounting gimmick called Repo 105 for financial relief before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found.


Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.


Report: Accounting trick hid Lehman problems

NEW YORK – It is the Wall Street equivalent of a coroner’s report – a 2,200-page document that lays out, in new and startling detail, how Lehman Brothers used accounting sleight of hand to conceal the bad investments that led to its undoing. The report,


Official report says Lehman Bros. used ‘misleading’ accounting tricks

A 2,200-page report by a court-appointed examiner says executives of Lehman Brothers manipulated the now-defunct company’s balance sheet, using a “materially misleading” accounting trick to temporarily remove $50 billion of troubled assets


Examiner Unveils Lehman Accounting Tricks

Lehman’s accounting gimmick helped firm hide debt, examiner says; could it mean legal trouble? Business – Accounting – Lehman Brothers – Firms – Financial services