U.S. Corporations Increasingly Adjust to Mind the GAAP

A financial obfuscation of the dot-com era is making a comeback: Hundreds of U.S. companies are trumpeting adjusted net income, adjusted sales and “adjusted Ebitda.” These adjusted measures paint a rosier picture of corporate earnings. Without them, third-quarter earnings per share fell 13% for the biggest U.S. companies, according to Deutsche Bank research, instead of falling 0.1%… Continue reading U.S. Corporations Increasingly Adjust to Mind the GAAP