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Jul. 13, 2007

Accounting Rules Confused Many Companies, Expert Testifies

SAN FRANCISCO - The accounting rules that former Silicon Valley executive Gregory Reyes is accused of violating in his criminal options-backdating trial were so confusing that companies routinely misinterpreted them, a former federal securities regulator testified Wednesday.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - The accounting rules that former Silicon Valley executive Gregory Reyes is accused of violating in his criminal options-backdating trial were so confusing that companies routinely misinterpreted them, a former federal securities regulator testified Wednesday.
      William Simpson, the expert called by Reyes' defense team, test...

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