41.   In the last month, the shares have lost half their value as investors have put greater scrutiny on companies that have aggressive accounting practices.

42.   Investors will look more skeptically at companies whose accounting practices seem confusing.

43.   Insider selling, indecipherable accounting practices and a stream of executive departures have combined to create a growing credibility gap between the company and Wall Street.

44.   It is difficult to understand how the union could have let illegal accounting practices persist so long in an almost integral business.

45.   It said it has ended some aggressive accounting practices.

46.   It was down, for example, on Coca-Cola, focusing on its accounting practices.

47.   Japanese accounting practices encourage institutional investors to sell stocks to realize an actual profit for accounting purposes.

48.   Last week, Microsoft settled a dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices.

49.   Lev thinks that volatility has risen because investors are increasingly uninformed about their holdings, thanks largely to huge writeoffs and other accounting practices that muddy financial reports.

50.   Lucent is attempting to revamp as the Securities and Exchange Commission looks into its accounting practices.