1.   A former Media Vision Technology Inc. executive pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges that he helped inflate company revenue by shipping unordered products.

2.   Critics said the plan inflates anticipated revenues and puts the east-west project at the end of the line.

3.   In recent months, Tyco has come under suspicion for using its acquisitions to inflate revenues.

4.   Investigators are examining whether these were honest transactions or sham deals that allowed Global Crossing to significantly inflate its revenue.

5.   One method of inflating revenues involved recording sales for potential customers who had not yet signed final sales agreements, according to court documents.

6.   Round-trip trading is the buying and selling of power at the same quantity and price to inflate revenues.

7.   Several drug companies have been temporarily inflating their revenue by using frequent price increases to get wholesalers to buy more of certain medicines.

8.   That involved a variety of false entries to inflate revenue and defer expenses.

9.   The drop followed a Wall Street Journal report on allegations that the company inflated revenue with improper accounting methods.

10.   The SEC is looking into these and other methods by which companies inflated revenues or smoothed their quarterly earnings reports to mislead investors.