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Non-Tech : Tyco International Limited (TYC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (1931)	3/31/2000 3:36:00 PM
From: Terrapin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3770

David Tice is at it again: rd.yahoo.comhttp://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000331/news/current/commentary.htx?source=blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo Here is the mention of Tyco; it is towards the end of the article. The 's are mine since I forgot how to bold text. --------------------------------------------------------- Corporate accounting has become increasingly creative as well. IBM booked material nonoperating gains against selling, general and administrative costs (SG&A). The company claims this is consistent with past practice. But in prior years these nonoperating gains on average amounted to approximately 1/20th the size of the gains posted in 1999. Tyco takes settlement gains resulting from employee terminations to SG&A, unless the amount is immaterial, then they report it separately with other nonrecurring charges.** Coca-Cola Enterprises recently discovered they could beef up margins by lengthening their depreciation schedule.