This is a text book example of cooking the book. We all know who the cook is.
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But the "estimates" are just expectations that already take into account the negative market factors. So doesn't it say as much about those expectations as it does about the company's performance required to beat those expectations?
Only thing I can prove I’m beating my little one eyed monster.
We are just speculating here. We do not know the Q3 results yet. However, its going to look a little fishy if Halliburton does meet or exceed expectations since every Oil Company in the world including Exxon is loosing money.
Prove to me that our brave leaders did not cooked the books. Prove it!!!
If it's a textbook example you should be able to illustrate this with numbers. What specific data are you alleging is manipulated and what is the actual data that refutes it?
Cooking the books means the future Enron or MCI WorldCom
Beating Q3 is like making it rain at Treasures with nothing but nickels - not likely to happen.
Maybe he can go on Beat Bobby Flay and that can be his signature dish.