http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/retail-therapy/ Michelle Leder's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/retail-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Oded Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:04:15 +0000 http://www.footnoted.org/?p=493#comment-93 By recording most of the acquisition price as goodwill, the acquired assets (including working capital) are also recorded at below fair value, enabling the acquiror to (artificially) boost future profits when these assets are sold. Am I correct? By recording most of the acquisition price as goodwill, the acquired assets (including working capital) are also recorded at below fair value, enabling the acquiror to (artificially) boost future profits when these assets are sold. Am I correct?

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