walkman - 4:35 pm on Feb 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

>> Your CFO putting his foot in his mouth doesn't tend to help matters much either...

I think it's a matter of time, meaning that soon or later investors will find out the truth. Probably they figured out to say it little by little instead of letting people know the they announce earnings. This way they lose 10% now, 5% later and so on, and not 50% in one day.

"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Google can't win. The search engine is often criticized for not giving Wall Street enough information. But when it does open up, investors often don't like what they hear."
[money.cnn.com...]