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Interviews

Every question put to an expert, and every answer given, in full. A note quotes a sentence or two; this is the rest of what was said, so a reader can judge whether the quote was fair.

  • 3 questions ·

    Eli Bartov

    Professor of accounting, NYU Stern School of Business

    Roughly 70 percent of Alphabet’s second-quarter net income was unrealized gains on stakes it had not sold. Three questions about what an investor should do with a number like that.

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  • 3 questions ·

    Donn Vickrey

    Forensic accounting analyst

    Super Micro has told investors its internal control over financial reporting is not effective, and has done so for more than a year. It forecast $65bn to $72bn of revenue anyway. Three questions about what that forecast is worth.

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