No Refuge For European Firms That Restate Accounts
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Guilty until proven innocent.
In Europe's shell-shocked equity markets, that appears to be the principle by which any company which dares to restate its accounts is judged - even for seemingly benign reasons like switching from European to U.S. accounting standards.
On Tuesday, Spain's Telefonica became the latest company to be punished for mentioning the A word - accounting.
