101. Italian Dairy Is Expected to File For Bankruptcy After Disclosure That Bank Account Doesn't Exist.
- Author
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Reilly, David, Galloni, Alessandra, Schroeder, Michael, Pacelle, Mitchell, and Mollenkamp, Carrick
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DAIRY products industry , *DISCLOSURE , *FINANCIAL disclosure , *TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood , *INVESTIGATIONS , *CORPORATE debt , *CORPORATE finance , *BONDS (Finance) , *BANKRUPTCY , *DEFAULT (Finance) , *ACCOUNTING firms , *AUDITING , *FINANCE - Abstract
Reports that Parmalat SpA, the struggling Italian dairy industry giant, plans to seek bankruptcy protection in Italian courts. Disclosure of information by the company regarding a company bank account at Bank of America Corp.; How bonds the company claims to have bought back figures into the on-going investigation into the company's financial structure; Value of the company's outstanding debt if it is determined Parmalat did not buy back the bonds; Evidence collected at the office of Grant Thornton, the accounting firm that audited the Parmalat subsidiary that had claimed to have held the Bank of America account; Involvement of Deloitte & Touche LLP and the United State Securities and Exchange Commission in the investigation;.
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- 2003