ArthroCare Expands Accounting Inquiry To All Divisions Dating Back To 2000
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Troubled surgical instrument maker ArthroCare will expand the scope of a previously planned restatement of financial results to encompass all three of its business units for the past eight years to account for improper recording of sales to certain entities
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