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...Sure, SEC, kick 'em while they're down...
...SEC is investigating that very fiasco. The specifics are mostly dry accounting stuff, and are being held pretty close to the agency's vest at this point - but the Wall Street Journal reports that "commission staff are investigating Lucent's procedures for booking sales, in particular its use of 'nonrecurring credits,' or one-time discounts, given to customers, as well as Lucent's accounting treatment of software-licensing agreements...
...Lucent spokeswoman Kathleen Fitzgerald told the Journal it was "voluntarily and completely cooperating with the SEC" since it was first contacted in November, and has shared not only all of its findings on revenue restatements with the commission but also the results of an external audit. Company lawyers have also been regular visitors to SEC headquarters in Washington...
...everyday homework or research, Xerox's M750 is the smartest choice. Of the five printers I tested, its text on ordinary paper was consistently among the best, even on envelopes. As for speed, it was either the fastest or second fastest on every task, topping out at 9 sec. per page. It was also the only printer tested that had a covered paper tray for keeping out dust and hair. Photos and graphics weren't nearly as good as they were with the Epson, but they weren...
...rest of the pack, don't bother. The HP 648C produced nice text but poor images, both of which it expelled at a turtle trot. The Canon S400 took 20 to 30 sec. to warm up each time I changed a setting, then produced mostly mediocre text and graphics. And as much as I liked the simple setup and compact design of the Lexmark, its overall quality and speed were too inconsistent to push it into the winner's circle...