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The American purse watchdog SEC started an investigation on to the accountancypraktijken of IBM, but this has examine closed meanwhile in such a way again. The investigation stands lynx of someone else, long course examine to Piglet Blue that in such a way has been rounded off.

The long course examine were closed summon to IBM of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 13 February and the new investigation two later opgestart. That was announced keeps up by a report of investigation firm SEC Insight, that the correspondence between the SEC and commit. Normal this information is not spoken released. The report in which was spoken about this investigation became however source known. The SEC self has meanwhile granted that one examine to IBM is opgestart, but that this meanwhile in such a way have been rounded off.

The share of IBM went down with 5.4 per cent after the news of the investigation known became, but Piglet Blue has the damage meanwhile largely repaired. It was really all a difficult purse week for IBM, that before this week for the first time since 1991 a profit warning gave. According to analysts more opennesses is this profit warning the consequence of the call about the book-keeping of IBM. The business will financile affairs as load rates and pension funds use strong results to produce. Welled Street has however be disapprove for that method let know, because the that way weaker sale results would be able to veil.

Also became before known that IBM through the SEC is requested round the year figures and the quarter figures of the first quarter from 1999 on to fit. The affair has been solved without that the business the figures were on necessary to fit. The shares of IBM had to suffer however source under the news.