i am not an accountant either, but this line stuck out to me as quite important ...

		dmsayer 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $1.4B is a lot to fall through the cracks, even fo... i am not an accountant either, but this line stuck out to me as quite important to grasp the overall picture of what the article is getting at: "Aggressive classification of operating expenses as investment can be used to artificially boost reported profits."