Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 09:52
“Yeah well, considering you’ve got a book value of $20 billion and you haven’t reported an operating EBIT gain in the last two years, I think they’ve been lucky to get away with such a modest amount. I think they’ll be having the same discussions with their auditors in July."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-15/worlds-largest-miner-books-massive-72-billion-writedown-us-shale-assets

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