The New Sign Language

摘要

Analysts, we're so proud of you we could cry. Last year, when the Securities & Exchange Commission made a big whoop-de-do about cracking down on companies giving selective disclosure to the Street, a lot of us panicked. They issued that insomnia-cure document where more space was devoted to explaining concepts such as "promptly" and "intentionally" than Watson and Crick required to explain the origins of all life when they discovered dna. Let's face it: The truly savvy among us had always relied on private sessions after public meetings to do our real work. You'll remember fondly those whispered conversations on the phone, in the men's room, in the parking lot, in the elevator.