Several months separated the publication of the first and second volumes, and there was then a further delay, almost too tense to bear, before the fate of Frodo Baggins was disclosed in the third.
Goldman Sachs said potential exposures or mark-to-market losses may be disclosed in the first-half results by some Chinese banks, but the impact should be manageable, given their sheer asset size and strong earnings power.
Lehman contends it was disclosed in the first-quarter press release with earnings, described as "other asset-backed" exposure, and that the use of the term "CDO" in the footnote to its quarterly filing was really more meant as a "catchall" term to describe asset-backed securities.
Let's start by discussing why to disclose in the first place.
Republicans contend that the White House and State Department deliberately chose not to disclose in the first days after it occurred that the Benghazi attack, which killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, was a planned assault.
That agreement was also disclosed in the filing and first reported on Saturday in www.TheStreet.com, an on-line financial news publication.
The details of the multiagency programme, which involves frontline staff in the police, prisons, schools, social services and health, are disclosed in the Home Office's first annual review of the UK's overarching strategy for countering terrorism – known as "Contest".
He disclosed in the interview today, his first with an American newspaper since the war began on Oct. 7, that he made an unpublicized visit last week to the Pentagon and to Tampa, Fla., to meet Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the head of the United States Central Command, who is running America's campaign in Afghanistan.
