Under guidelines on what firms can call "proven reserves" issued by America's Securities and Exchange Commission SECC), managerial discretion is allowed and reclassifications tolerated.
Reserved issued such as foreign affairs and welfare, he added, were the responsibility of the Labour leader, who he said he looked forward to campaigning alongside for a Labour victory at the general election.
For example, among the ideas circulating through COP-15 is a proposal by George Soros to create a $100 billion assistance fund for poor nations using foreign exchange reserves issued by the International Monetary Fund -- an idea Soros said would not add to anyone's national debt.
Inspectors general, the government's internal watchdogs, are usually reserved, issuing reports that tend to be dense and rather dry.
To win a presidential election in October 2012, a dying Chávez ordered an import binge, paid for by running down reserves, issuing debt and printing money to cover a huge fiscal deficit.
So they don't have loss reserve issues that others do.
The Pentagon and the White House are handling the Reserve issue with great care.
"Absolutely no accounting issue," Mr. Lay told analysts, "no trading issue, no reserve issue, no previously unknown problem issues" are behind the departure.
Mr. van de Vijver, then head of exploration and production, sent a memorandum to the audit committee explaining a host of reserve issues.
As Pentagon officials considered the Reserve issue, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz asked NATO nations in Brussels to contribute forces to an American-led military campaign to oust President Saddam Hussein.
A little of it is there on storage from banks, but most of it is reserve, against issued bank notes.
