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were misstatements
noun
A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.
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The agency asserts that the four Goldman bankers who signed the bond's documents were directly responsible for what it says were misstatements and omissions in the deal.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Shareholders Sue JPMorgan Over Loss | Shareholders of the bank filed two separate lawsuits, in one case saying there were misstatements about the losses and in the other, asking for damages from executives, Bloomberg News reports.
Investors who bought the bank's debt and preferred stock from 2006 to 2008 contended in their suit that there were misstatements and omissions in the bank's disclosures, Citigroup said in a statement announcing the proposed settlement.
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These are misstatements of verifiable facts.
In his prosecutor days, an appeals court said there had been "misstatements of important facts" due to his prosecutorial zeal.
This has nothing to do with the oversight of the company, but often there are misstatements about accounting or the company's financial condition.
Now, any time there are misstatements of fact — on Thursday the Fox News affiliate in New York falsely reported that protesters planned to "shut down" the subways, and "CBS Evening News" reported that hundreds had turned out for an afternoon rally when in fact many thousands had — questions about bias are raised.
In their own letter to Barroso and several other members of the European Commission, Fouchier's critics charge there are "misstatements" in the ESV letter; for instance, it's not true that the research was used only "to reproduce what nature already selected," the group writes, because Fouchier's studies turned up viruses never seen before.
Mr Hersh also reports that White House claims Bin Laden was still receiving information from and giving orders to al-Qaeda were "lies, misstatements and betrayal".
There were no misstatements about the price of the pound, and Cairn Energy was paying close attention to the upward movement in the currency market.
Then he said that the comments were a "misstatement" and that he had "misspoke".
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