BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY When Audits Fail, Investors Lose Any restatement of earnings costs investors dearly: Shares are dumped and prices fall. Here are the biggest one-week losses since 1997: COMPANY LOST MARKET CAPITALIZATION (BILLIONS) 1. CENDANT $11.3 2. MICROSTRATEGY 10.4 3. McKESSON HBOC 7.9 4. COLUMBIA-HCA 3.8 5. OXFORD HEALTHCARE 3.4 6. SUNBEAM 1.2 7. GREEN TREE 1.1 8. WASTE MANAGEMENT 0.9 9. RITEAID 0.8 DATA: SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Accounting Wars COVER IMAGE: The Investor's Champion TABLE: The SEC vs. the CPAs: Battleground Issues TABLE: Top Bean Counters TABLE: When Audits Fail, Investors Lose TABLE: Arthur Levitt: Career Highlights TABLE: Political Green from the Green-Eyeshade Crowd ``I Want It Crystal-Clear Who's to Blame'' Did the Auditors Cross the Line at MicroStrategy? TABLE: MicroStrategy Stock Prices CHART: The Rise and Fall of MicroStrategy ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Michael J. Saylor INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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