2002 Agency Report Cards

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From the Editor

Who would have guessed that the collapse of Enron would impact our annual Report Card issue?

When the federal government instituted legislation in December that established new financial-disclosure guidelines to crack down on corporate crimes, the industry we cover took note. Citing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the publicly traded holding companies decided to withhold the financial information they typically provide. In a memo to its agencies, dated March 3, 2003, IPG wrote: “Release of this type of information might be inconsistent with or not easily reconciled to Interpublic’s publicly reported figures, which in turn, could result in unintended investor confusion.”





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