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UAFRS vs As Reported Weekly Highlights - 2019 10 10

This week, Valens identified distortions and the corresponding adjustments to correct for those distortions for ABI, ATRO, and UI.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Anheuser-Busch Inbev is engaged in the brewing of beer. Co. manages a portfolio of well over 200 brands that includes brands such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck's; multi-country brands such as Leffe and Hoegaarden; and other brands such as Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Quilmes, Michelob, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske and Jupiler. Co. also produces and distributes soft drinks, particularly in Latin America. Co.'s operations are organized along seven business segments: North America, Mexico, Latin America North, Latin America South, Europe, Asia Pacific and Global Export & Holding Companies.

Astronics Corporation

Astronics is a provider of technologies to the aerospace, defense and electronics industries. The company has two reportable segments, Aerospace and Test Systems. The company's Aerospace segment designs and manufactures products for the global aerospace industry. Product lines include lighting and safety systems, electrical power generation, distribution and motions systems, aircraft structures, avionics products, systems certification, and other products. The company's Test Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures and maintains automated test systems that support the aerospace, communications and weapons test systems as well as training and simulation devices for both commercial and military applications.

Ubiquiti Inc.

Ubiquiti is engaged in providing portfolio of networking products and solutions for operator-owners of wireless internet services (WISP's), enterprises and smart homes. The company's operator-owner service provider product platforms provide carrier-class network infrastructure for fixed wireless broadband, wireless backhaul systems and routing and the related software for WISP's to control, track and bill their customers. The company's enterprise product platforms provide wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure, video surveillance products, switching and routing solutions, security gateways, and other complimentary WLAN products along with a software platform.

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  • GAAP and IFRS have failed to provide rules for reliable financial statement reporting
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  • The governing accounting bodies have created more leeway for mis-estimates and mis-classifications as financials have become unwieldy and overwhelming

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