Before long it was the darling of Wall Street as analysts heaped praise on the firm for its "unique" approach in bringing high-tech complex finance to energy trading. ... For example they are less likely to criticise the results from a new accounting system that was put in by their own consultancy division. ...
WorldCom engaged in these activities in order to keep increasing operating costs down and meet the revenue expectations of Wall Street analysts and support the market price of its common stock (SEC Complaint against WorldCom). ... Shortly after HealthSouth's stock went public in 1986, they began "inflating their earnings to match Wall Street analyst's expectations and to maintain the market price for the stock" (SEC Charges Richard Scrushy and HealthSouth with Massive Fraud). ...
Energy analysts can all agree that without John Henry Kirby, Houston Natural Gas Corporation would have never existed. ... Also included in this act are attorneys, brokers, dealers, investment bankers, and any financial analysts that work for a public firm. ...
