The main impact of the acquisition program JDS Uniphase on its financial statements, focusing on the assets and goodwill amortization. In 2001, the company wrote off $ 51 billion in assets Goodwill, the largest write-off in history. Talk of goodwill write-offs in the context of accounting standards, as well as the reaction of investors to withdraw. "Hide
by Mary E. Burt, Susan McKenzie Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 8 pages. Publication Date: December 4, 2001. Prod. #: A172B-PDF-ENG
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