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  1. Sep 2026
    1. short-term investments undertaken in the normal course of business, to offset other financial risks such as foreign exchange fluctuations

      This means that allocating short-term Investment can be used to pay foreign-currency accounts payable directly, eliminating the need for foreign exchange conversion and reducing economic losses caused by foreign exchange fluctuations.

    1. HP also stated that the actual losses of Autonomy's loss-prone hardware division were misclassified as "sales and marketing expenses" in the operating expenses section rather than as cost of goods sold in the gross profit section
      1. ①Gross Profit =Revenue- COGS ②Operating Profit=Gross Profit- Operating expenses ③Net Profit= Operating Profit-Net interest+- Non-operating Items- Income Tax
      2. Autonomy Business classify actual loss as "sales and marketing expenses" rather than as cost of goods sold(COGS) to overstate gross profit.