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Big Tech AI Spree Revives Accounting Devices That Toppled Enron

• ChrisArchitect 3mo ago
  [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987863
• 1vuio0pswjnm7 3mo ago
  "Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. each have turned to vehicles known as variable interest entities (VIEs) as part of the financing mix needed to construct data centers and related energy infrastructure." Have VIE's ever been discussed on HN In response to a tax publication No. Not in response to _any_ publication curl "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=variable+interest+entit&tags=comment&page=1" \ |egrep -o \"comment_text\":\"[^\"]+ \ |grep -i variable.interest.entit Is there another similar article submitted to HN that interviews various tax consultants on these specific transactions by these specific companies Is there an article that interiews the _same_ consultants and publishes the _same_ quotes The answer is of course not