Safety-Kleen Announces Financial Results
COLUMBIA, SC-Safety Kleen has announced their financial results for their fiscal year, which ended August 31. The company is reporting a loss before extraordinary items of $833 million on revenues of $1.58 billion.
The company has also restated financial results for fiscal years 1997-1999 downward by more than $500 million. The restatements come after an earlier announcement this year that the company had found accounting irregularities.
Source: www.safetykleen.com
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