20070604 1230. This was an article in the Business Times online (4 June 2007), on the good corporate earnings reported thus far and how the 'outlook' was bright and rosy. With the cooking of the books of Transmile Bhd recently, we as investors have to ask the questions.

• Do we believe the unbelievably good profits?
• Was there any cooking of the books.
• and the bigger question: Do we trust the numbers?

Rest assured, corporate worlds are littered with hanky panky and crooks (who cook the books) abound.