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AT&T /quotes/zigman/398198/delayed/quotes/nls/t T +0.23% Inc., Verizon Communications /quotes/zigman/262341/delayed/quotes/nls/vz VZ -0.84% Inc. and Honeywell International /quotes/zigman/234291/delayed/quotes/nls/hon HON -1.03% Inc. recently ended a longstanding practice in which they "smooth" large gains and losses generated by pension assets into their financial results over a period of years. From now on, these companies will count all such gains and losses in the same year they are incurred. While the moves might seem like arcane accounting steps, they have important implications for investors. The companies say the changes will make their earnings reporting more transparent, but they also sweep away tens of billions in past pension losses the companies have yet to smooth into—and hurt—their results. Volume: 34.32M Market Cap.
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