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If they settle right now... then Goog would not have to show the court the real US financials. But I think Goog is prob plenty comfortable giving those numbers to the court, esp if they can be sealed to only court eyes.
As for IRS. I'm sure IRS already had the true US numbers.
It might be that Goog posting untrue inflated numbers... may have helped bolster their stock. I can't think of any other reason why they would have posted inflated numbers out there. If that were the case then the true numbers could hurt if analysts were before told to use the inflated US numbers, and the SEC might not like it either. But Goog will prob ask for the new US info that they have to provide to Vrng and the court to be sealed.
But as far as we are concerned... I truly doubt that Goog will settle right away just because they'd rather not give true numbers to the court. Much more likely it's just a quick (sealed) court document and move on.
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