Google Blames Filing Agent for Leaking Earnings Early

Google's third-quarter earnings leaked four hours early Thursday afternoon, sending the stock down more than 8% before trading was halted. Google says R.R. Donnelley, its filing agent, is to blame.

In an e-mail to Mashable, a Google spokesperson wrote:
"Earlier this morning R.R. Donnelley, the financial printer, informed us that they had filed our draft 8K earnings statement without authorization. We have ceased trading on NASDAQ while we work to finalize the document. Once it's finalized we will release our earnings, resume trading on NASDAQ and hold our earnings call as normal at 1:30 PM PT."
What was leaked was not the final earnings statement, but a draft. A note at the to…
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