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      "text": "On June 28, 2018, PPG announced that it was restating its financial statements and earnings releases for the six previous quarters (Q4 ‘16 through Q1 ‘18) in order to correct various accounting errors, including repeated failures to accrue certain expenses on a timely basis",
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