The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight says top officers at Fannie Mae created a false image of always meeting earnings targets. This let them receive millions of dollars in extra pay.
this is from an economics report named "Fannie Mae Agrees to Big Fine to Settle Accounting Case". please explain the phrase for me.
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Their business performance was according to plan. They earned as much as they they [had] set out / planned to do.
— Marius Hancu
Their business performance was according to plan.
They earned as much as they they [had] set out / planned to do.
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