Treasury minister Liam Byrne accused Mr Osborne of "trying to misleadthepublic" and said the claims raised "serious questions" about the shadow chancellor's judgment.
The company plays down these events and seeks to reassure investors that these major errors are par for the course, but these systematic attempts to misleadthepublic are clearly unethical.
Just recently, the Chicago Tribune exposed a concerted effort by some chemical companies to use dirty tricks and junk science to misleadthepublic about the dangers of their products.