In the past 20 to 30 years, banks have gone from the major suppliers of credit at the heart of the financial system to just another supplier of credit, maybe accounting for a quarter to 20% instead of 60% or 70%.
Many analysts say investors are far too cautious at the moment, with any whiff of accounting irregularities enough to send the stock of even the biggest firms lower.
In October the software giant agreed to link the 2.8 million small-business users of its QuickBooks management and accounting software to Intelisys' network of 600 suppliers.
Our many speculations with regard to climate change have no means of accounting for the provocative questions pertaining to the loss of other individuals, let alone whole populations of species.
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So far that is eluding Groupon unless they use all sorts of accounting gimmicks to get there.
Rumsfeld endorsed compensation for the Iraqi prisoners who were abused, and he vowed a full accounting of what led to their mistreatment.
Regulators also issued a warning to exporters, who have been suspected of sneaking money into the country through accounting maneuvers related to the invoicing of goods.
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As I railed over and over in blogs, speeches and TV appearances prior to April 2009, the strict application of mark to market accounting to banks had a devastating impact on bank capital during the early stages of the financial crisis.
And then, on my watch, when it was time to heal the wounds of war and normalize relations with Vietnam and to demand an accounting of the POWs and MIAs we lost there, John Kerry said: Send me.
Remember, there are plenty of civil and criminal laws to enforce actual accounting fraud as well as the release of false information to investors.
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Many of the allegations of fraud at Enron related to the accounting treatment of off-balance sheets and other transactions.
However, when you look at just people under the age of 65, then haemorrhagic strokes become much more common - accounting for up to half of strokes.
The purpose of accounting standards is simple: to help investors keep track of what managers are doing with their money.
Quick was planning to finish his associate's degree at the college and then transfer to the University of Houston to study accounting.
The most common accusation is that Tyco used thousands of acquisitions to play accounting tricks that became the source of the firm's earnings growth.
The Financial Accounting Standards board labored mightily to modify one of the most destructive principles of modern times: mark-to-market accounting.
He is using standard accounting to take control of the PA's mysterious finances and open them up for all to see.
United Stationers provides, on average, 60% of its superstore clients' commercial offerings, accounting for up to 10% of their sales.
The Senate bill would establish the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to conduct regular inspections of public accounting firms.
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a 97-year-old nonprofit body that issues a seal of approval to business and accounting programs world-wide, says it needs the flexibility to support a growing group of programs from around the world.
The Treasury Department will now use a series of creative accounting measures to keep the nation operating.
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Now, Dell, which roared to the top of the PC industry in the 1990s, will have to move from a difficult accounting probe to sparring with a set of hardened competitors for market share.
The investigation also found that during the financial restatement period, this environment of weak financial controls and under-supported accounting functions allowed accounting errors to occur, some of which arose from certain instances of intentional misconduct to improve the financial results of specific business segments.
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There are a slew of organizational and cultural changes that accompany the transition to a new technology, including modes of accounting, and thinking about how applications are organized to deliver business services.
Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) were an important component of TV and computer screens, accounting for 50% to 70% of their price.
America had insisted that any global agreement would have to follow its own accounting principles, but in the wake of Enron and myriad other accounting scandals it was forced to soften its attitude to European practices.
The world's accounting profession is in the midst of a massive effort to harmonise accounting standards.
Though the Pentagon planned to cut a lot of jobs, accounting for 47% of its projected annual savings, it did not intend to sack many people.
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Understanding what methods of reporting misconduct are effective could help corporate management, government policy makers and accounting researchers to assess the effectiveness of their internal compliance programs.
By doing so, he successfully controlled the press coverage to meet his misdirecting narrative rather than providing the public with a true accounting of what the study actually had to say.
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