While large telecom companies have restructured, small and medium-sized companies have consolidated, leading many companies to "defer capital spending", 3Com said.
Next year's introduction of consolidated accounting will force companies to take on to their books subsidiaries in which they have effective control, even though they may have only a minority stake.
And the government introduced tougher accounting standards last year, which require big companies to produce consolidated accounts.
Unlike other rich countries, Japan does not have a consolidated tax system in which companies in a group are taxed as a single unit.
Starting next April, Japanese companies will have to produce full consolidated accounts something provided now by only a few of the healthiest.
This is curious: consolidated taxes might actually increase revenues because big companies could no longer take advantage of small firms' tax breaks.
La Rotonda: Companies that can offer a more consolidated solution are going to be more beneficial than individual solutions for page creation and customer management.
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Its argument: Consolidated's collapse has helped the remaining companies.
More important, scale matters in the audit of large, multinational companies, which is why the industry consolidated into five big firms in the first place.
Federal officials have made a priority of trying to restore power to the millions of people still in the dark, by promising to fully reimburse all costs of power restoration and coordinating with private energy companies such as New York's Consolidated Edison Inc.
Other companies receiving awards include New York's Consolidated Edison Company, Houston's CenterPoint Energy, and Progress Energy.
Adding vitamins and supplements can give companies more leverage when negotiating with retail pharmacies that have consolidated, as well as opportunities to make more efficient use of distribution and supply chains.
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The proposed Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) is being seen as a way of reducing red tape for companies operating in more than one EU country.
Unlike Google and Microsoft, most of the remaining companies in the smart-grid space have targeted large electric utilities like Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison of New York with services and products that most consumers have no idea exist.
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