The balance sheet between public customers and the securities industry is still lopsided in favor of the latter when it comes to compensation for fraud.

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The exact size and placement of the holes on each sheet, and the spacing between the sheets, has a predictable effect on incoming sound waves.

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"If you looked at it and felt it you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between it and a sheet of paper, " says Skilhagen.

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In many countries, the buyer must record the difference between the price of the acquisition and the target firm's reported assets as a new asset on its balance sheet.

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"The disagreement between my two players was because we wanted another clean sheet, we wanted 21, " explained Benitez.

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Jairo Saddi, who teaches law at a private university, tells of a judge who immediately spotted fraud on being presented with a balance sheet: what else could explain the suspiciously exact match between assets and liabilities?

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Our ability to differentiate through product innovation, evolve our variable cost model, and maintain a robust balance sheet means that we are well positioned to capitalize on future growth opportunities as the gap closes between demand and actual spending by our core network customers.

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