Most of the information requested from the district appears fairly routine for an audit: cash journal, chart of accounts, checking account information, contracts with employees and contracts with independent contractors and subcontractors.

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Non-Japanese operating profits at the top six houses have grown, on average, by around 20% a year for the past six years (see chart), and now account for roughly half of their total operating profits.

ECONOMIST: Japanese trading houses

Not surprisingly, renewables grew ten times faster than the OECD average from 1990 to 2010 and now account for 20% of electricity output (see chart).

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The country's roaring exports contributed to a growing current-account surplus, which exceeded 10% of its GDP in 2007 (see chart 3).

ECONOMIST: Exports

As it is, funds can quietly take tens of thousands of dollars from an investor's account yet fulfill disclosure obligations by printing a chart in a prospectus containing hypothetical returns.

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In America they are expected to account for one-fifth of all share-trading in three years' time (see chart).

ECONOMIST: Stock exchanges