The packaged food company attributed the loss to a change in accounting for pensions.
But cost-plus projects often leave some wiggle room in accounting for fixed costs ( see box, p. 66).
The scale of Shell's problems, both in finding new reserves and in accounting for them appropriately, has clearly shaken its top management.
It had uncovered errors in accounting for tax contingencies and product returns.
And in Japan, overall business conditions declined in May, accounting for a fall in service sector confidence.
Samsung was the most popular smartphone maker in 2012 accounting for 30.3% of all shipments, according to analysts at IDC.
Tim Urquhart of IHS Global Insight, a research firm, reckons that purely battery-powered cars will command only about 0.6% of world sales in 2020, with plug-in hybrids accounting for a further 0.7%.
In the U.S., Chinese ranked second behind Canada in home purchases in 2012, accounting for 11% of foreign sales, up from 5% in 2007, according to a survey by the National Association of Realtors.
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Life sciences dominate the VC scene in Denmark, accounting for 57% of overall venture investment, though the country's prowess in medical-device manufacturing has earned it (along with Sweden) the moniker Medicon Valley.
U.S. citizens adopted 17, 416 children from foreign countries in 2008, accounting for 13 percent of adoptions that year compared to approximately 136, 000 children in the United States, according to a 2011 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau.
Mobile phones are the major application for touch screens in terms of unit shipments, accounting for two-thirds of units shipped in 2010.
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Scottish women, accounting for almost 30% of female cancer cases in 2010.
China will be equally dominant in trade, accounting for twice America's share of imports and exports.
Facebook dominated in July, accounting for 80 percent of all traffic to retailer sites from social networks.
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Friday's report showed that private companies added 166, 000 jobs in January, accounting for all of the month's gains.
More than 100, 000 British citizens visited Sri Lanka in 2012, accounting for 10% of the total number of tourists.
The number of Mexicans applying has almost tripled since 2005 to 9, 400 in 2008, accounting for a quarter of all claims received.
Honda is the most popular brand in New York accounting for 14 percent of all new car registrations so far this year.
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China produced 18, 560, 000 tonnes of garlic in 2010, accounting for about 80% of the world's output, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: The Asia-Pacific experienced major disasters with devastating impacts in 2011, accounting for 80 percent of global economic losses to disasters.
Analysts had expected earnings per share of 50 cents per share, and management blamed 6 cents per share in restructuring charges accounting for part of the miss.
The U.S. is by far No. 1 with over 8, 000 tons of gold in storage, accounting for 76.6% of its foreign reserves, according to the World Gold Council.
That laggard performance in a market accounting for 60% of Dell's sales led the Round Rock, Texas, company's worldwide market share to decline for the first time in years, to 8.3% from 9.1%.
That laggard performance in a market accounting for 60% of Dell's sales led the Round Rock, Tex. company's worldwide market share to decline for the first time in years, to 8.3% from 9.1%.
There is enough wiggle room in the accounting rules for banks not to be bound by this price level but the news from Merrill signals the likelihood of more fair-value losses to come.
Their central estimate is that the taxable income elasticity for this group is 0.46, which implies a revenue-maximizing tax rate on earned income of 56%.29 This in turn (accounting for NICs and indirect taxes) corresponds to an income tax rate of 40%.
Even small domestic investors have been getting in on the market moves, with trading value from individual buyers reaching a six-year high in February and accounting for 30% of average daily volume, up from less than 20% last October, according to broker Reorient Group, which cited data from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
However, the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index, which measures activity in the service sector (accounting for 80% of the jobs in the private sector), fell from 54.3 in July to 51.5 in August, and was ignored.
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He cooked in restaurants to pay for an accounting degree in 1960 from DePaul University in Chicago.
The financial services sector is huge in the U.K., accounting for roughly one in 30 jobs and around 10.1% of gross domestic product in 2007.
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