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  • 1accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… …

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  • 2quarterly report — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE a financial report that US companies must publish every three months: »The company has yet to file its last two quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission …

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  • 3accounting period — /əˈkaʊntɪŋ pɪəriəd/ (say uh kownting pearreeuhd) noun the interval for which companies prepare reports of their financial transactions, usually one year, although interim reports may be drawn up at monthly, quarterly or half yearly intervals …

  • 4Management accounting — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …

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  • 5Critical accounting policy — In public corporate finance, a critical accounting policy is a policy for a firm/company or an industry which is considered to have a notably high subjective element, and that has a material impact on the financial statements. These policies are… …

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  • 6Actuarial Basis Of Accounting — A method used in computing the periodic payments that a company must make to fund its employee pension benefits. The actuarial basis stipulates that total contributions from the company plus investment returns on pension assets must match the… …

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  • 7Comverse Technology — Comverse Technology, Inc. Type Public (NASDAQ:  …

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  • 8Options backdating — is the practice of issuing options contracts on a later date than that which the options have listed. While options backdating is not, in and of itself, an illegal practice,[1] intentional backdating that coincides with low underlying stock… …

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  • 9Form 10-K — A Form 10 K is an annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that gives a comprehensive summary of a public company s performance. Although similarly named, the annual report on Form 10 K is distinct from the… …

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  • 10Arthur Andersen — Infobox Company company name = Arthur Andersen company company type = Limited Liability Partnership foundation = 1913 location = Chicago, Illinois, USA num employees = approx. 200 as of 2007 85,000 (in 2002) industry = Accounting Professional… …

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