methods of accounting for long-term investments
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2History of trade for the People's Republic of China — Trade has been a very significant factor of the People s Republic of China s economy. In the twenty five years that followed the founding of the People s Republic of China in 1949, China s trade institutions were built into a partially modern but …
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4Value Measuring Methodology — (or VMM) is a tool that helps planners balance both tangible and intangible values when making investment decisions, and monitor benefits.Formal methods to calculate the Return on Investment (or ROI) have been widely understood and used for a… …
5Cash flow — For other uses, see Cash flow (disambiguation). Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · …
6Financial crisis — For the 2008–2010 crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis , Late 2000s financial crisis and Late 2000s recession. Economics …
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9China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
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