Bitcoin saw one of its most dramatic recent price swings yet on Friday, plunging as low as $10,400 per coin and prompting Coinbase to briefly disable trading.
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Mariano Rajoy has placed his bets. Tonight he finds out which way the cards will fall in Catalonia. The Spanish prime minister wagered that chaos unleashed by October's push for independence would persuade moderate Catalans to abandon the separatists. The risk is that his strong-arm tactics – and
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The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued a new Implementation Guide that contains questions and answers about the GASB's new standards on accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits other than pensions. Those benefits (primarily retiree health care)
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When members of the accounting profession look back at 2017, they will remember the year for the substantial changes that it brought. In addition to a new administration in Washington, 2017 featured new standards that needed to be implemented and the passage of tax reform that will bring about new
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Data analytics and property have been the key target areas for investment by Sir Tom Hunter's West Coast Capital Holdings vehicle over the past year, according to its latest accounts. The investment business, which spans property interests to technology firms, saw total assets edge up to over £135m in
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