This content is produced by The Australian Financial Review in commercial partnership with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. There's been a lot of talk about “megatrends”, some of which are addressed in a recent OECD report. It is clear that trends such as big data and artificial
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JOHANNESBURG – The world, since the 1980s, has become a more unequal place, but South Africa stands out for its stark income disparities.
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In the U.S., the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has pioneered the work of codifying industry-level accounting standards for sustainability along with reference accounting metrics that make the financial and operational impact of ESG factors comparable and transparent. Nevertheless
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Facebook is projected to boost sales by 46 percent and double net income, but make no mistake: It had a terrible year. Despite its financial performance, the social media giant is facing a reckoning in 2018 as regulators close in on several fronts. The main issue cuts to the core of the company itself:
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Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.
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