Purchases of homes currently being built fell 22 percent to 20,695 from a year earlier, according to a report by Molior London seen by Bloomberg.
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… pace in almost five years in December, recording a 1.9 percent drop that far exceeded even the most pessimistic forecasts in a Bloomberg survey.
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Also, auditors need to be aware of the approximately 30 new standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the past 18 months.
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Recruitment activity in accounting and finance grew steadily in 2016, but the focus was on replacement rather than new headcount, reports Robert
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Chinese shares fell for the fifth day in a row, the longest run of losses since August 2015, as a measure of developers tumbled on concern policy
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