The scandal-hit South African retail giant Steinhoff announced Tuesday it would restate some financial results for 2015 and 2016 amid a probe into accounting irregularities. Last month, Steinhoff revealed it was under criminal and tax investigations, with a reported six-billion-euro ($7-billion) hole in its
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Software vendors and the accounting profession have been on a collision course for decades. For a profession used to minor transaction processing efficiencies coming from technology, big change is coming fast. The rise of cheap, powerful in-memory tools along with mountains of digital exhaust from
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MSPC Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, P.C., a firm based in Cranford, N.J., has merged in Ennis Hargadon, a firm based in Cliffside Park, N.J., effective Jan. 1, 2018. The deal will add two principals to MSPC, bringing the firm's partner number to 11 and total headcount to more than 70.
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Tehran, Iran (AP) — Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to storm a police station to steal weapons. The demonstrations, the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election,
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Canopy ended the year with the best returns on the S&P/TSX Composite Index, data compiled by Bloomberg show, and the BI Canada Cannabis Competitive Peers Index reached a new high last week. Some analysts are skeptical about demand projections, and betting against the stocks is difficult to do
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