"I think that the bad news is already out on this matter and that how the company accounts for it is immaterial, " says Reid.
The tax inspectors' union, Gestha, believes that it accounts for more than 23% of GDP and that it grew by 0.7% last year when recorded GDP shrank by 3.1%.
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The building and construction industry accounts for one third of global carbon emissions, and it is estimated that buildings consume 30% to 40% of global energy.
Today it released a completely revamped app for the iPhone that makes it easer to handle multiple accounts, offers options for customization and through a service called deck.ly lets you tweet more than 140 characters.
Bank of Ireland has apologised for the error and said it had enhanced procedures for handling "all such incomplete transactions so that customers accounts will not be debited".
Wal-Mart believes that South Africa is a key market for growth and it accounts for roughly 20% of consumer spending on the African continent.
Today, it accounts for about 30%--and that number is going lower.
Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ), for instance, accounts for so much of Helsinki's volume and capitalization that it overwhelms its home exchange.
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Banks, meanwhile, have uniformly raised rates ahead of the implementation of the federal CARD Act, a bill passed in May that banned certain fees and made it harder for college students to open credit card accounts.
The glitch affected fewer than 100 accounts and was quickly corrected, but it was an embarrassment for a company that touts its encryption.
That the reporting rules for tax and for public company accounts should be equalised has some possible merit to it.
Martha Stewart Living is trying to fatten merchandising revenue as it struggles to offset declines in its broadcast and publishing business, a segment that accounts for more than 60 percent of its total business.
The level of attention that a top-flight footballer gives over to mundane things such as practice, hydration, rest and nutrition is both extremely important if you are to maintain any success in the game and yet, at the same time, incredibly frustrating because it accounts for a lot of time that could be spent stimulating the mind.
Perhaps it is the Flemings' minority mentality that accounts for one of the oddest and most disquieting features of Belgian politics: the strength of the far right in prosperous Flanders.
The Treasury's proposal would prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining accounts for foreign banks that process transactions for Liberty Reserve and require special steps to guard against any transactions involving it.
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