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Types of Unemployment: Structural vs. Cyclical There are two main types of unemployment. Cyclical unemployment …

To get a Social Security card, either for the first time or as a replacement, …

What Are the Reasons Divestitures Occur? In finance, divestment or divestiture is defined as disposing …

Regressive vs. Proportional vs. Progressive Taxes: An Overview Tax systems in the U.S. fall into …

Mark-to-Market Accounting vs. Historical Cost Accounting: an Overview Historical cost accounting and mark-to-market, or fair …

The target company in a hostile takeover bid typically experiences an increase in the price …

In accounting, finance, and economics, all sunk costs are fixed costs. However, not all fixed …

A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a type of acquisition in the business world whereby the …

Investors and lenders rely on financial accounting to obtain critical information about businesses’ financial solvency …

What Is Green Technology Investing? Green tech is a group of technologies that seek to …

Monopolistic Market vs. Perfect Competition: An Overview A monopolistic market and a perfectly competitive market …

Reviewed by Somer Anderson The price-to-book (P/B) ratio is an evaluation metric that is used to …

The debt-to-capital ratio is a financial leverage ratio, similar to the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. It …

Bills of exchange are used in commerce, particularly international trade, by businesses and banks in …