Equity accounting is a method of reporting a company's profits from the operations of an affiliated company that it has an interest in but does not own outright.

Businesses purchase ownership stakes in other companies to achieve objectives they cannot achieve alone. The ownership percentage and that ownership's character determine how the business accounts for ...

Dividends are those delightful distributions of cash you receive from your shares of stock and mutual funds. Corporations also can receive dividends by owning dividend-paying stock of other ...

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