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OPERATING STATEMENT: A statement of the revenues, expenditures, and profit for a business, household, or government entity over a given period of time. An income statement also goes by the names profit and loss statement, earnings report, and income statement. This is one of two key financial statements for an entity. The other is a balance sheet, which is a statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth at a given point in time.
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ADVERSE SELECTION An inefficient, bad, or adverse outcome of a market exchange that results because buyers and/or sellers make decisions based on asymmetric information. This commonly results in a market that exchanges a lesser quality good, what is termed the market for lemons. Two related problems resulting from asymmetric information are moral hazard and the principal-agent problem. Two methods of lessoning the problem of adverse selection are signalling and screening.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a flea market wanting to buy either a how-to book on building remote controlled airplanes or an extra large beach blanket. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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The word "fiscal" is derived from a Latin word meaning "moneybag."
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"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. " -- Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman
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AACCLA
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America
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