Financial And Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337902663
Author: WARREN, Carl S.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Discuss the ethical issues related to the issue of long-term bonds, without disclosing the plans of additional issue of long-term bonds.
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