accounting

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After accounting for factors like age, sex, and education, higher lifetime enrichment was linked to a 38% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and a 36% lower risk of mild cognitive impairment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Another big takeaway from the Bessembinder paper is that stock-market performance has become a lot more concentrated in recent years, with fewer stocks accounting for the stock market’s total gain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

West Bengal is also home to India's second-largest Muslim population, accounting for roughly 14% of the country's 172 million Muslims, according to the 2011 census.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Many management teams are quick to embrace fair-value accounting when it results in large, unrealized gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But Terryl found a community college, feeding off encouragement from the Man- dels, the family she worked for at the accounting firm, and her own raw faith that she could change her circumstances.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel