If your company invests in another firm, whether it's to form a business alliance or just to make a profit, that investment must be accounted for on your balance sheet. Accounting rules dictate the ...

Companies frequently buy the stock of other companies. Sometimes it's just an investment; other times it reflects the desire to exert influence over the investee. The dividing line between the two ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Yurle Villegas The aggregate level cost method refers to an actuarial ...