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subsidiaries
- In subsidiary
…business firm, known as a parent company or holding company. A parent company is generally understood to be one that conducts its own business operations apart from those of its subsidiary or subsidiaries, while a holding company is one whose sole function is that of ownership. By virtue of its…
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use of consolidated statements
- In accounting: Consolidated statements
…consolidated balance sheet of the parent corporation (the corporation that owns the others) does not list its investments in its subsidiaries (the companies it owns) as assets; instead, it includes their assets and liabilities with its own.
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