In Announcing That the AASB Would Adopt IASB Accounting Standards

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In announcing that the AASB would adopt IASB accounting standards by 1 January 2005, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) argued that a single set of high-quality accounting standards that are accepted in international capital markets would greatly help cross-border comparisons by investors.

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Slave Revolts

Uprisings and rebellions carried out by enslaved people against their conditions and overseers, aiming for freedom or retaliation against oppression.

West Indies

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Brazil

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Urban Free Blacks

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