BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Double-entry Book-keeping
- the most commonly used system of book-keeping, based on the principle that every financial transaction involves the simultaneous receiving and giving of value, and is therefore recorded twice
Additional Resources
- Audio Book Club, Inc. Acquires Columbia House Audiobook Club
- BOCA RATON, FL--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 4, 1999-- Acquisition To More Than Double Audio Book Club's Revenues Increase Company's Member File To Over 1,000,000 Names Audio Book Club, Inc. (AMEX: KLB) today announced that it expects to more than double its annual revenues through the acquisition of the Columbia...
- Research articles 1999-01-04
- Former Liberty Bank CEO publishes another book
- J.W. McLean, former CEO of Liberty Bank, has published his 11th book on leadership. "Leadership Understood: What Is It Really? You, Too, Can Make It Happen" is dedicated to "that legion of would-be leaders who hunger to learn the proven steps for becoming effective leaders. The...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
- Former Liberty Bank CEO publishes another book
- J.W. McLean, former CEO of Liberty Bank, has published his 11th book on leadership. "Leadership Understood: What Is It Really? You, Too, Can Make It Happen" is dedicated to "that legion of would- be leaders who hunger to learn the proven steps for becoming effective leaders. The spiral-bound and double-indexed...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
- Football: Forbes double sinks Bantams
- ADRIAN Forbes helped himself to a double to book Luton's place in the next round and leave Bradford boss Bryan Robson feeling punch- drunk. Forbes struck a goal in each half for the Second Division outfit to condemn the home side to their fourth defeat at this...
- Research articles 2004-01-04
- Lessons from the Book Business
- Books matter, but they don't make much of a business. Never have, really. But its problems provide useful insights for any business struggling to find its way in the new digital world, as we see in Have We Reached the End of Book Publishing As We Know It? an entertaining...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- The Microfilm Anti-Christ Strikes Again.(Nicholson Baker )(Review) (book review)
- Nicholson Baker reprises his cry that microfilming has killed newspapers and books. And gets people to listen. "Microfilm Gets a Black Eye From a Friend of Paper" was the headline above a four-column book review in The New York Times last month (April 10)....
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- WILD WEST.(Ricky Lauren feted the release of her newest book, "Cuisine, Lifestyle, and Legend of the Double RL Ranch,")(Brief article)
- Ricky Lauren feted the release of her newest book, "Cuisine, Lifestyle, and Legend of the Double RL Ranch," from publisher Assouline recently at the Rizzoli bookstore in New York. On hand for the book signing were her husband and fashion legend Ralph Lauren, and children David...
- Research articles 2006-11-13
- WD's New Dual-Drive My Book® World Edition� II Network Storage System Adds Extra Level of Protection for a Family's Valuable Data
- Offers an Easy, Double-Safe Way to Backup Computers and Share Media Throughout the Home LAKE FOREST, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WDR , the world's leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its newly redesigned My BookR World EditionTM II dual-drive network storage system in capacities...
- Research articles 2009-06-24
- Random House To Double Size Of Its Digital Book Catalog
- With consumers pulling back on in-store book purchases lately, Random House may be picking a good time to ramp up its ebooks offering. The publisher is expected to increase the number of ebook titles it has to 15,000 from the current 8,000, the LAT reports. Although ebooks represent just...
- External links 2008-11-24
- Random House To Double Size Of Its Digital Book Catalog
- With consumers pulling back on in-store book purchases lately, Random House may be picking a good time to ramp up its ebooks offering. The publisher is expected to increase the number of ebook titles it has to 15,000 from the current 8,000, the LAT reports. Although ebooks represent just...
- External links 2008-11-24
- Madoff's "How To Sell" Business Book!!!
- Note to readers: a few weeks ago, I posted what I thought was a business book proposal from Bernie Madoff. Turns out that he was envisioning a shortish book along the lines of "The One Minute Manager." My friend in the publishing industry passed along the final manuscript...
- Blog posts 2009-01-17
- SEMI gets double dose of bad news - Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International reports loss in Jan 1998 book-to-bill ratio, admits overstated bookings and shipments for 1997 - Industry Trend or Event - Brief Article
- Mountain View, Calif.--U.S. semiconductor equipment manufacturers were hit last week with a double dose of bad news. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International SEMI reported The North American semiconductor equipment industry's book-to-bill ratio for January slid to 0.94. The trade association also revealed that, due to an accounting slip-up, it had...
- Research articles 1998-03-02
- Barnes&Noble.com losses double.(Brief Article)
- Barnes&Noble.com, the e-tail arm of the bricks-and-mortar book giant, reported second-quarter red ink of $45.4 million, ... Barnes&Noble.com, the e-tail arm of the bricks-and-mortar book giant, reported second-quarter red ink of $45.4 million, more than double that of the same quarter last year, and...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- AUSTRALIA'S BRICKWORKS LOOKING TO BOOK RECORD H1 RESULT.
- SYDNEY, Oct 31 Asia Pulse - Australia's biggest brick maker Brickworks Ltd (ASX:BKW) could book a record first half result after the acquisition of clay products company Bristile helped double its first quarter profits. Brickworks said today it had increased its unaudited net profit for the first quarter...
- Research articles 2003-10-31
- Perseus Book Group to Acquire Running Press Book Publishers in Philadelphia.
- By Benjamin Y. Lowe, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 15--Running Press Book Publishers, whose authors include Pat Croce, said yesterday it would be acquired by a New York independent book company. The Center City publishing house said it...
- Research articles 2002-03-15
- Double-Take® Software, Inc. Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering
- SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Double-TakeR Software, Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. A portion of the shares will be issued and sold by Double-Take Software, Inc., and a portion will be...
- Research articles 2006-08-10
- Calico Cat with a Secret Life Donates June 4 Book Profits to Operation Kindness
- PLANO, Texas -- "My Secret Life as Peanut," a true animal tale featuring a curious, covert, and mischievous calico cat living a double life, will be released June 4. The authors are donating 100-percent of all June 4 book profits to Operation Kindness, the largest no-kill animal shelter in north...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Two Stocks That Are Likely to Double
- Marc Courtenay submits: There are a heck of a lot of "value stocks" right now, especially in the natural resources and precious metals sectors. The recent bloody sell-off major correction in those areas has increased the possibilities for 100% gains in some stocks over the coming months. What causes...
- External links 2008-08-14
- Victims' families to sue over OJ Simpson 'If I Did It' book
- LOS ANGELES AFP — The family of one of OJ Simpson's alleged murder victims are suing the disgraced sport star, lawyers said, claiming he profited from a now-scrapped book on the 1994 killings. Simpson provoked an outcry last month after publishers announced plans for his book "If I Did It",...
- Research articles 2006-12-19
- Key details of O.J. Simpson 'If I Did It' book published by mag
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Details from O.J. Simpson's unpublished book about the 1994 murders of his ex-wife and her friend are to be published by US magazine Newsweek in its latest edition. Simpson's book "If I Did It" was cancelled by publishers Harper Collins last year following a public outcry...
- Research articles 2007-01-15



