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African bull elephant by L0k1m0nk33 CC-BY-SA-3.0 Problems with spreadsheets African bull elephant by L0k1m0nk33 CC-BY-SA-3.0 95% of all U.S. firms use spreadsheets for financial reporting Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange by Carlos
African bull elephant by L0k1m0nk33 CC-BY-SA-3.0
Problems with spreadsheets
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95% of all U.S. firms use spreadsheets for financial reporting
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50% of spreadsheets form the basis for decisions
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