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For each Lowe's Companies, Inc. and the Home Depot, Inc., identify the accounting methods used to interpret business data such as revenue recognition, expenses, fixed assets, debt securities, intangible assets, and bond issues.

Compare the accounting methods used by the two companies to interpret business data such as revenue recognition, expenses, fixed assets, debt securities, intangible assets, and bond issues.

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See summary of policies in Word and table in excel, attached.

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The policies for Home Depot and Lowes are summarized (cut and pasted from the annual reports for 2012) for you and the major policies are shown in a table in Excel for a side-by-side view. ...

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