Report: Pandemic fuels goodwill impairment spike in 2020
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-04-11T20:12:00
Goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies more than doubled in 2020, but the total still fell short of the figure observed at the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest annual report from Kroll.
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