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Michael Kwatinetz is a managing partner with Azure Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Kwatinetz has a Ph.D. in mathematical modeling and an MBA in accounting; he is also a ...

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The World Gold Council, a gold industry trade group, is looking to set up a common accounting framework for monetary gold, in keeping with current financial reporting frameworks for other forms of ...