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The Ajax chartered accountant managed to spend almost all of the $12 million he defrauded from his employer, Elekta Canada Inc., a medical research and development corporation, Det.-Const. Doris Carriere of the Durham Regional Police major fraud squad said Thursday.

One industry consultant argues that eliminating the cent would not result in any cost savings, that even if the U.S. Mint received for free the metal used in making the cent and 5-cent coin, the remaining costs assigned to the two denominations would still be above their face value.

Brad Robeson, president of buildings division of NCI Buiilding Systems, previously said the company has expanded its offerings due to the growth in shale-related business.

Why might an upstanding firm like Navigant Consulting do this? For the same reason any other company might: to make the numbers.

One World Trade Center rises above the Manhattan skyline. In the background is the Empire State Building, soon to be the second-tallest building in New York.