Noble Group's accounting back under scrutiny after fresh $1.2b writedown; faces first full-year loss in two decades.

Noble Group's accounting back under scrutiny after fresh $1.2b writedown; faces first full-year loss in two decades.

Commodity trader Noble Group warned of its first full-year loss in nearly two decades, blaming $1.2 billion of write downs on a slide in coal prices – a move seen by analysts as a response to pressure to be more conservative in its accounting practices.

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