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GE,GE Capital: Parting Company?
Will the Obama administration's reforms of the financial system hurt retailers and manufacturers with lending arms? June 26, 2009
Speed Bumps for Early XBRL Filers, Users
FASB is close to overcoming a mismatch between its new codification of accounting standards and data-tagged financials that could have presented communications problems for CFOs. June 26, 2009
International Standard Setters Have Their Say on MD&A
Although the IASB's first proposed guidance on management commentary purports to set up best practices, some board members think it's superfluous. June 23, 2009
Credit-default Swaps and Bankruptcy: No Empty Threat
CDSs are pitting firms against their own creditors. June 19, 2009
Financial Reform: New Foundation, Walls Intact
The president's financial overhaul is a curious mix of audacity and timidity. June 19, 2009
Leadership in Finance: Vanguard's Tom Higgins
Financial reporting never stops for the CFO of the investment firm's funds group. June 10, 2009
PCAOB Chairman Mark Olson to Retire
Olson will leave the accounting-firm overseer in mid-July after three years of dodging criticism over the PCAOB's first stab at an internal-control rule and working to establish the board as a solid regulator. June 8, 2009
The Cost of Climate Change
A new study predicts the higher cost of carbon, as proposed in Congress, would hurt the earnings of 14% of the S&P 500. June 2, 2009
The Regulatory Rumble Begins
In America and Europe, new rules are already running into stiff resistance-mostly from regulators themselves May 29, 2009
PCAOB Rips E&Y on Revenue Recognition
Two of Ernst & Young's clients had to restate financial results after the accounting-firm overseer found departures from GAAP. May 27, 2009