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Report Details Ubiquity of Non-GAAP Metrics
Risk & Compliance

Report Details Ubiquity of Non-GAAP Metrics

Some findings seem to support allegations that companies are practicing "earnings management."
By David McCann | October 15, 2018
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Accounting Change Boosts Facebook’s Earnings
Financial Performance

Accounting Change Boosts Facebook’s Earnings

Facebook recorded a full-year "windfall" of $934 million from a a change in the way companies account for stock payments to employees.
By Matthew Heller | February 2, 2017
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Bank Profits Increase in Strong Second Quarter
The Economy

Bank Profits Increase in Strong Second Quarter

Results were "mostly positive," the FDIC said, with profits rising 1.4% and the number of problem banks falling to a 7-year low.
By Matthew Heller | September 1, 2016
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Asset Capitalization Thresholds Should Be Disclosed
Financial Reporting

Asset Capitalization Thresholds Should Be Disclosed

Inconsistencies in ACT from company to company, and even within companies, cloud net-income reporting, an accounting expert says.
By Jonathan Schiff | July 22, 2015
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