The Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Marcia L. Taylor to a Second Term with the Governmental Accounting … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NORWALK, Conn.—-The Financial Accounting Foundation today announced that Marcia L. Taylor, CPA, has been appointed to a second five-year term as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board beginning July 1, 2010.

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Make your Business Proficient With Outsourced Accounting

With the ongoing revolution in the field of information technology, outsourcing for various business needs has become necessary and important. The basic need or objective of any business is to earn maximum profits

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Salesforce.com Invests in a Provider of Software-as-a-Service Accounting (CRM Magazine)

Coda 2go, an application built natively on Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform, becomes FinancialForce.com, a new company backed by Salesforce.com and Unit 4 Agresso, parent company of accounting software vendor Coda.

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Basel Committee overhauls accounting standards (Investment Executive)

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Thursday released a set of principles today that call for international accounting standards setters to incorporate lessons learned from the financial crisis when revising the accounting rules around issues related to provisioning, fair value measurement and disclosure.

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Regulators Mull Impact of Accounting Rules on Bank Capital Requirements (WebCPA)

The major federal banking regulatory agencies are asking for comments on a proposed rule for banks minimal capital requirements, stemming from two accounting standards that would change how banks will account next year for many items they currently keep off their balance sheets.

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Over 60 Firms Confirmed to Attend CBI’s Third Annual Bio/Pharmaceutical Collaboration and Transaction Accounting … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

The Center for Business Intelligence , a division of Advanstar Communications, is pleased to announce their full agenda for the 3rd Annual Bio/Pharmaceutical Collaboration and Transaction Accounting.

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Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Edward E. Nusbaum and Luis M. Viceira to Its Board of Trustees (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NORWALK, Conn.—-The Financial Accounting Foundation today announced that Edward E. Nusbaum and Luis M

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Fair-Value Accounting Is ‘Horror Flick Monster’: Chart of Day (Bloomberg)

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Investors should beware the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s decision yesterday to consider expanding fair-value rules, said Brian Wesbury , chief economist at First Trust Advisors LP in Wheaton, Illinois.

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FASB Weighs Expanding Fair-Value Accounting to Loans (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) — The Financial Accounting Standards Board will consider expanding fair-value rules to loans, a step that might accelerate banks’ recognition of losses and trigger lower earnings and book values.

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East Africa: Accounting Practice Set for Major Review (AllAfrica.com)

Nairobi — Accounting standards across the globe are to undergo a major review following the financial crisis that has hit the world.

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