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• Accounting Bonanza

  
  de minimis — Authority: 417
  The next 3 years will be a bonanza for the accounting fraternity. First, the fair value accounting regime under FRS 139 will come into force on 1st January 2010. Lots of additional compliance work there. Second, in the next following year GST is expected to come onstream. So, 2010 will be a frenetic year with ...
  4 days ago

• What do the world’s largest lending institutions and six TM Forum Members have in common?

  
  TM Forum Online Community — Authority: 124
  The abfjournal recently listed the top 50 equipment leasing & financing companies by both portfolio size and by volume.  I must admit I was a bit surprised to see that alongside the names of GE Capital, Banc of America, and Royal Bank of Scotland, were the names of six (6) of the TM Forum’s 700+ members.  ...
  5 days ago

• Former FDIC Chairman Slams Handling of Financial Crisis (And Predictably Blames the Accounting)

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 147
  Weve seen Bill Isaac before. Hes the former FDIC chair who taught me that the "fund" is little more than a Treasury cookie jar for things like tanks and big shiny guns. See also my December 12, 2008 The Fictional Accounting of the FDIC for more on that particular point. Anyway. Greenspan has thrown a few ...
  5 days ago

• Bankrupt Banks Bite Balls

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 168
  bankrupt banks bite balls- full of air- gnawing, repeatedly deflating bubbles- leaving marks marking to market to make profits appear from nowhere- broke down, in the red- financial read more
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• Guest Post: Americas Stealth Stimulus Plan: Allowing its Home "Owners" to be Deadbeats

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 751
  Submitted by TraderMark of Fund My Mutual Fund I was looking through the avalanche of economic data today, and it struck me how once again Americans are spending well over their income growth. I thought to myself, well part of this are all the programs where the American government is subsidizing ...
  1 week ago

• Paul Volcker on the FASB Override Button... And Who Needs a Button When You Have a Baseball Bat?

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 147
  pic credit: to dry for (um yeah) I guess Paul Volcker isnt that evil after all. Well sort of. NYT : A proposal to give banking regulators authority to block accounting standards is “a terrible idea,” Paul A. Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said Monday. Mr. Volcker has been an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Politics and Accounting: EU Delays Adoption of Fair Value Accounting Rule Changes

  
  Accounting Principles — Authority: 116
  Politicians in the European Union have held up a radical overhaul of accounting rules for banks and insurers which came into force yesterday across most of the non-U.S. accounting world. Politics comes to the fore in this as the rules have been postponed at a time when the commission itself is a lame duck because ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gaining from futures currency

  
  Prajna Capital - An Investment Guide — Authority: 131
  Trading in currency futures helps you speculate and hedge against daily market volatility. But you should be aware of the associated risks as well WORRIED over your investment growth in the light of volatile currency exchange rate? Put your fears aside. After a long wait, currency futures’ trading was launched ...
  3 weeks ago

• The FASB is under attack by banking lobbyists

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 599
  The FASB , the independent corporate accounting standards board, is under attack. Believe this or not, financial lobbyists are trying to get its independence dissolved so they can cook the books whenever they damn feel like it. This article, Civil War In Corporate America: Banks Battling The Chamber On ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Parable of the Trading Sardine

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 415
  Buddy Christ approves this message. Sudden Debt recently posted this little story, and I would be remiss to not share a lesson taught by guys named "Zebediah" and "Yorick." Enjoy: Andy convinces Billy to buy a can of sardines at...
  4 weeks ago

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