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Regulators, FASB Move to Reduce Risk, Increase Transparency for Credit Derivatives06/13/08
As a new wave of concerns about instability in global credit markets crests, financial standard setters and regulators have moved to tighten regulations and increase disclosures for credit derivatives.
Why Preferred Treatment Might Hurt06/12/08
Treating preferred stock as a liability — as accounting standard setters are thinking of doing — would simplify financial reporting, a new study says. But it also would pummel shareholder's equity at companies that are heavy issuers.
Hedge Accounting: Caging the 800-page Gorilla06/11/08
FASB announces plans to overhaul one of its most confounding creations.
How Merger Rules May Nick Earnings; More06/03/08
Companies split on taking ARS cash hit06/02/08
R&D's true costs05/30/08
Dealmakers will have more to think about next year when acquiring a company that has yet-to-be-completed research-and-development projects.
SEC's Cox Backs Oversight of International Accounting05/28/08
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox said he supports a plan to put international accounting standards under the oversight of a regulatory body.
Ex-numbers guy gets Beazer cleaver05/27/08
Former chief accountant taking fall for earnings manipulation.
Study: R&D Rule Threatens Future Earnings05/20/08
In the year of an acquisition, however, it should boost net income and help some companies swing reported losses into a profit.
FASB change threatens earnings from acquired R&D05/14/08
But impact of FAS 141R will depend on industry, number of purchases, Georgia Tech finds
Ambac Packs Balance Sheet With Hope of Audacity05/07/08
Ambac Financial Group Inc. didn't see the subprime-mortgage mess coming until it was too late. Yet to trust its latest balance sheet, you must believe its executives can predict what Ambac's income will be for the next 20 years.
Rules of Engagement05/01/08
Decoding the 25,000 pages of FASB rulings is not a task for the faint of heart. But plans to distill the information into a single-source Web-based document should make the job a lot easier.
Wanted: Tech-Savvy Accountants05/01/08
From beans to buttons, today's accountants must excel at software, spreadsheets, and the Web.
How SFAS No. 161 May Usher in a New Era for Hedging Disclosures04/29/08
The FASB has been pushing banks and brokers to do a better job of disclosing their derivatives positions for more than 20 years. With its most recent guidance on the topic, it’s provided statement users with the best read they’ve ever had on risk management.
New Non-controlling Interest Rules Increase Equity04/22/08
The new approach to accounting for minority, or non-controlling, interests in subsidiary companies will boost stockholders’ equity and net income—and some of those increases will be big enough to skew reported results, according to a recent analysis.
For Some, Minority Interests Will Be a Major Boost04/22/08
New accounting rules for minority interests will boost shareholder equity and lower leverage ratios at most companies.
Report: New accounting regs will boost companies' shareholder equity04/16/08
FAS 160 and FAS 141(R) force equity interests onto the balance sheet; meanwhile, leverage will drop.
Companies Ponder Accounting While Awaiting Auction-Rate Thaw04/11/08
There's no controversy among chemists about when or whether water is liquid, and meteorologists agree on the difference between rain and snow, but accountants have reached no consensus as they assess the liquidity of auction-rate securities in a market that is largely frozen.
Derivatives: the New Disclosure Rule03/28/08
Corporate users of credit-default swaps and similar instruments soon must show where they report them on their balance sheets and income statements.
'Auction Rates' Clip Tech Firms' Profits03/28/08
Write-Downs Mount After Market Seizes Up For Cash Alternative
Banks may get more leeway on reserves03/24/08
Regulators will seek to ease accounting rules that prevent cookie jar reserves for expected loan losses.
Most retailers burning cash as spending slows03/17/08
The slowing economy is starting to show up in weaker consumer spending, but not all retailers are suffering the same consequences.
3 ways companies bury their debt03/12/08
To hide the facts from shareholders, companies disguise long-term debt, stock-option obligations and other nasty numbers in some creatively tricky ways. Here are some of the biggest offenders.
Home builders move to Junk Street03/03/08
Housing market melt-down has taken a stiff toll on the credit ratings of builders.
In the Drop Zone03/01/08
Regulators continue to work toward one global set of accounting standards, but as IFRS and GAAP are converged, it's not how you land, it's how you fall.
GE May Change Accounting Policies Amid SEC Inquiry02/19/08
General Electric Co. may make further changes to accounting policies and procedures once it completes an internal investigation tied to a three-year-old U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accounting probe, people familiar with the matter said.
The Cash Flow Growth Profile™ and the Retail Industry: Signs of a Slowing?02/15/08
A slowing U.S. economy is impacting retail sales and hurting the retailers. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which problems seen at the macro level are hurting the retailers as a group and within four industry sub-groups, department stores (fashion), department stores (variety), warehouse stores and dollar stores. We look at the performance of 22 retailers using the Operating Growth Profile™ and Free Cash Growth Profile™, two metrics that are very useful in evaluating a firm’s ability to generate cash flow as it grows.
Do Proposed Pension Changes Create Earnings Volatility?01/29/08
As accounting rulemakers press forward with a likely requirement for mark-to-market, fair-value accounting for pension assets and liabilities, a new study confirms market fears that the result will create substantial volatility in earnings.
Reporting gurus redo financial statements01/28/08
Revamped P&Ls may ease concerns about fair value; pension changes already made have added volatility
Truest look at banking still to come01/24/08
You can take it to the bank. Wednesday's rally on Wall Street, by far the biggest of the new year, was led by gains in the shares of banks and financial service companies.
Revamped financial statements may ease concerns about fair value01/23/08
While the debate rages about the worth of fair-value accounting, an ongoing project may render the issue less controversial.
New Pension Accounting: Volatility City?01/21/08
If FASB makes companies run plan assets through their income statements, they can expect herky-jerky profits, a new study suggests.
Pension-Accounting Changes May Increase Volatility01/16/08
Pension-accounting reform may have fallen off investors'radar screens over the past year or so but it's still looming, and a forthcoming academic study suggests what could be at stake.
Hold the Tears for Eddie Lampert12/24/07
ESL Investments is on track for losses of 20% to 30%, the worst in its 20 years, according to estimates from one ESL investor.
Report: Lease Financing on the Rise12/19/07
Companies are spending more on leases, loans, and credit.
AMD Warns of "Material" Goodwill Charge12/13/07
It seems that the microprocessor manufacturer paid too much to acquire ATI.
FASB Rule Spawns a Second Bottom Line12/07/07
The new standard kicks minority-interest equity out of the mezzanine, changing what makes up net income.
Lease Accounting: Falling Rents Will Boost EBITDA11/27/07
Mandates will make hefty amounts of rent expenses disappear as corporations account for operating leases in a new way, a study finds.
Study: Companies Should Review EBITDA-Based Contracts11/27/07
Companies should perk up to looming changes in lease accounting and begin reviewing debt covenants and compensation agreements heavily tied to a common non-GAAP metric: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA.
New leasing standard brings windfall for some11/26/07
An accounting change that will move leases onto balance sheets could cut rental costs and ease debt restrictions - and boost executive compensation.
Fair-value accounting rule kicks in at crucial time11/15/07
Called "tricky" by at least one industry observer, a new accounting standard that's already caused problems in the investment-banking business kicked in officially on Thursday.
G.M. Takes $39 Billion Charge on Tax Offset11/07/07
General Motors said Tuesday that it would take a $39 billion noncash charge in the third quarter to remove net deferred tax assets from its books.
Google's Bad Grade10/29/07
More loan losses to come10/22/07
The Negative Side of Goodwill10/18/07
FASB's proposed business combination rule requires companies to recognize negative goodwill immediately.
Accounting Board Declines to Delay Asset-Value Rule10/17/07
Negative Goodwill; Restatements; More10/16/07
New accounting rules for mergers will force companies to show more upfront gains in acquisitions where the ultimate purchase price adds up to less than the appraised value of net assets, according to a recent analysis by the Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab.
Volcker, Mulcahy, Flynn, Yerger Named to U.S. Treasury Panel10/02/07
Numbers Game Won't Die, Even If Net Income Does09/19/07
Swaps and Ends09/12/07
FASB Action; Cash Flow; SME Accounting09/11/07
When Swaps End, Accounting Confusion Begins08/28/07
Stocks Fall Sharply As Credit Woes Intensify08/16/07
Historical study suggests DJIA should be at 14K08/16/07
Historical trends suggest the Dow Jones Industrial Average should be trading in the range of 13,700-14,000, according to a new study by the Georgia Tech College of Management.
Observed08/06/07
Study: As the Economy Grows, So Grows the Dow08/01/07
The fate of equities and the fortunes of the economy are correlated in the long run.
Seeking Guidance for the Dow? Try GDP08/01/07
The Messy Art Of Cash Flow Statements07/17/07
Growing with the Flow07/11/07
Extraterrestrial accounting?07/02/07
SEC Panel to Study Ways to Improve Financial Reports06/27/07
Halliburton's Accounting Might Make You Wonder06/21/07
Lease Accounting Changes Hit Lease-Dependent Industries Hard06/19/07
Recent analysis of financial statements for lease-heavy retail companies shows that the growing momentum for reform in lease accounting rules will result in material changes to key measures of fiscal health-especially profitability, financial leverage, debt coverage, and cash flow.
Debt Hazards Ahead06/18/07
New Lease Accounting May Roil Retailers06/14/07
A new study looks at what would happen to some prominent retailers if accounting rules required the capitalization of operating leases.
Cash Flow Analytics reaches finals in state competition06/13/07
Retailers seen taking lease accounting hit-study06/12/07
Comparability Suffers Under Principles Approach06/05/07
SEC eyes real estate reporting practices06/04/07
Fixing SarbOx: Now for the hard part05/28/07
Is Federated As Flush As It Looks?05/28/07
Convertibles: Get Ready to Leverage Up05/23/07
Leeway In Acctg May Mean Cash-Flow Confusion05/21/07
Follow the Money05/20/07
FASB, IASB Begin Rethinking Leases04/26/07
The Growing Revolt Against The SEC04/23/07
All isn’t fair in fair-value accounting04/09/07
'Cash Equivalents' Nixed04/03/07
In the context of a long-range project to rewrite the rules for business-performance reporting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided the new system it eventually develops will no longer allow a line item for "cash equivalents."
Cellphone unit vexes EarthLink03/31/07
FASB Moves to Nix "Cash Equivalents"03/22/07
The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to change financial statements by wiping out some outdated words.
Cash Flows Require A Careful Balancing Act03/20/07
When Fair-Value Rules, Acquisitions Collide03/20/07
GM Admits Accounting Gaffes03/16/07
Market Summary: Parting Shots - Housing02/16/07
Apple’s latest innovation02/05/07
Zions Gets SEC Approval for Valuing Stock Options01/30/07
Bad foundation in housing industry01/29/07
Why the Big Four Are Still a Big Mystery01/26/07
GE Report Raises Doubts01/20/07
Reasons To Expect Home-Builder Write-downs01/19/07
Earnings Quality Declines as Cap Ex Rises12/28/06
U.S. Lawmaker Frank Seeks to Rein in Executive Pay12/27/06
SEC Plans to Change Rules for Disclosing Value of Stock Options12/22/06
Financial Statements of the Future12/13/06
Accounting experts puzzle over Home Depot backdating12/13/06
UnitedHealth confronts challenges after CEO change10/22/06
Within a day after UnitedHealth Group's CEO, William McGuire, was ousted, the health-insurance giant was already trying to assure its business customers that the scandal wouldn't affect operations.
How Did UnitedHealth's McGuire Get Same Options Twice?10/20/06
Investors and the public heaped scorn on William McGuire this week for his role in apparent stock-options backdating at UnitedHealth Group Inc. But his thorniest legal problems could stem from a 1999 transaction in which backdating played only a minor role.
Deficit Retention Disorder?10/06/06
SEC Clarifies Exemption on Backdated Options09/20/06
Accounting Board Restores Method Banned After Enron09/15/06
Where Accounting Meets Language09/01/06
How Firms Use 'On' or 'Of' In Citing Investment Returns May Cut Into Cash Flow
The Cash-Flow Impact Of Changing One Letter08/30/06
Rarely has a difference of a single letter made such a difference for some companies.
Taking the pulse of Georgia companies08/05/06
Fast Payments Hurt Tech Firm Cash Flows07/26/06
What they said07/01/06
RICK WAGONER: Move puts squeeze on GM's chief07/01/06
Securitization: Cash Flow on Tap06/30/06
Conventional wisdom says technology stocks have hit a wall. Their cash piles say different.06/19/06
Quick Cash via Receivables Deals Can Leave a Blurry Fiscal Picture06/16/06
Securitzation Can Affect Cash Flow, Debt06/09/06
A LOOK AT THE BOOKS: How GM juggled millions GM's road may get rougher06/04/06
CASH FLOW: In 2004, professor called attention to GM's methods06/04/06
Software Capitalization Clouds Comparisons05/26/06
Options Rule Also Hits Operating Cash Flow05/15/06
LSE Stake Already Seen Adding To Nasdaq Profits05/12/06
Nasdaq's LSE Stake Raises Hurdle For Rival Bidders05/10/06
FASB To Revisit Lease Accounting05/09/06
True or False: A Hedge Fund Plotted to Hurt a Drug Maker?03/26/06
How Blockbuster, Netflix Differ (Or Don't)03/22/06
Act Now, and Avoid a Restatement03/20/06
GM Bookkeeping Errors May Indicate Aggressive Accounting Style03/18/06
Now G.M. Has Woes on Audits03/18/06
TechWeek: H-P's Funny Money03/17/06
How Comcast Does Its Counting03/10/06
Don't Call It Cash Flow If It Isn't03/08/06
How Investing-Gain Taxes Can Cut Operating Cash Flow02/21/06
Little Impact From Expensing Stock Options02/10/06
Documents Show an Omnicom Transfer02/08/06
Stock Buyback Now May Spur a Big Bill Later01/31/06
The Dirty Little Secret About Buybacks01/23/06
Taxing Times11/28/05
Thumbs on the Scale11/28/05
Calpine Financial Error Pushes Shares Down 9%11/05/05
DJ IN THE MONEY: Caterpillar May Have Overdone Cash-Flow Cut11/03/05
Stock Options, Meet Pro Forma10/31/05
Book Corner: Creative Accounting in the Post-SOX Era09/12/05
Go Direct08/26/05
Cash Flow Analytics Announces Launch of CASH System08/17/05
Report Shows How Krispy Kreme Sweetened Results08/11/05
The Big Four: Can't Touch This?07/12/05
Stock buybacks gaining favor07/08/05
Looking Good Through Insurance06/21/05
IN THE MONEY: How A Disaster Can Boost Your Operating Cash Flow06/16/05
SEC Acts to Curb Cash Flow Shenanigans06/09/05
For Cash-Rich Firms, Buybacks Are All the Rage05/24/05
Bond BuyBacks Shouldn't Have Zero Effect05/23/05
Paychecks on Steroids05/09/05
Delphi and GM Accounts Seem at Odds04/28/05
One-Time Gains Gave a Lift to Intel's Results04/20/05
GM's Handling of Transactions With Delphi Raises Questions04/13/05
Sarbanes Seeks Rent Control04/08/05
Free Lunch03/28/05
'Cash Flow' Isn't What It Used to Be03/24/05
Firms Feel the Sarbanes Slam03/22/05
Cos' Past Oper Cash Flow Takes An SEC Hit03/22/05
Georgia Tech professor helps police Wall Street03/20/05
Gift Cards: No Gift To Investors03/14/05
FASB's Merger Advice: Expense Those Fees03/08/05
GE Cuts Operating Cash Flow Because of SEC03/04/05
Clear Channel Communications downplays write-off03/01/05
Little Campus Lab Shakes Big Firms03/01/05
SEC Tells Auto Makers To Retool Cash-Flow Acctg02/28/05
One Plus One Equals Non-Plussed02/24/05
Yet another witch hunt against short-sellers02/24/05
Go Directly to Cash01/27/05
Cash May Not Be King For Finance Stocks01/26/05
Mulford and Comiskey's Creative Cash Flow Reporting01/25/05
Restatements Up 28 Percent in 200401/20/05
Hands-on investor: Read your way to riches01/17/05
Nortel, Deloitte Take Risk By Keeping Audit Relationship01/13/05
In the Same Language01/01/05
Serving Up Dividends01/01/05
A Best Practices Approach to Cash Flow Reporting: Implications for Analysis01/01/05
The Warranty Windfall12/20/04
Reaction to Novellus Filing Clouds Transparency Issue12/20/04
SEC Tells Fannie Mae to Restate Earnings12/16/04
Capital Ideas: The Leaseback Effect12/16/04
Is Fair Value Flawed?12/01/04
A Recommended Book12/01/04
Free Cash Flow Gets More Scrutiny11/25/04
Companies' Stock Pay Price for Internal Control Disclosures11/18/04
Sieve Company Filings, Because the Truth is in There11/16/04
SEC Targets Morgan Stanley Values11/08/04
Tech Profs Write about 'Creative Cash Flow'11/01/04
Directors Named for Internal Probe at Krispy Kreme10/05/04
Fuzzy Numbers10/04/04
Why Cash Flow Can't Be Trusted10/04/04
Does Novastar Manage Earnings?09/29/04
Can CA Get Back to Business09/29/04
Going with the (Free-cash) Flow09/01/04
Accounting Board Finds Violations08/27/04
Sarbanes' Pain Getting Sharp for Some08/24/04
Helen of Troy Is Attracting Skeptics08/18/04
Western Wireless08/16/04
An Expensive Option08/16/04
The Cash Cost of Stock Options07/29/04
Under SEC Eye, Red Hat Restates07/14/04
Accounting Free Fall07/12/04
Nortel Board Finds Accounting Tricks Behind '03 Profits07/02/04
KPMG to Remain MCI Auditor06/30/04
Options Expensing Ripe for Abuse06/29/04
Financial Statements are Still a Tangle06/16/04
OmniVision Seems to Have Mistimed Revenue06/09/04
Earnings Madness06/08/04
Krispy Kreme Franchise Buybacks May Spur New Concerns05/25/04
Charter Communications' Murky Free Cash Flow05/11/04
Nasdaq Threatens Global Crossing05/03/04
Hutshison Whampoa Results Upset Accounting Experts04/22/04
Tax Minimization At Acxiom Corp04/18/04
Outside Audit: 'Cash Flow Never Lies' - Or Does It?04/16/04
Operating Cash Flow04/16/04
PepsiCo Takes on the Numbers04/01/04
Tyco Jury Deliberations Appear Back on Track03/31/04
Corning's Bottom Line Gained from Reversals03/14/04
The Penny Drops but the Numbers Game Continues02/27/04
With 'Free Cash Flow' It's Caveat Emptor02/12/04
Companies Complain About Cost Of Corporate-Governance Rules02/10/04
With 'Free Cash Flow' Be Sure What You Get02/05/04
Annual Review of Financial Reporting Matters02/01/04
Probe of Coke's Sales Leads to Japan01/30/04
New Issues Are Raised Over Independence of Auditor for MCI01/28/04
Two Audit Firms Charged With Aiding Clients' Fraud01/21/04
Big Four Firms Chose Different Divestiture Routes01/19/04
Cutting Through Enron's 'Web.'01/19/04
After Adecco Sell-Off, An Opportunity to Buy?01/15/04
Error-Driven Restatements Rose Again in 2003, but Pace Slowed01/13/04
They Might Be Giants01/01/04
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