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		<title><![CDATA[The End of SarbOx? The Supreme Court Weighs In.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The business reform law that nearly every company loves to hate  faces its biggest challenge yet. It's up to the Supreme Court to  decide if Sarbanes-Oxley is even constitutional. by Amanda Becker]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed Told Rule Change Could Help With Exit: Source]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kristina CookeNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - A handful of banks have told the Federal Reserve they could do more to support the central bank's exit from its emergency cash infusions if a key accounting rule was changed, according to a person familiar with the situation.At issue are reverse repurchase agreements,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House Puts Focus On Medicare and Medicaid Fraud]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House is making a big deal about Medicare and Medicaid fraud, using a new accounting method that increases the volume of improperly paid claims. Here's what it means. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China Distance Education F4Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-366316.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jeff Lee with Signal Hill. Jeff Lee - Signal Hill The first question is related to the half-price promotion. [inaudible] the impact that has had on growth at your business, when would you expect the impacts from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:36:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regency Energy Partners Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Michael Blum - Wells Fargo. Michael Blum - Wells Fargo Few questions. First, Stephen can you just walk through on the Preferred Units, what was just, specifically what causes that change in value that most of the income statement?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:23:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manager, General Accounting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manager, General Accounting job description template includes the following job summary: Organizes and directs all general accounting activities. Maintains accounting systems that ensure the proper accounting and recording of company resources; provides financial statements, analysis, and other key management reports. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senior Accounting Clerk]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetLife Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-358967.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from  Tom Gallagher with CSFB. Tom Gallagher - CSFB First, just Bill, a follow-up on the interest rate related charge in the annuities. Would you describe this as something that is more accounting noise related to specifically the way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:06:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AFLAC Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14046_23-358630.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question sir is from Colin Devine, your line is open. Colin Devine - Citigroup If Ken or if Kriss is there I'd like to talk about the investment impairment policy. I must say it's a struggle. I can't recall any other insurer that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:06:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Publicis Explains $20M Discrepancy in Razorfish Acquisition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/10004311/publicis-explains-20m-discrepancy-in-razorfish-acquisition/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Publicis has offered an explanation for why it said Razorfish was profitable on revenues of $380 million when Microsoft later produced numbers showing it was making a loss on revenues of $360 million. The discrepency comes from accounting differences between Publicis and Microsoft, Publicis' investor relations unit tells BNET. by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:39:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free, Easy Invoicing and Bookkeeping with WorkingPoint]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=5144]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not exactly a financial genius; I've been known to invest in airlines and lend money to Rick. Moreover, I don't speak QuickBooks and am always on the lookout for simple, straight-forward, and inexpensive accounting solutions.    I've tried all sorts of ways to send invoices and track...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:00:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Customers Intangible Assets?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/customer-service/?p=245]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Accounting is neither an art, nor a science. It's a language. Just like a language, its primary purpose is to communicate. But it can also be used to obfuscate and it's prone to generating woeful misunderstand.    For example, accountants created the notion of "goodwill", "the portion of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:43:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How New Accounting Rules Affect High Tech]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The changes in revenue recognition rules by the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB were seen by most in light of what it might mean to Apple earnings, as it would no longer have to delay recognizing a good chunk of iPhone hardware revenue. However, for all the thought that Apple...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Accountants Messed Up Directors' Summer Holidays]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/09/01/how-accountants-messed-up-directors-summer-holidays/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Boardrooms used to close down for summer while the accountants got the results ready for directors to announce when they returned after the August Bank Holiday. The accountants have retaliated, however, becoming so efficient that boards this year had to break their vacation to issue figures when everyone else is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:34:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regis F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-333363.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, Paul and Randy. The question-and-answer session will begin at this time. Operator Instructions. There will be a short pause while our participants register for question. The first question comes from Lorraine Hutchinson from Bank of America - Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Lorraine Hutchinson -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:53:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Insurers: There's No Accounting for AIG and MetLife]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002240/a-tale-of-two-insurers-there%e2%80%99s-no-accounting-for-aig-and-metlife/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it stranger than fiction when one major insurer reports a loss that is actually a gain, while another reports a gain that is actually a loss?Â That's exactly what happened in the second quarter. And no one is to blame but the accountants.    On Friday American International...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:06:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Tesla Motors Says it Turned a Profit in July]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tesla Motors says that the introduction of its new, more expensive Roadster Sport ($128,500 vs. $109,000) has pushed it into profitability. The privately company claims that in July it had revenue of $20 million and earnings of $1 million.    Tesla definitely had a good month, but long-term...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medical Properties Trust Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Jerry Doctrow with Stifel Nicolaus. Please proceed. Jerry Doctrow - Stifel Nicolaus Hi, good morning. Edward Aldag, Jr. Hi, Jerry. Jerry Doctrow - Stifel Nicolaus Couple, I guess different things. I just wanted to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hank Greenberg, Lucky and Well-Lawyered, Beats the SEC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002047/2047/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe he's no spring chicken, but even at 84 former American International Group Chairman and CEO Hank Greenberg is still more than a match for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He got off with little less than a slap on the wrist for allegedly cooking the books at his former...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:57:24 -0700</pubDate>
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