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		<title><![CDATA[As Bank Shares Rally, FASB Ruling Presents New Threat to Citi, JP Morgan Earnings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when it looked as if the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB had lent a helping hand to America's big banks, the regulatory group seems to have slowed down on producing the punch. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Lets Banks Mark to Myth, Not Mark to Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did the Financial Accounting Standards Board change its rules regarding mark-to-market accounting under pressure from Congress and the financial-services industry?    More to the point, just what is "mark to market" anyway?    When companies buy assets, initially they are "marked to market," or recorded...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:19:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Change Doesn't Ease the Fair Value Rule]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000706/fasb-isnt-dramatically-changing-fair-value-rule-just-providing-more-guidance/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the demand of Congress, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is once again modifying its accounting standard on fair value measurement -- FAS 157, for short --  in a meeting today. But FASB isn't really easing the rule, as the WSJ suggested yesterday. Instead, it's really just clarifying how...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:04:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Roundup: Mark-to-Market, Or Cash for Trash?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday's ruling by the country's accounting standards regulator that banks can now use their own discretion to price risky assets generated hot controversy. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:55:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legislators Debate "Fair Value" Again -- But Don't Expect a Suspension of the Accounting Rule]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's yet another hearing on "fair value" accounting today, this time in the House subcommittee on capital markets. But don't expect a suspension of the rule that requires to mark-to-market valuation of financial instruments held by financial institutions.    Earlier this week, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:02:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AFLAC, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Jimmy Bhullar with JPMorgan. Jimmy Bhullar &#8211; JPMorgan Hi, thank you. I have a question on the FASB classification of the hybrid securities. Do you have a sense of the timing on when the FASB could announce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:47:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[M&A Insights: Fair Value - What Buyers May Not Be Expecting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB's) recent wave of standard-setting continues to reflect the view that fair value is the most relevant measure to investors. While the reliability of those fair value measures will continue to be refined, Statement 157 requires, in the meantime, extensive disclosures reflecting the relative risk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: GMAC Gets Bailout, AIG Dumps Derivatives, Banks Need Help for TARP Aid, FASB Gives Fair Value Break]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas, GMAC! -- The financial arm of General Motors, GMAC Financial, got a big presentÂ  Christmas Eve when the Federal Reserve allowed it to become a bank holding company. Doing so lets GMACÂ apply for the $700 billion bailout program and perhaps avoid bankruptcy. [Source: The Associated Press]  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reval's Jiro Okochi Presents on FAS 157, FASB's Fair Value Measurement at this Year's Annual Association of Finance Professional's  Conference in Los Angeles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reval speaks out on the contentious topic of FAS 157, the Financial Accounting Standard Board's pronouncement on Fair Value Measurement  LOS ANGELES -- AFP Annual Conference - Reval, a global leader in financial risk management and hedge accounting solutions and services delivered under the Software-as-a-Service SaaS model, presented yesterday...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IASB and FASB Launch Consultation on Proposed Enhancements to the Presentation of Financial Statements]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORWALK, Conn. -- The International Accounting Standards Board IASB and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB today published for public comment a Discussion Paper on financial statement presentation. The Discussion Paper contains an analysis of the current issues in financial statement presentation and presents the Boards' initial thinking on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Believes Future Impairments May Overshadow New Fair Value Guidance for U.S. Life Insurers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Recently, the SEC and FASB issued a joint statement (1) 'clarifying' guidance on mark-to-market rules for valuing balance sheet assets in the current market environment. The new guidance essentially gives management discretion to use their own estimates (Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy (2)) in those...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Issues Exposure Drafts on Going Concern and Subsequent Events]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORWALK, Conn. -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB today issued two separate but related Exposure Drafts EDs for public comment. The documents contain two proposed FASB Statements, Going Concern and Subsequent Events, intended to improve financial reporting by incorporating accounting guidance that originated as auditing standards into the body...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC, FASB Back Changes in Fair Value Accounting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000120/sec-fasb-back-changes-in-fair-value-accounting/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Clarifying "mark to market" accounting should be good news to executives and could be one of the few positives to come out of the financialÂ  crisis. The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a joint statement Sept. 30 recommending that companies be given more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:37:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Marc A. Siegel to the Financial Accounting Standards Board]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_26/ai_n29462879]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NORWALK, Conn. -- Robert Denham, chairman of the Financial Accounting Foundation FAF, today announced that the FAF Board of Trustees has appointed Marc A. Siegel to the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Siegel led the Accounting Research and Analysis team at the RiskMetrics Group in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Proposes Improvements to Reporting of a Discontinued Operation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_25/ai_n28581967]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Constituents asked to provide comment on FASB Staff Position FAS 144-d, Amending the Criteria for Reporting a Discontinued Operation  NORWALK, Conn. -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB today issued proposed FASB Staff Position FSP FAS 144-d, Amending the Criteria for Reporting a Discontinued Operation. The FSP is intended...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amendments to simplify and achieve international convergence in the calculation of EPS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ICC/is_3_77/ai_n30928267]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Accounting Standards Board IASB has published for public comment proposals to simplify the calculation of earnings per share and to eliminate differences between the methods required by International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. accounting standards to calculate EPS.  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  The proposals are part of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Intermediate accounting, 12th ed., 2007 FASB update]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QLQ/is_2008_August/ai_n28042204]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Intermediate accounting, 12th ed., 2007 FASB update.  Kieso, Donald E. et al.  John Wiley & Sons  2008  1361 pages  $188.95  Hardcover  HF5635  Kieso (accounting, U. of Illinois) and coauthors (both accounting, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) presents the first update to this substantial text...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FRC and SBC are working hard]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6421/is_2_90/ai_n29462291]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most rewarding experiences in my role with IMA's professional advocacy efforts is my interaction with members who serve on the Financial Reporting and Small Business Financial and Regulatory Affairs Committees FRC and SBC. Beginning with this article, I plan to provide regular updates about the activities of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fair value accounting: are you ready?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6421/is_2_90/ai_n29462298]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB has long believed that fair value accounting is the most relevant basis of accounting and has had a long-stated goal of having it as the primary method of accounting. Over the past 15 years, the FASB has taken baby steps to get companies and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media Alert: Domestic Corporate Counsel Unite with the Association of Corporate Counsel to Protest Proposed Disclosure Rules]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_July_25/ai_n27947306]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ACC Files Comments Critical of FASB 5, Citing Serious Concerns that Amendment Would Do More Harm than Good  WASHINGTON -- The Association of Corporate Counsel ACC, joined by General Counsel and senior attorneys from more than 50 leading companies, today filed comments addressing serious concerns that the Financial Accounting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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