- Provided by  July 2008 - Posts
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07/31/08 -- SEC Announces Roundtable on How IFRS, U.S. GAAP Performed During Credit Crisis The Securities and Exchange Commission is to host a roundtable discussion August 4, 2008, on the performance of the International Financial Reporting Standards...
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07/30/08 -- SEC Approves Nasdaq Proposal to Permit the Initial Listing of SPACs in Release No. 34-58228 The Securities and Exchange Commission approved on an accelerated basis a proposed rule change from The Nasdaq Stock Market in Release No. 34-58228...
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07/29/08 -- Discontinued Operations Guidance Finalized by FASB The Financial Accounting Standards Board approved several staff recommendations on final amendments to Proposed FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 144-d, Amending the Criteria for Reporting...
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07/28/08 -- Action Alert No. 08-30: FASB to Consider Effective Dates For Amended Off-balance-sheet Guidance At its weekly meeting on July 30, 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board will reconsider the effective date and transition provisions for...
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7/25/08 -- Comment Deadlines for 10 SEC Proposals The comment periods on 10 SEC proposals on various topics, including the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, the credit rating agencies, and short selling, are to expire in the next two months. Release...
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7/24/08 -- Nasdaq Seeks to Tighten Rules for Reverse Mergers in SEC Release No. 34-58182 The Nasdaq Stock Market has proposed to tighten the listing requirements for companies involved in reverse mergers, a class of mergers where non-listed entities go...
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7/23/08 -- SEC Issues Release No. 34-58121 to Seek Comments on PCAOB Rule Proposals The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 34-58121, Notice of Filing of Proposed Changes Regarding Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, Communication with...
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7/22/08 -- SEC Gives Market Makers Exemption From Short-selling Emergency Order in Release No. 34-58190 Just three days after taking an unprecedented action to clamp down on short selling, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 34-58190...
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7/21/08 -- Action Alert No. 08-29: FASB Plans Its Overall Approach to Lease Accounting At its weekly meeting on July 23, 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board will discuss two joint projects with the International Accounting Standards Board:...
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SEC/GAAP Watch - July 18, 2008 The Securities and Exchange Commission still needs to set up an independent advisory panel to evaluate the agency's enforcement program and make recommendations for improving its proceedings in this area, Commissioner...
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7/17/08 -- FASB Project Updates As of June 24, 2008, the status of some of the projects being addressed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its staff is as follows: Financial Statement Presentation?Joint Project of the IASB and FASB. At a...
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07/16/08 -- Comment Period for Reg SHO Amendment Extended in Release No. 34-58107 The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 34-58107, Amendment to Regulation SHO, on July 7, 2008, to extend the comment period to August 13, 2008, for a...
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7/15/08 -- SEC Advisory Committee Shows Its Determination on Materiality Issue The Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting unanimously approved the latest version of a series of proposals, including...
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7/14/08 -- Action Alert No. 08-28: FASB to Discuss Use of Fair Value in Transfers of Assets The Financial Accounting Standards Board will discuss whether to remove the practicability exception from its guidance on the transfers of financial assets, when...
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07/11/08 -- Regulators Show a Willingness to Provide More Guidance on Fair Value The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to meet with other regulatory and standards setting bodies to shore up the guidance on fair value accounting, and implementation...
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7/10/08 -- Action Alert No. 08-27: FASB Moves Closer to Defining a Liability in the Conceptual Framework Project At its June 25, 2008 meeting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board produced a series of examples for determining the legal, regulatory...
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7/09/08 -- In Release No. 34-58092, SEC Moves SRO Rule Making to Fast Track The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a final rule in Release No. 34-58092, Commission Guidance and Amendment to the Rules Relating to Organization and Program Management...
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7/03/08 -- SEC Issues Proposed Rules on Credit Rating Agencies. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued for public comment three rule proposals designed to downgrade the role of credit rating agencies on July 1, 2008. The Commission voted unanimously...
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07/02/08 -- AFL-CIO Criticizes SEC Advisory Group for Proposals on Materiality and Restatements. Union leaders have called for the Securities and Exchange Commission?s Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting to remove a proposal that...
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7/01/08 -- SEC Release No. 33-8934 Gives Auditors of Small Companies an Extra Year to Comply with SOX Section 404(b). The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 33-8934, Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in Exchange Act Periodic...
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