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Accounting-Rule Change Spurs Lawsuit
A shareholder is suing five banks for not warning her about an accounting proposal that she says precipitated a massive stock price drop. A shareholder is suing five banks, claiming that they did not warn her or other investors about proposed accounting...

Two Airlines Cut Fuel Surcharges
Reacting to falling oil prices, Air France-KLM and El Al are the first carriers to rescind special fuel charges instituted earlier this year. What goes up may just come down — even fuel surcharges. A large number of energy guzzlers, from airlines...

International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Sir David Tweedie
The overseer of a coming accounting revolution opines on U.S. companies' inevitable, eventual shift to IFRS. (This is an expanded version of the interview that appeared in the September issue of CFO .) Make no mistake: the International Accounting...

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Are You Looking for a Software Solution for Your Industry?
By Christian Lindberg Are you looking for a complete, integrated, tested business management solution, developed by the experts of your industry? If yes, you are in the right place. And no, we are not considering ourselves at Microsoft the experts of...

Finance Collaboration
Working with other Departments By Randy Johnston, Executive VP, K2 Enterprises, LLC Finance has historically been a consumer of information. Today’s market demands much more interaction and cooperation to get and give the information needed to run a business...

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Microsoft Dynamics Vision: Serious About Business Applications
In keeping you informed of third-party evaluations of our products and technologies, I wanted to draw your attention to recent research from AMR Research. ( www.amrresearch.com ). The report, released March 15, 2008 under the title “Convergence 2008:...

09/05/08 -- FASB to Issue Proposed Guidance on Derecognition of Financial Assets in Mid-September
09/05/08 -- FASB to Issue Proposed Guidance on Derecognition of Financial Assets in Mid-September The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will release three exposure drafts addressing the accounting for asset securitization on or around September...