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CFO September 1, 2006 Alix Nyberg Stuart	Standing on Principles In a world with more regulation than ever, can the accounting rulebook be thrown away?
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CFO April 1, 2008 Sarah Johnson	Goodbye GAAP It's time to start preparing for the arrival of international accounting standards.
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CFO May 1, 2003 Arthur Levitt	You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting.
CFO December 1, 2009 Marie Leone	Convergence vs. Conversion The notion of U.S. companies switching to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) over the next few years might become moot if efforts to converge U.S. and international accounting standards are successful.
CFO September 1, 2008 Tim Reason	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.
CFO September 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea.
CFO February 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up.
CFO April 1, 2008 Alan Rappeport	One Standard, Many Laws Accounting convergence could be derailed by countries making too many modifications.
CFO September 1, 2012 Kathleen Hoffelder	SEC Report Backs Away from Convergence The commission's staff expresses hesitation about merging international standards and U.S. GAAP.
CFO February 1, 2003 Abe de Ramos	Standards Bearer The chairman of the IASC, Paul Volcker, shares some caustic comments on stock options, corporate boards, and the relative merits of GAAP.
CFO May 1, 2005 Tim Reason	Feeling the Pain Are the benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley worth the cost? Many companies are voicing their concerns to the SEC. The top complaint about 404 is that auditors must point out management's own assessment of internal controls.
CFO October 1, 2007	The Battle for Influence Letter to the editor: The SEC Rules... Far from Settled... Still Hitting the Ceiling... etc.
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CFO March 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Two Weeks in January The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here's what was proposed and what was disposed.
CFO March 15, 2006 David M. Katz	A Tough Act to Follow What CFOs really think about Sarbox -- and how they would fix it. Included are the results of an exclusive survey of finance executives on the topic.
CFO September 1, 2008 Vincent Ryan	Death by Committee? As SEC and Treasury Department committees on financial reporting and auditing near their conclusions, it looks like the former may be more fruitful than the latter.
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Investment Advisor November 2009 D.J. Gannon	Why Adopt Global Standards, Anyway? The reality is that the development of identical standards was never the intended result of convergence.
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CFO March 1, 2012 Sarah Johnson	Could Its IFRS Delay Strip the SEC of Power? International standards group gently prods the SEC to step up its involvement.
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CFO May 1, 2008 Alix Stuart	Auditor Angst Want faster, cheaper audits? Your auditor humbly suggests you avoid last-minute data dumps and other less-than-helpful practices.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	Lawyers and Accountants Can Expect Curbs and Compromises in New SEC Rules Recent rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to curb the kind of legal and accounting shenanigans that toppled companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen are not as strong as the SEC first indicated they might be. But do they still have enough teeth to work?
CFO February 1, 2003 Julia Homer	Rule-makers The stage is set for a major shift in accounting practice.
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CFO October 1, 2010 Leone & Stuart	Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure.
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CFO July 15, 2008 Leibs & Reason	IFRS and When The SEC may decide soon whether and when U.S. companies will switch to international accounting standards. And it's a good thing, as panic from not knowing the date is percolating.
CFO October 1, 2008 Marie Leone	Convergence Divergence Critics question the entire rationale for adopting international financial reporting standards.
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CFO September 1, 2009 Jason Karaian	The Silent Treatment Regulators think that companies are too shy when it comes to airing their views on fundamental accounting issues.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Stock Options: Pause to Reload The FASB delays stock option expensing by six months. That's just more time for Big Tech to lobby.
CFO March 15, 2004 Craig Schneider	A World of Trouble Even with an extended deadline for Sarbox compliance, questions about offshoring have companies on edge.
CFO August 1, 2003 Julia Homer	Days of Future Past A year after the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress has proposed a bill that undercuts the intent of the legislation.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2002 John S. McClenahen	Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely...
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CFO July 1, 2005 Alix Nyberg Stuart	A GAAP of Their Own Private companies seeking a wholesale exemption from FASB's accounting rules are likely to be disappointed.