Yahoo! News Search Results for accountingSEC proposes international accounting plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed a plan to allow public companies to begin using international accounting standards for reporting financial results in two years, and may require them to do so starting in 2014.
An SEC Timetable for Global Accounting Rules (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
A road map has been tentatively set up by a unanimous commission allowing U.S. companies to adopt international accounting standards
Court upholds dismissal of charges in KPMG case (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against 13 former executives at KPMG, saying prosecutors violated the defendants' rights by pressuring the accounting firm not to pay their legal bills.
Symmetry Medical Appoints Chief Accounting Officer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Symmetry Medical Inc. , a leading independent provider of products to the global orthopaedic device industry and other medical markets, announced today the appointment of Ronda Harris to Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 1, 2008.
GASB Proposes to Transfer Guidance from AICPA Auditing Literature (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NORWALK, Conn.----The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is seeking comments on two new Exposure Drafts that set forth proposals to transfer accounting and financial reporting guidance currently contained in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants auditing literature into the GASB?s accounting and financial reporting literature for state and local governments.
SingerLewak, Accounting and Consulting Firm Unveils New Brand Identity, Core Focus and Streamlined Approach to Business (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Leading professional services firm, Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein today announces that it unveiled its new brand identity on July 1st, 2008, as SingerLewak. The new look, sharpened core focus and streamlined client approach of the firm will bring distinctive brand and service identity that will differentiate the firm from both its larger and smaller competitors.
The Knowledge Handoff (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Each night during a recent sales trip to Rio de Janeiro, Black & Veatch Senior Vice-President Michael Perry would review the day's progress over dinner with several junior staffers accompanying him. After watching Perry in action, they had plenty of questions: Why had he worked toward a compromise when the Brazilian client clearly wasn't going to budge? How was he accounting for the different ...
Jefferson Wells Acquires The Gelber Organization (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MILWAUKEE----Jefferson Wells, a global provider of tax, finance and accounting, internal audit and controls, and technology risk management-related services, today announced it has acquired The Gelber Organization, a New Jersey-based State and Local Tax consulting firm.
State: NYC court fund accounting is $14M off (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
New York City finance officials are promising to keep better track of money collected from bail, foreclosures and other court-ordered payments after state auditors found records were off by $14 million.
CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system.
