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FEI Financial Reporting Blog provides highlights from SEC, PCAOB, FASB, IASB, and other regulatory news, including reporting under Sarbanes-Oxley Sect 404. It is written by Edith Orenstein, Director of Technical Policy Analysis at FEI

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Big GAAP/Little GAAP: A 'Big Deal'
The FAF's consideration of whether and how to establish differential accounting standards for public vs.
Aug
01
Disclosure Framework, Improving, Integrating Certain FASB, SEC Disclosure Requirements, On Deck For FASB Ed Session This Week
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will pick up its discussion of its
Jul
29
Hey There Bob Pozen! (FEI Blog Music Video)
Just in time to celebrate the third anniversary of the Pozen Committee report –(see SEC’s Aug.
Jul
28
SEC's New Tips System Gets Good Marks From Markopolos
In an exclusive report published by Reuters yesterday, Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos indicates he is pleased with the improvements the SEC has made in following up on tips of alleged securities fraud.
Jul
28
Got Music? More Harmony In Accounting On Its Way
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Jul
28
Butler, Lewent, Rickard Named To FEI Hall of Fame
Former FASAC Chairman, and former Celgene SVP & CFO, Robert C. Butler, former Merck EVP & CFO Judy C. Lewent, and former CVS/Caremark EVP, CFO and CAO David B.
Jul
20
Obama, House and Senate Leaders Work To Avert U.S. Debt Crisis; David Walker Unveils Proposals to "Restore Fiscal Sanity"
As reported by Manu Raju in Politico.com earlier today, in Gang of Six Breakthrough: Behind the Scenes, a bipartisan group of six sen
Jul
20
IRS Issues FAQs on Uncertain Tax Positions
Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service released additional guidance relating to the IRS' new reporting requirements for Uncertain Tax Positions (UTP).
Jul
18
Recommended Reading; Recommended Writing
Students often have 'summer reading lists' - and if you work in, around, or among the world of financial accounting, SEC reporting, and auditing - you do too!
Jul
18
Obama Nominates Cordray For CFPB;Vows To Fight Efforts To Repeal Fin. Reg. Reform;FSOC Final Rule on Systemically Important FMUs
At a press conference earlier today, President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Richard Cordray, a former Ohio Attorney General, and currently the Enforcement chief for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to serve as the firs

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