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Category: Accounting

Foggy Pine Forest in Ukraine

Fog of War in Russia Impairs Visibility into Companies’ Finances

Foggy Pine Forest in Ukraine

Hundreds of multinational corporations have ceased doing business in Russia in the weeks since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February. While the withdrawal en masse of major business interests stand...

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Wind turbine near a Factory: Eco-friendly power source, reducing emissions

Shaky Accounting Calls Corporate Emissions Data Into Question

Wind turbine near a Factory: Eco-friendly power source, reducing emissions

A sharp decline in greenhouse gas emissions represented one of the few positive developments to come from the coronavirus-induced slowdown of 2020. As people put life on pause to combat the spread of the virus, U.S. carbon emissions dropped...

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Leased office space with retail options

SEC Exercises Patience in Enforcing New Lease Accounting Standard

Leased office space with retail options

Parents have an instinctive sense of which household rules to enforce ruthlessly (“don’t lie” comes to mind), and which to be more lenient with (curfews, maybe). As it turns out, the same can be said of the Securities and Exchange Commissio...

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Caution: Slow Road Ahead

EGCs Say Not So FASB on New Lease Standard

Caution: Slow Road Ahead

You’ve been worried about facemasks. You’ve been worried about antibody tests. You’ve been worried about whether your seventh grader’s brain is atrophying, and also why her school district is sending so very many emails. The last thing you...

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Forbes' Money Briefcase in black and white

Corporate Debt Issuances Spike in Pandemic

Forbes' Money Briefcase in black and white

In the pandemic, we’ve all become hoarders. Toilet paper. Disinfectant. Meat. And apparently, if you are a public company, there’s another staple you’re stockpiling in the basement: cold hard cash. According to data from the Intelligize pla...

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