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SEC Probes Amazon on Revenue Recognition

Machine building computer part with SEC guidance.

Correspondence just released by the SEC (and available on the Intelligize platform) reveals that the agency has recently probed Amazon about a number of accounting issues, including those related to newly overhauled revenue recognition rule...

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FASB is Living in a Materiality World

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You’d be forgiven if you confused the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) latest announcement about its “conceptual framework” for a description of an upcoming TED Talk. That kind of jargon is popular with thought leaders and thin...

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Spotify Tests SEC Patience with Dual-Class Shares for Stock Offering

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Spotify is planning a stock offering in a couple of months, and it appears that the music streaming service’s co-founders are taking their cues from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Even after Spotify shares hit the market, founders Daniel Elk and...

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