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XBRL or Master Data Management?: Like XBRL, Master Data Management (MDM) is a technology that can help businesses reduce the cost, time and effort required to collect, analyze and use information -- whether for visibility, decision support or process execution. [more]
Bear Stearns Proposes New Model for Valuing Stock Options: Analysts at Bear Stearns proposed an interesting new model this week for U.S. [more]
Embracing Driver-Based Planning: Do you know the difference between planning and budgeting, or does it all kind of run together at your company? [more]
FASB and IASB Collaborate on Conceptual Framework: Although a joint program was first announced in February, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have just now released the first draft chapters of a document that lays out an enhanced conceptual framework. [more]
Rolling Forecasts Eliminate the Budgeting Process: "Budgets are tools of repression, rather than innovation," according to Bob Lutz, former president of Chrysler Corp. [more]
SEC Gets Behind XBRL: Although it has taken at least five years to gain acceptance, the SEC is now pushing for companies to start reporting their financial data in an interactive format -- called eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) -- in a big way. [more]
New Guidance on Risk in Financial Statement Audits: New audit risk standards require auditors to assess and understand risks to the entity's business -- and the controls in place to mitigate them. [more]
Can Corporate Reporting Evolve in the Global Information Age?: PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. [more]
Accounting Standards Convergence in Five Years?: Last week, during testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and FASB chairman Robert Herz were quite bullish on the prospects for the convergence of U.S. [more]
Move Over, Excel: Google Enters Spreadsheet Market: OK, so it probably won't replace Excel as a finance executive's best friend, but still -- moving into Microsoft's "office territory" is an unexpected twist from the Big G. [more]
SEC Launches New Search Tool: More than a million corporate and mutual fund reports are now available and fully searchable via the SEC's new online EDGAR database. [more]