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The Perils of Impairment Investors will be getting a better look at corporate balance sheets, thanks to new accounting rules (FAS 141 & 142) covering goodwill and how to reflect its impairment. How will this affect business metrics, and how will investors react? |
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Will Fair Value Fly? Fair-value accounting could change the very basis of corporate finance. |
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Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. |
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M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time. |
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Tangible Agitation Over a Proposal on Intangible Assets Beefing up the disclosure of intangible assets would potentially yield greater transparency, enabling the investment communities to make better decisions about their capital. Should companies be required to disclosure information about their intangible assets to investors? |
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Matt Wilkinson |
Dow Corning emphasises innovation US silicone-materials maker Dow Corning is transforming its business strategy to focus on innovations in sustainability, efficiency and alternative energy. |
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FASB Hesitates, SEC Stands Still on Fair Value The banking industry wins a minor skirmish in the fair value war when the Financial Accounting Standards Board turned down a proposed amendment that would have expanded controversial fair value/mark-to-market practices in the financial sector. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2004
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How to Spot a Serial Acquirer Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out. |
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Rex Moore |
How to Tell if Corning Is Hiding Weakness Here are two simple metrics than can save you from a lot of pain. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Morgan Housel |
More Phantom Profits for Banks? JPMorgan Chase surges on news that accounting adjustments related to its acquisition of Washington Mutual might lead to gross gains of $29.1 billion. |
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February 17, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Globe Specialty Metals Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of silicon metals specialist Globe Specialty Metals are surging as much as 10.8% today on about four times the average daily trading volume. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2011
Jack Milligan |
Cautious Optimism: Returns to Bank M&A A gradual improvement in asset quality industry wide, along with unprecedented pressure from regulators, is helping to revive the bank M&A market after three lean years -- although prices might never return to their lofty highs of past cycles. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2011
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Big Accounting Charge-Offs at Bank of America Bank of America stumbles on earnings. Or did it? |
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Diving Into the Dow: The Fourth Five The authors banter about the relative merits and investment opportunities of some the biggest companies in America: Honeywell International... Intel... IBM... Johnson & Johnson... JPMorgan Chase... |
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Full Disclosure Edmund Jenkins reflects on his leadership of FASB through difficult times... |
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JPMorgan and WaMu: Was It a Good Deal? A look at one of the largest banking deals of all time, one year later. |
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Kathleen Hoffelder |
"Flush with Cash" Has New Meaning A rise in Corporate America's free cash flow and capex could be a healthy sign. |
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Dan Caplinger |
Don't Get Trapped by False Value Stocks Do you trust the books? |
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Michael Arndt |
A Chemist Heats Up Dow Corning CEO Stephanie Burns is drawing on her own experience in the lab to guide Dow Corning Corp.'s rebirth. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Saying Goodbye to $18 Billion Viacom takes a massive write-off on "goodwill" assets. |
CRM
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Charles Butler |
Dow Corning's Extreme Makeover After almost 70 years as one of the world's leading makers of silicone-based products, Dow Corning had started to look its age--and customers couldn't help but notice. Thanks to some reconstructive surgery performed on its selling approach, however, the company has dramatically rebounded. |
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Michelle Leder |
Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
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Morgan Housel |
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Austin Smith |
Why These Stocks Are Sinking the Dow Right Now A look at today's sharp drop. |
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Nathan Parmelee |
Scary Movie It's going to be a while before there's any real improvement in Movie Gallery's financial health. Investors, beware. |
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November 1, 2011
David M. Katz |
The Goodwill Two-Step FASB's new way to bypass numeric goodwill testing might add to the compliance costs of big, complex companies rather than curb them. |
