And yet this leaves massive question marks at the heart of the whole International Financial Reporting Standard process.
There are standards for this sort of thing, like financial accounting standard 157 that requires a three-step valuation process.
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The International Financial Reporting Standard Foundation (formerly the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation) is the governing body of the International Accounting Standards Board that sets accounting standards for much of the world.
Headline inflation in India fell below 5% in April, reaching the Reserve Bank of India's "comfort zone" for the first time in more than three years, financial daily Business Standard reports.
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Optimists say that has turned the eurozone crisis from an existential crisis into a more standard financial and economic crisis, not so very different from the crisis that the UK and the US are still labouring to put behind them.
The Financial Stability Board, which co-ordinates the G20's financial policies, has asked standard-setters and regulators to find ways of yanking ratings out of rules on bank capital, fund holdings, margin agreements and so on.
Markus Brunnermeier of Princeton University, who is on INET's advisory board, is trying to incorporate a richer model of financial breakdowns into a fairly standard macroeconomic model with the help of Yuliy Sannikov of the University of California, Berkeley.
In May of 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board amended the standard Lehman had manipulated.
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Work with a financial planner who adheres to the Fiduciary Standard to help guide you.
His eponymous Bloomberg terminal is standard desktop equipment throughout the financial services community.
Financial planners tend to read from a standard book presuming that all investors are the same and that a fully diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds is right for everyone.
The reason is that as a new kid on the block, NBNK would be given what's known as "standard status" by the Financial Services Authority, whereas the Co-operative - with its longer history and considerable size in financial services - already has so-called "advanced status".
But most financial innovations, properly used, enhance our standard of living by helping create and deploy capital more efficiently.
Patients not seen within 18 weeks from referral-to-treatment (RTT) incur a financial penalty for the JPUH under the NHS Standard Contract.
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As one of the most pro-investor reforms possible at this point, the fiduciary standard has been lobbied for by financial planners, registered investment advisers and fee-only planners.
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SWIFT, the international financial messaging firm, should push its new standard for corporate actions more aggressively and move to shut down the older message standard, several market participants have said in an open letter.
Standard documentation has been developed by the financial institutions covering their main areas of activities.
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The only proven alternative to a global financial system without reserve currencies is the international gold standard.
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Standard and Poor's affirmed the financial strength of MBIA and Ambac shortly before the market closed on Monday.
Edinburgh's fund management industry, which includes companies such as Scottish Widows and Standard Life, still makes it a financial centre.
The new standard removes prior protections, leaving the rating agencies with the same standard of liability as other players in financial markets.
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The panel recommended schools which fail to raise pupils' literacy rates to the required minimum standard for their age should face a financial penalty.
Standard and Poor's affirmed the financial strength of MBIA (nyse: MBE - news - people ) and Ambac shortly before the market closed on Monday.
Finally, data mining is helping banks create risk profiles for those who might lack a credit score or other standard qualifications, opening the door to financial services for them.
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World Bank President Robert Zoellick jumped into the fray on Monday, suggesting in a Financial Times commentary a limited return to the gold standard to provide stability to the markets.
In addition, the standard disclosures also include references to various financial ratios that work to eliminate companies that might generate too much interest income on its cash reserves or pay too much interest on its debt.
Signs of respectful reconsideration of the gold standard are appearing in many greatly respected financial institutions, from the Bank of England, to the Bundesbank and Deutschebank, to Chinese monetary authorities , Russian officials, and the central bank of Poland.
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The standard advice here is to return the private financial sector to health through recapitalisation.
Companies hate the standard because it will bring the volatility of financial markets into their earnings.
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