Everyone wants to see financial accounting get closer to the truth -- and everyone has his own idea of what "the truth" is.
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We need systems that make positions transparent in a single database and then tag them to exposures in a mutual fund, bonds or a hedge fund so if you want to see the accounting position you can get it across different types of holdings.
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Credit for that increase goes in large part to news last June that Dell planned to cut 8, 000 employees--or 10% of its workforce--coupled with the conclusion of an internal accounting probe (see " Dell Climbs Out Of Accounting Hell").
Pamela Pecs Cytron, CEO of Pendo Systems, another provider of investment accounting software (See story below) said the call for modernized accounting systems has been a familiar refrain for several years.
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But accounting concerns (see " Elan's Spin") and worries about AN-1792 have sunk the stock.
We understand accounting and can see a fiscal trainwreck a mile away.
News that a brash internet company, livedoor, was under investigation for market manipulation and accounting irregularities (see article) had sparked two days of widespread selling during which the benchmark Nikkei index and the broader Topix both fell by 5.7%.
With a crossover point of about 300 percent of FPL for those aged 30 to 44, we estimate that about one-third of those older than age 29 with incomes greater than 138 percent FPL will see higher premiums even after accounting for premium assistance.
Because Aetna's managers failed to see that the firm's accounting systems were underestimating its costs, they set premiums too low.
But cost-plus projects often leave some wiggle room in accounting for fixed costs ( see box, p. 66).
The metric is simply an accounting device to more easily see how spending in one area has been changing relative to another.
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Looking beyond the reported accounting results, however, we see that ARBA is not quite as profitable a company as it seems and that its valuation has outgrown its profits by a wide margin.
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For that reason we need simpler tax and accounting laws, transparent for all to see.
These figures are not affected by Mexican inflation accounting adjustments, which can distort earnings (see story, p. 57).
Some professors see ethics as separate from their own subjects, such as accounting or marketing, and companies have their own training programs for new hires.
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Type in a ticker symbol at riskgrades.com and you'll soon see grades for a firm's market, credit, governance and accounting risk.
Then, investors became concerned that some of Elan's seemingly magical growth was partly the result of accounting artifice--a contention first reported by Forbes (see " Elan's Spin").
Systems of engagement are different from the traditional systems of record that log transactions and keep the financial accounting in order: They focus on people, not processes (see the Figure).
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The Recovery Board, the Recovery Accountability Transparency Board will have a full accounting including the actual reports that you can point and click to and see them for yourself by October 30th, I believe.
Some may argue that the risk premium these banks are charging is too high, even accounting for the risk, but what are the chances they will suddenly see the light after this regulation is passed, and drop rates across the board?
The acquisition, however, will make the company bigger and more expensive for potential acquirers, likely accounting for the slide in its stock price on Wednesday. (See "New Heights For Cleveland-Cliffs") Robson also noted that some investors may have left because they had wanted a straight iron-ore play.
He is using standard accounting to take control of the PA's mysterious finances and open them up for all to see.
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