Obviously, regulators and accounting standard setting organizations should be concerned that this could occur.
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Mr. Froman says common regulations and standard setting will be the hardest and most important part to find agreement on.
He should at least step down until the performance of KPMG in the audit of HBOS, and accounting standard setting, has been properly and independently investigated.
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We also noted the predictable opposition of nanny-state activists and academics who cringed at the non-governmental standard setting and assertion of commercial free speech rights.
Achieve a globally recognised impact for the UIS in this sector through methodological development activities, survey specification, analysis, standard setting, measuring skills, provision of advice and technical support to Member States.
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The FSB, in coordination with relevant standard setting bodies, also reports on the implementation of other agreed regulatory reforms and publishes information on the 12 steps taken by FSB members to implement them.
Jan Kleijssen, Director of Standard Setting in the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe, and William Horsley, Media Freedom Representative, Association of European Journalists, will also speak.
Supervise the development of outreach activities in the Earth sciences especially through the development of standard setting mechanisms for international cooperation and networking in the creation of Geoparks to raise the awareness of decision makers and the general public on the evolution of the Earth and its resources and the important role geoscientists have in the sustainable development of our planet.
It also adopts international standard-setting instruments in the fields of competence of the Organization.
Odum, president of Shell Oil, argued that new drilling technology and industry standard-setting would allay these concerns.
And its Mercedes engine is lacking power and reliability compared to standard-setting motors from BMW and Ferrari.
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And so seriously does the press take this vital role, that its own internal policing and standard-setting is impeccable.
The following year, Congress threatened to take away its standard-setting powers if it did not water down its proposal.
Through its standard-setting action, UNESCO works towards universal agreements on the ethical, normative and intellectual issues of our time.
No one from ETSI would comment on any aspect of the standard-setting process.
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Negotiators will be looking to find ways for standard-setting procedures in one jurisdiction to satisfy standards in the other.
SEC, pointing to the bill's provisions on non-audit services, audit standard-setting and the greater distance of the board from the accountants.
Some politicians, including the head of the congressional committee that oversees the SEC, worry about ceding standard-setting power to the IASB.
But once the commercial potential of the Grid begins to dawn, standard-setting skirmishes will break out between companies and even countries.
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Indeed, the IMO has a successful record in anti-piracy initiatives, building on its longstanding standard-setting work on maritime safety, borders and environmental protection.
While recognizing that the primary responsibility for standard-setting lies with States, the conference also appreciates the contribution of non-governmental organizations to this process.
Although the same law requires them to start broadcasting a digital signal, a bungled standard-setting process for receivers means that nobody is watching.
In recent years, the most blatant political intervention in the standard-setting process has been over the stock options that many companies grant to their employees.
Smart grid technology is ripe today for more expeditious standard-setting.
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The commission is not supposed to be a standard-setting body.
But officials on both sides of the Atlantic say they hope a pact could provide a template for standard-setting, regulation and economic relationships for the rest of the world.
The recent warning by the Financial Action Task Force, the world's premier standard-setting body for countering terrorist financing and money laundering, confirms the extraordinary risks that accompany doing business with Iran.
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Most investors expect the U.S. to adopt IFRS eventually and believe the transition will depend on a clear framework for auditors, a satisfactory level of U.S. influence over standard-setting, and investor education and communications.
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Indian Head, however, finding that the manufacturer of metal electrical conduit may have violated antitrust laws by recruiting hundreds of allies to pack a standard-setting body that banned plastic conduit from fire codes.
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While the study suggests that confidence in the standards will improve with familiarity, as investors and analysts educate themselves the debate will move to the standard-setting process as well as the governance of the International Accounting Standards Board.
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