Article: Blame 'bean counters' for big banks' distress? Financier criticizes accounting rule

Article: Japan's ruling bloc seeks delay in new accounting rule for fixed assets
Xinhua News Agency;  March 24, 2003 ;     207 words ...Japan's ruling bloc seeks delay in new accounting rule for fixed assets TOKYO, March 24...to introduce a new mark-to- market accounting rule for fixed assets. The demand is part...Japanese government plans to introduce an accounting rule in fiscal 2005 that will require companies...

Article: New accounting rule sends Cigna's 1Q net down 80%.(TOP STORIES)(Brief article)
MondayMorning;  May 5, 2008 ;     255 words ...New Accounting Rule Sends Cigna's 1Q Net Down 80...profit plunged 80% because of a new accounting rule for a discontinued retirement-income...million after-tax charge under a new accounting rule affecting specialized reinsurance...

Article: Boeing to record up to dlrs 1.9 billion charge, citing accounting rule
AP Worldstream;  March 8, 2002 ;     224 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: CHICAGO Adoption of a new accounting rule will cause Boeing Co. to record a charge of dlrs...Accounting Standards Board, in the first quarter. The new accounting rule eliminates the amortization, or gradual write- down...

Article: New accounting rule will change your fundraising
Nonprofit World;  July 1, 1998 ;     260 words ...A new accounting rule, just issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts...For more details on meeting the new criteria, see "Will New Accounting Rule Doom Your Fundraising?" in Nonprofit World, November-December...

Article: Congressman calls on FASB to address criticisms of hedge accounting rule. (Rep. Richard Baker; Financial Accounting Standards Board)
The Bond Buyer;  November 3, 1997 ;     637 words ......bill to block a controversial hedge accounting rule unless the Financial Accounting Standards...subcommittee held a hearing last month on the accounting rule, Baker and 22 other Banking Committee...understanding of the planned derivatives accounting rule. Let me emphasize that in ...

Article: FASB refining new merger accounting rule.
The Kiplinger Letter;  December 15, 2000 ;     55 words ...More work ahead to refine merger accounting rule planned by FASB. Board aims to soften requirement that intangible assets be written off when two firms combine, a win for high...

Article: Gramm wants a look at FASB's hedge accounting rule.(Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, Financial Accounting Standards Board)
The Bond Buyer;  September 24, 1997 ;     456 words ......Board, the aide said. The SEC staunchly supports the hedge accounting rule, while Fed chairman Alan Greenspan opposes it. Greenspan...principles for nongovernmental entities. The proposed hedge accounting rule would affect all private entities that hold derivatives...

Article: Living big off pensions.(Financial Accounting Standards Board considering revamping pension accounting rule FAS 87)(Brief Article)
Pensions & Investments;  May 13, 2002 ;     674 words ......a revision of FAS 87, the pension accounting rule; and that might be coming. The Financial...The seemingly convoluted pension accounting rule, however, has one good purpose: It...investors. It's the bad use of the accounting rule - the inclusion of pension income...

Article: New accounting rule inhibits overseas bond sales
The Journal Record;  April 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ......strategy reflects the effect of an accounting rule that's prompting companies to sell...960 denominated in dollars. The new accounting rule, dubbed FAS-133, makes companies report...when the bonds mature, though the new accounting rule requires that companies report the...

Article: Chevron to take $800 million write-down to earnings to comply with accounting rule.
The Oil Daily;  January 5, 1996 ;     469 words ......earnings will be slashed by $800 million to comply with a new accounting rule and to account for some obsolete refining assets. Chevron...company said nearly 85% of the $800 million relates to the accounting rule, which primarily affected U.S. oil- and gas- producing properties...

Article: CCAB seeks to protect SMEs. Accountancy's umbrella group, the CCAB, has appealed directly to chancellor Gordon Brown to ease the 'hardship' set to hit small firms and businesses due to the tax implications of a new accounting rule, writes Kevin Reed.(Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies)(small and medium size enterprises)(Brief Article)
Accountancy Age;  July 7, 2005 ;     198 words ......example, builders and electricians,' said Ian Morris, chairman of the CCAB. The Federation of Small Businesses said the accounting rule was 'inappropriate'. Simon Sweetman, FSB vice-chair for its tax policy group said: 'It's not realistic to expect small businesses...

Article: Firms Blame Financial Woes On Accounting Rule
NPR Morning Edition;  October 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......10-29-2008 Firms Blame Financial Woes On Accounting Rule Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time 11:00 AM-...particular factor, the role played by one accounting rule applied to corporations. KESTENBAUM: The accounting rule is called mark-to-market. When companies...

Article: WebMethods Narrows Loss In Fiscal First Quarter; Fairfax Firm Helped Accounting Rule
The Washington Post;  July 23, 2002 ;     277 words ......share). During the year-ago period, the company lost $19.9 million (41 cents). Part of the improvement is related to a new accounting rule that allows companies to count certain types of goodwill against earnings once a year instead of every quarter, said David...

Article: Safeway Notes Quarterly Loss of $367.9 Million Due to Accounting Rule.
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 12, 2002 ;     549 words ......Safeway reported a first-quarter loss Thursday because a new accounting rule forced it to report that two grocery chains it bought have...during the quarter that ended March 23. That's because a new accounting rule forced the company to write down $700 million in goodwill...