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FASB's New Goodwill Impairment Standard - October 2011

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently relaxed its goodwill impairment standard so companies will be able to avoid the cost of developing detailed fair value estimates for their reporting units in some cases. While the FASB made its decision in August, ASU No. 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment, was issued on September 15, 2011.

The Red Flags Rule - What Does It Mean to Nonprofit Organizations? - January 2011

One of the largest growing areas of criminal activities in the past decade has been identity theft. Identity theft occurs when an individual uses other people’s personally identifying information to [...]

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Time To Shine: Three Crucial Questions About Strategic Acquisitions - June 2010

Much has been made of the anemic mergers and acquisitions market over the past two years as economic turmoil and tightening of available credit slowed transactions to a snail’s pace. Profitable deals were [...]

Preparing For An Exit - May 2010

As the U.S. emerges from the recession that has plagued the economy during the past 18 months, private equity firms that have been entrenched in their investments are beginning to evaluate exit options in the hopes of earning what is now a long overdue return on their investments. However, there is still a lot of [...]

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