June 2006



Accounting education and research, includes members from academic institutions from around the world….
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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday joined the crowd of Silicon Valley companies to acknowledge some stock options awarded to employees might have been mishandled — a problem that threatens to raise questions about the accuracy of past financial statements.
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RBI puts up paper on derivative and hedge accounting by banks 
Mumbai, Jun 28: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today put up a discussion paper on derivative and hedge accounting by banks for their study and feedback.
Source: www.newkerala.com


Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets an amendment of FASB Statement No. … Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments an amendment of FASB …
Source: www.fasb.org

Accounting Associations
A directory of accounting associations and professional organizations.
Source: www.taxsites.com


Opportunities for a career in accounting are excellent. The most recent Job Outlook Survey rates accounting as one of the ten college degrees demanded most by employers.
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Accounting Degree
Accounting … Home … Degree Programs … Accounting. The Accounting major prepares undergraduate students for a professional career in accounting through courses that provide technical …
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Dubai Accounting - Accounting, Auditing, Consulting Dubai Business Directory: Dubai, UAE Business Business Directory & Search Engine … Accounting Jobs provides Accounting, Finance, CPA, Banking, Insurance and Mortgage job search … Peachtree Software provides network-ready accounting software to small businesses with …
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Accounting
Accounting. Contact: Dr. Evelyn J. Honaker. Office: Tech 226. Phone: (423) 585-6972. E-mail: Evelyn.Honaker@ws.edu. Statement of Purpose … State’s two-year concentration in Accounting is designed to prepare successful graduates … level employment opportunities as paraprofessional in accounting. The program recognizes the …
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Taipei Times, Taiwan - Jun 27, 2006… The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics has agreed to foot the NT$140 million (US$4.3 million) bill for the program, Huang said. …
Source: www.taipeitimes.com

Senior US accounting oversight officials to visit Japan in July
Mainichi Daily News, Japan - Jun 26, 2006Financial Services Agency Commissioner Hirofumi Gomi said Monday that senior officials of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) of the United …
Source: mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp

RBI to frame derivative , hedge accounting norms
Financial Express, India - Jun 28, 2006MUMBAI, JUNE 28: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with recommendations on the derivative and hedge accounting norms by way of a discussion paper. …
Source: www.financialexpress.com

Trick accounting throttling fairer trade
TMCnet - 11 hours ago… and Nigeria. This is a classic double-accounting exercise and a practice that rich countries promised in 2002 to stop. When this …
Source: www.tmcnet.com


Mountain View officials are filing a lawsuit against an accounting firm that the city alleges aided in the loss of millions of dollars.
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Graduation Rate Improving, Schools Chancellor Says 
Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein reported strong numbers for the senior classes at 15 new small high schools.
Source: www.nytimes.com

On tape, bin Laden mourns al-Zarqawi’s death 
An audio message posted Friday on an Islamic Web site purports to be the voice of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, grieving over the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and taunting President Bush.
Source: www.cnn.com

Scrushy, ex-Alabama Gov. guilty in bribery case 
HealthSouth Corp. founder and ex-CEO Richard Scrushy and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman were convicted on federal bribery and mail fraud charges on Thursday, and could face decades in prison.
Source: news.yahoo.com

LATEST FROM THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (SOUTH AFRICA) 
The South African Accounting Standards Board (the Board) recently met for the nineteenth time at their offices in Midrand. It was noted that the IPSASB issued Update 4 after the meeting held in Tokyo.
Source: accountingeducation.com


SAN DIEGO — BakBone Software, Inc. , a global provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, announced today that it has identified a number of sales transactions in different geographical regions which had product return or exchange rights and which were not previously considered in the Company’s historical accounting policies.
Source: www.byteandswitch.com

Finance, Accounting and Consultancy 
Retailers higher VAT costs for loyalty card schemes? The High Court has decided that Loyalty Management UK Ltd (the operators of the Nectar loyalty card) cannot reclaim the VAT on reward goods and services.
Source: www.mondaq.com

Airways are the safest ever 
Several close calls in recent years show the potential for danger on flights remain, but the risk of dying in a plane crash has dropped sharply with recent technical innovations.
Source: www.usatoday.com

Boom helps GCC lure $800b Arab deposit overseas 
DUBAI Alarmed by the increasing flight of Arab overseas deposits estimated at more than $800 billion to buoyant Gulf economies, Swiss banks accounting for the bulk of these investments are taking urgent measures including the implementation of Islamic finance fundamentals to stem the trend, leading global finance experts said.
Source: www.khaleejtimes.com

People making news 
Rachelle Silberberg , an attorney specializing in labor, employment and business law at Clark Hill PLC , was elected to the board of directors of the Accounting Aid Society . Republic Bank promoted Karyn Rice from senior personal banker in Jackson to mortgage loan officer and hired Duane Aho , who has more than 23 years of banking experience, as community bank manager in Hancock.
Source: www.freep.com


A comprehensive index of web-based tax and accounting resources.
Source: www.taxsites.com


The Accounting Review. JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 75, 1926-2000. Journal Information for The Accounting Review … The Accounting Review is the premier journal for publishing articles reporting the results of accounting research and explaining and illustrating related …
Source: www.jstor.org

Global Navigation
“Great Ideas for Teaching Accounting offers us as accounting professors the opportunity to share some techniques that have been successful in our classroom.” –Martha Sampsell, Elmhurst College. Management Accounting Ideas … A Case for Introductory Accounting: Jennifer Williams, C.P.A. - Open for Business …
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TheStreet.com - 6 hours ago… founded in 1989, provides temporary and permanent placement of professionals in several disciplines, including finance and accounting, human resources, and …
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