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Category: Accounting

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Inadequate Internal Controls Contribute to Surge of Delayed Annual Reports

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A slew of companies both large and small have announced in recent weeks that they would miss the deadline this year for filing their annual reports. Although companies delaying the release of their Form 10-K isn’t unusual, the number doing...

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Thirty Years After ‘Informant!’ Scandal, Inquiry Probes Executive Bonuses at ADM

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A Midwestern agribusiness may seem like an unlikely setting for million-dollar corporate intrigue, but that’s not for lack of trying on the part of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Roughly 30 years after the food-processing company endured a Holl...

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FASB Issues Long-Awaited Disclosure Standard

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Roughly a month after the Financial Accounting Standards Board published its first accounting standard for the disclosure of crypto assets, companies and accountants seeking clarity on crypto matters, for the first time, have a standard tha...

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New Intelligize Report Delves into Non-GAAP Measures Influencing Exec Comp

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Last year’s high-profile labor strife in the entertainment and auto industries brought a renewed focus to executive compensation. The PR campaigns waged in these battles echoed familiar beats from similar disputes of the past. Namely, rank-...

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SEC Uses ‘Swiss Army’ Statute in $25 Million Fine for Violations on Stock Buybacks

Swiss Army knife as multi-use tool

Companies that alter their trading plans outside guidelines authorized by their boards should beware of the risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency on November 14 announced that Charter...

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