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During my search for a job while in college, I was offered two posts - a part-time hockey referee or a job as a waiter at a now-defunct budget steakhouse chain.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously on Friday to propose requiring public companies to disclose more information to investors about their short-term borrowing arrangements.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is asking for input on how to improve the accounting for insurance contracts in financial reports through a new discussion paper.

Financial Accounting Standards Board technical director Russell G. Golden has been appointed a member of the board, filling one of three vacancies on the newly expanded panel.

We asked candidates for our Top 100 Most InfluentialPeople in Accounting the following question:

The Financial Accounting Standards Board intends to host two public roundtable meetings to solicit input on private company accounting and reporting issues.

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London - The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project has teamed with the Global Reporting Initiative to form the International Integrated Reporting Committee, with the goal of creating a globally accepted framework for sustainability accounting to bring together financial, environmental, social and governance information in a clear, concise, consistent and comparable format. The committee will try to develop more comprehensive and comprehensible information about an organization's total performance, on a prospective and a retrospective basis.

Norwalk, Conn. - The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a new set of standards aimed at improving the transparency of financial reporting by companies that hold financing receivables, which include loans, lease receivables, and other long-term receivables.

FASB, IASB RELEASE NEW LEASING STANDARD PROPOSALS

Washington, D.C. - The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking the public for feedback on its plans for incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards into the financial reporting system for U.S. issuers.

Washington, D.C. - A group of Democratic senators has written to the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission urging the SEC to require more complete and accurate corporate accounting disclosures, especially of off-balance-sheet transactions.

It's the beginning of the school year and we're seeking relief from a deadline by reprising a column that appeared in November 2008. Back then, we provided this conceptual primer to show that market value reporting could not be legitimately blamed for the credit crisis, and that it actually offers major advantages over the existing reporting model that enabled the credit crisis to go undetected for so long and to be so serious when ultimately revealed.

Washington, D.C. - The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board plans to impose more sanctions on accounting firms and managers that don't adequately supervise their staff.

In addition to asking candidates for our Top 100 MostInfluential People in Accounting their opinions on IFRS and convergence, weasked:

We asked candidates for our Top 100 Most InfluentialPeople in Accounting the following question:

A pair of former executives standing trial for embezzling from the Russian oil company Yukos are claiming that PricewaterhouseCoopers withdrew its certified audits under pressure from the Kremlin.

The International Federation of Accountants’ Professional Accountants in Business Committee has released a paper highlighting how employer expectations of professional accountants in business are expected to change in light of global trends and evolving organization needs.