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- 4 steps organizations can take to strengthen information security
A "staggering" acceleration of change and complexity in technology and cyberthreats has organizations failing to keep pace in the information-security race, Ernst & Young reports in its annual Global Information Security Survey. What can organizations do to bring information security up to speed? Ernst & Young recommends a four-step approach. CGMA Magazine
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- Ontario accounting body joins national merger initiative
Certified Management Accountants of Ontario has joined discussions on streamlining accounting designations in Canada by unifying the profession under the Chartered Professional Accountant designation. CMA Ontario previously was a holdout in talks to combine chartered accountants and management accountants. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (tiered subscription model)
(11/19)
- Argentina will appeal order to pay bondholders $1.33B
Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino says Argentina will appeal an order by U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa to pay $1.33 billion to bondholders who refused to go along with an exchange of defaulted debt in 2005 and 2010. Lorenzino says a challenge will be presented to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Reuters
(11/23), Financial Times (tiered subscription model)
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- Japanese central bank fends off calls for stimulus
The Bank of Japan declined to increase economic stimulus, despite demands from Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, who is running for prime minister. The central bank also dismissed proposals from Abe that would curtail its independence. "Central bank independence is a system created upon bitter lessons learned from the long economic and financial history in Japan and overseas countries," Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said. Reuters
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- Olam sues critic of accounting methods
Commodity trader Olam International is suing short seller Carson Block and his company, Muddy Waters Research, for questioning its accounting methods. Olam reportedly uses an aggressive reporting approach for biological assets. Bloomberg
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- Changes coming to U.S. GAAP
Whether International Financial Reporting Standards become the basis for U.S. accounting standards, convergence projects and efforts focused on private-company accounting will affect activities well beyond financial reporting. The webcast "Convergence: Changes Coming to U.S. GAAP" focuses on how convergence with IFRS will affect private-company accounting.
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