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FASB and IASB Delay Convergence Timeline—Again

By Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. April 15, 2011

Leaders of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday they have pushed back their work on the handful of “priority” projects they had committed to complete this year. The delay was announced in a joint podcast by FASB chair Leslie Seidman and IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie. They said [...]

Tweedie Urges U.S. Acceptance of IFRS

By Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. March 11, 2011

International Accounting Standards Board chairman Sir David Tweedie made the case Thursday for U.S. businesses and the Securities and Exchange Commission to support International Financial Reporting Standards this year. Speaking before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., Tweedie said that 2011 would be seen as the year when the future path of financial [...]