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Ronald Kiima

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Kiima Incorporated

Ronald A. Kiima, CPA, is former SEC Assistant Chief Accountant. Mr. Kiima is currently the President of Kiima Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in SEC accounting and disclosure issues, SEC registration statements and periodic reports,...

Scott Carnahan

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Carnahan Black Pearl LP

Scott Carnahan is Principal at Carnahan Black Pearl, an accounting consulting firm, and was previously a Partner in the Structured Finance Group and a National Director of Advisory Services with KPMG. Scott has more than 24 years of experience serving...

Dan Gode

Co-Founder
Almaris E-Learning Systems

Dan Gode is a Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law at New York University Stern School of Business. He is also the Co-Founder of Almaris E-Learning Systems. Professor Gode teaches courses in corporate financial accounting...

Thomas Klein

Managing Member
KleinCPA PLLC

Thomas Klein is a Faculty Member at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Business. Mr. Klein teaches taxation and financial accounting courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA, Masters of Accounting) level. He is also the Managing...

Frances Zuniga

Owner
Frances Zuniga LLC

Frances Zuniga is the Owner of Frances A. Zuniga, a California-based independent accounting and auditing firm. She has over 30 years of experience in investigating and resolving international tax issues, advanced corporate tax issues, non profit issues,...

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Chief Financial Officers	1839
IFRS Accounting Specialists	1364
Accounting, Finance, and Tax Professors (US)	455
Tax Professionals (US)	438
Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturing Accounting & Finance Professionals	426

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Banking Regulation and Accounting - Effects on Accounting Estimates

February 8, 2010

Analysis by:Nitish Grover, Principal, Owner,

Analysis of:Bankers, Government Officials Discuss Regulation in Davos | online.wsj.com

Bankers are getting the brunt of the blame for economic ills of the global economy. This is after the accountants were first given the blame for accounting rules which showed that there were losses when bankers and economists claimed otherwise. In this analysis I look at how this is going to effect accounting estimates especially in the backdrop of convergence of accounting standards.

Convergence IFRS-US GAAP - Is it too much debate for a futile cause?

January 16, 2010

Analysis by:Nitish Grover, Principal, Owner,

Analysis of:Convergence vs. Conversion | www.cfo.com

2011 is just a year away and we are expected to see a uniform set of global accounting standards. The pros, cons, hows and whys are being endlessly debated. Amid all this I sometimes wonder "Is it too much hoo ha over nothing?". In this analysis I look at some aspects of this very interesting and thought provoking debate.

better package may only translate into higher tax liability not fatter salary

January 5, 2010

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Mumuksha Singh of Paraskuhad & Associates on Taxanomy | mumukshasinghadocatesparaskuhadandassociates.com

Where’s all my salary gone?You have accepted a new job that has offered you a higher annual salary. You are looking forward to that extra cash but much to your surprise, at the end of the first Month you see that your monthly take home salary has actually gone down byCouple of thousands. The reason behind this quirk of fate is much higher taxLiability than what u had anticipated

Lease Accounting and the FASB-IASB Convergence Project

January 4, 2010

Analysis by:Nitish Grover, Principal, Owner,

Analysis of:Balance Sheet Blues | www.cfo.com

A new thinking on accounting for leases appears to be emerging. Don't think of operating and financial leases. Instead think of right to use. Record the right to use as an asset and the future payments as a liability. In this analysis I draw attention to some of the possible ramifications of the same on financial statement presentation and the leveraging effect.

Comverse refocuses on Billing and Value Added Services

December 27, 2009

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Form 8-K for COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC/NY/ | biz.yahoo.com

Some 3 years after acquiring NetCentrex, Comverse pulls back from its attempt to penetrate the communication infrastructure layer and refocuses on the billing and value-added services domains, where its leading position is unquestioned.

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February 10, 2010 | San Francisco

Fundamental: Accounting Red Flags in Distressed Times - Best Defenses for Analysts (San Francisco)

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GLG Webcasts

Webcast: Analyzing Accounting and Economics of Pensions and Post Retirement Benefits (10:30 AM EST)

2/5/2010

Teleconference: Apollo Group - SEC Revenue Probe (11:00 AM EDT/15:00 GMT)

10/29/2009

Webcast: Analyzing the Balance Sheet for Warnings Signals and Red Flags - Advanced (10:30 AM EDT)

8/27/2009

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Webcast: Analyzing the Balance Sheet for Warnings Signals and Red Flags-Intermediate (10:30 AM EDT)

8/20/2009

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GLG Webcast: Cash Flow Manipulation- July 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM EDT/7:30 AM PDT

7/28/2009

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