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Mandatory XBRL: Here It Comes
Mandatory XBRL: Here It Comes On Monday, the SEC will hold an open Commission meeting to vote on a proposal to mandate XBRL. Given that this has been one of Chairman Cox's top priorities since he took office - and...

Mandatory XBRL: Gulp, Large Companies By Next Spring!
Mandatory XBRL: Gulp, Large Companies By Next Spring! Yesterday, the SEC held an open Commission meeting to propose mandatory XBRL. As expected, the SEC proposed a phase-in period for mandatory XBRL - starting with approximately the largest 500 companies (specifically,...

Parsing the SEC's XBRL Proposing Release: Two Liability Standards and More
Parsing the SEC's XBRL Proposing Release: Two Liability Standards and More Late on Friday, the SEC posted a 143-page proposing release for its mandatory XBRL rulemaking. Based on a quick glance, here are some additional thoughts to the ones I...

A Cautionary XBRL Tale
A Cautionary XBRL Tale There are gonna many good things that come along with XBRL. But there also will be a learning curve - just like anything else that is new - and that's what scares me about implementing it...

A Plug (Sort of) for XBRL
The SEC has expended a lot of effort in promoting XBRL (extensible business reporting language), which essentially codes data within electronic SEC filings so that the data can be searched and analyzed more easily...

XBRL: 21st Century Financial Reporting
XBRL is a fascinating development in financial reporting, and the SEC has done a fine job coordinating its implementation. This...

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Requip
alleging behavior urges users to gamble, shop, and eat compulsively.

Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory
Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory

California Pistachios
FDA Issues Salmonella Advisory for Certain Brands