Policy makers need to seriously consider the case for the reinstatement of bank-specific disclosure requirements within the accounting regulations in the wake of the Northern Rock crisis, according to experts at Nottingham University Business School.
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A multibillion-dollar gap between what public companies book as expenses for their executives' stock options and what they report to the Internal Revenue Service under two sets of rules is costing the Treasury billions in lost revenue, a key senator seeking to end the discrepancy said Tuesday, according to the AP.
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A computer visualization tool developed by Arizona State University researchers can simulate the effects environmental and policy factors have on the future of water availability in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The program, called WaterSim, will be demonstrated on Feb. 17 by ASU geography professor Patricia Gober at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco.
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A Deakin University-Flinders University research team who reviewed all research on Aboriginal child health, development and wellbeing in Australia has found major gaps in knowledge, with significant implications for health service policy and delivery.
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