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8/1/11 – Disappointment is the rule rather than the exception when CEOs are hired from high-performing companies, study finds
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7/18/11 – High volume promotes high volatility in share prices, study finds
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5/25/11 – Low Readability of Corporate Reports is as Much a Headache for Stock Analysts as it is for Average Investors, study suggests
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4/14/11 – Leading accounting scholar outlines research priorities to help prevent another financial crisis
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4/5/11 – Stock Buybacks are a Plus for Shareholders, Even When Pay of Executives is Tied to Firms' Earnings Per Share, study finds
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2/10/11 – Short-selling is a far better guide for investors than the recommendations of analysts, study finds
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1/28/11 – New way to implement a venerable strategy in stock trading yields dramatically better result
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12/29/10 – Unwelcome News about Their Stocks Tempers Investors' Zeal for Credibility
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12/2/10 – Exempting Small Firms from Audit Mandates May Be Mistake, 2 studies suggest
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11/17/10 – Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Four New Members to Its Board of Trustees

10/22/2010 – SOX Section 404 substantially reduces corporate financial misstatements
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8/18/10 -  Board independence contributed significantly to woes of major financial institutions in recent crisis, study suggests
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8/20/10 - Deloitte Foundation Renews $500,000 Commitment to Continuing Education for Accounting Professors Through the AAA’s Trueblood Seminars

8/18/10 -  Bad-news Forecasts From Management Are Less Credible
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7/21/2010 – Shareholder votes on executive compensation at US firms have been judicious as well as effective, new research finds
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6/29/2010 – Supreme Court's SOX decision spares rule that benefits investors
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6/17/10 – Companies commonly question the sanity of accusers, but investors disagree, study of financial whistle-blowing suggests

7/26/10 – WebCPA: Say on Pay Leads to 38% Drop in CEO Comp
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7/21/10 – True/Slant: Yes, Virginia, you CAN tackle CEO pay
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7/2/10 – HBR.com: Whistle-Blowers' Impact Depends on the Press
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7/1/10 – The Economist: Two Cheers for Sarbanes-Oxley
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6/23/10 WebCPA: Stock Prices Fall After Whistleblowers Report Fraud
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5/5/10 - Women CFOs are More Reliable than Men in Estimates that are Key to Earnings Quality
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3/29/10 - Investors may lose out if Supreme Court kills SOX
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2/3/10 - Advice to CFOs of firms where the CEO is a founder: In the event of accounting irregularities, watch your back!
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1/11/10 - Managers who manipulate company earnings can make detection hard for auditors, but their tactics can easily backfire, study reveals

1/5/10
Analysts' cash-flow forecasts grow in number but shrink in accuracy, study finds

12/9/09
Analysts' cash-flow forecasts grow in number but shrink in accuracy, study finds

11/18/09
IMA Sponsors Doctoral Colloquium at 2010 AAA Management Accounting Section Meeting

10/21/09
CEO retirement is big loser for shareholders, when chief's pension  is based on company's late-stage performance, new study finds.

09/22/09
KPMG-AAA Faculty Survey
Source: KPMG

07/28/09
Address by Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board

07/22/09
David M. Walker to Address AAA Annual Meeting Attendees

07/22/09
U.S. Congressmen to Present Panel Discussion at the AAA Annual Meeting

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