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ADVISORY: 11th
Annual Haas School Conference on Financial Reporting
ATTENTION:
BUSINESS
WRITERS
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10/30/00
Contact: Ute Frey Haas
School of Business
(510) 642-0342
frey@haas.berkeley.edu
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WHAT: |
The
11th Annual Haas School Conference on Financial Reporting,
at which senior representatives of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) and the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) will report on current and emerging
issues.
The
conference will include sessions on revenue recognition,
recently put on the front burner by the SEC in response
to SEC concerns about financial reporting abuses and
earnings management. The conference also will cover
recent developments with respect to the accounting treatment
of mergers and acquisitions.
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WHEN: |
Friday,
November 3, 2000 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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WHERE: |
Santa
Clara Marriott Hotel 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa
Clara. Phone: (408) 988-1500 |
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WHO: |
Keynote
speakers include Sir Bryan Carsberg, secretary general
of the International Accounting Standards Committee, and
Edmund L. Jenkins, chair of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board. |
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BACKGROUND:
The
conference is organized by the Center for Financial
Reporting and Management at the University of California,
Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
NOTE:
Media
representatives should contact Ute Frey at the Haas
School at (510) 642-0342 or frey@haas.berkeley.edu.
For an agenda, visit the Web site http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/accounting/cfrm/2000FRConference.htm.
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