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A Strike-of-Midnight Change to Fair Value
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Standard-setters have thrown their fair-value critics a bone in the waning days of 2008, a year that will be remembered by accounting professionals...
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Global Crisis Group Offers Integrity Backstop
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SEC: Fair Value's Savior
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