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FASB, IASB Set to Issue Revenue Recognition Standard
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board will host a joint media conference call to announce the issuance of their new, converged standard on revenue recognition tomorrow morning at 8:00 am eastern time. During the 45-minute call, FASB Chairman Russell G. Golden and IASB Vice-Chairman Ian Mackintosh will provide a brief overview […]
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RoboDirector? VC Firm Names Algorithm as Equal Member of its Board
File under “robots are taking over.” A Hong Kong venture capital firm called Deep Knowledge Ventures announced earlier this month that it has named an artificial intelligence tool to its board of Directors. Deep Knowledge stated that the tool known as VITAL (“Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences”) will become an “equal member of its Board of Directors.”According […]
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EU Court Affirms ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in Landmark Data Privacy Case
The European Union’s top court this week ruled that Google and other Internet search providers must honor certain individuals’ requests to remove links to personal information appearing in search results.The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) essentially upheld the so-called “right to be forgotten,” which gives users the right to ask that personal […]
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Societe Generale Names Compliance Officer for Americas
Societe Generale has named Lisette Lieberman as chief compliance officer for the Americas. She will report to the general counsel for the region, Laura Schisgall. Lieberman will also serve be a member of the U.S. executive committee. Lieberman joins Societe Generale from TD Bank, where she was the U.S. chief compliance officer and deputy global […]
