A proposed new standard on revenue recognition will be the topic of a public round table meeting next week in Japan. Hosted by FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board, the meeting will provide stakeholders the opportunity to participate in dialogue with the boards about the proposed, converged standard on revenue from contracts with customers.
In the week ahead, the inaugural CGMA Global Economic Survey will show CGMAs’ views on economic conditions. The EU will release data on the money supply and economic sentiment. And accounting standards convergence talks will be held in Brazil and Malaysia.
In a dispatch from Brussels, Tony Barber of the "Financial Times" examines fault lines radiating from the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis. Barber looks at who’s benefitting and who’s hurting.
The housing industry, a broad barometer of the US economy, has shown some signs of movement following a lethargic 2011. But will sales, prices, new homes and optimism continue to increase? New data will offer clues.
In a stormy global economic environment, India is one of the brightest beacons of commercial opportunity, argues Adam Roberts, South Asia bureau chief for The Economist.
Enviable growth and compelling demographics make Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa, together known as the CIVETS nations, markets to be reckoned with.
