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Simplicity is Aim as FASB Carves Out Alternative Approach for Credit Losses

Friday, August 31, 2012
The Financial Accounting Standards Board began Aug. 22 to chisel out an alternative approach on impairment of financial assets that would, if the board chairman's wishes are met, result in a simpler way to account for credit losses than another blueprint tried with international rulemakers.