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It’s time to put the brakes on convergence

By Jack Ciesielski

Published: October 30 2008 01:41 | Last updated: October 30 2008 01:41

Just two months ago, there was a growing certainty that the US was on the path to adopting international accounting rules and dropping US GAAP. A roadmap for how this would happen was promised.

Now, it looks less likely – and that’s good. The events of October contain many lessons, and one of them is that it’s time to put the brakes on the international accounting convergence movement.

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