Mahindra & Mahindra would continue to focus on utility vehicles segment with the launch of fresh products on new platforms, a top company official has said.

Pareek comes with over two decades of experience with Maruti Suzuki where his last role was as COO, wherein he was heading Marketing & Sales vertical.

BASF will buy agrochemical and seed businesses for $2 billion

‘Brain gain’ program brings high-profile international researchers to Canadian universities

Chemists are designing better methods to analyze confiscated nuclear materials and to track nuclear activity remotely

Start-ups link with plastic makers on new recycling techniques

Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boosts the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%

Akamptisomers result from bond-angle inversion

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use

Dynamic boron-oxygen networks are key to the new material’s unusual properties

Goal is getting Pfizer-owned land in New Jersey back into use

Rapid improvements in the stability and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem cells are raising commercial hopes

A superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could help prevent bacterial growth on the mouthpieces

Stock market conditions are favorable for Chinese technology firms

Chemical and biochemical approaches take aim at plastic pollution

Headlines about plastic-eating organisms belie tough, competitive road to development

Dodecahedral ‘silicages’ could carry drugs or diagnostic agents

U.S. natural gas production loses 2.3% of methane to leaks

The electroactive material’s makers say it can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and battle body odor

Chemical makers launch initiatives for recycling multilayer packaging and polystyrene

The French startup will develop an RNA-targeted therapy for the rare muscle disease centronuclear myopathy

Teijin breaks ground on a $600 million plant in Greenwood as global demand grows for the strong, lightweight material

Un estudio hace que los científicos se replanteen cómo se desarrollan las infecciones bacterianas

Particles adsorbed on cells accumulate in the first organ downstream from injection site

Source of perfluorocarbon pollution as yet unknown, state says

Iron oxide particles and hydrogen peroxide bust biofilms on teeth in rat study

Reagent developed through Scripps and BMS collaboration couples nucleosides with potential applications in antisense therapeutics

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This edition of Wainberg's Society Meetings Including Rules of Order is an updated version of the very popular first edition that was published in 1992. Easy reading and authoritative discussion of many of the issues that would arise at, before, or during, the holding of meetings of directors or members of societies make this book an indispensable reference guide for members of various charities and other non-share capital corporations.

Editors

Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C.
J. Glyde Hone, LL.B., LL.M.

Publication Year: 2001

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Available: November 2011

A practical guide designed for CPAs who service public companies, whether internally or externally. It identifies disclosure requirements for financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This product is both for preparers and reviewers of financial statements that will be included in SEC 1933 or 1934 Act filings. It can be used to prepare and review the financial statement disclosures of non-small business, domestic registrants.

The checklists are organized by question, disclosure requirement and reference source. First, the reader is prompted with a question, such as "Does the company have restrictions on its cash?" If the answer is yes, the reader proceeds to the disclosure requirement. The reader can also obtain more in-depth information by reading the excerpts from SEC reference material that is provided in the book and supports the requirement.

Once the reader is satisfied that the company has met the disclosure requirements, the response to the question and the workpaper reference can be entered into the book or on the checklist, which is available on the free, companion CD included with the volume.

The free, back-of-the-book CD contains three checklists covering the same disclosure questions and requirements in the book.        

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Available: September 2011

Author: George Georgiades, CPA

• Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once you’ve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, and then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as well as references to pre-Codification FASB literature. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

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The features and functionality you need to simplify the complex process of preparing financial statements.

Save valuable time by locating the right disclosure requirements quickly with the IFRS Interactive Disclosure Checklist. This software is loaded with features that simplify the complex process of preparing financial statements. Just by answering some simple questions, you’ll be able to quickly locate the right disclosure requirements plus you’ll have access to line-by-line disclosure guidance, ensuring disclosures are complete and accurate.

Consistent with the International Financial Reporting Standards

This software is organized by accounting topic consistent with the International Financial Reporting Standards and can be used on its own or linked to the Standards content in your CCH IFRS research subscription for additional guidance on the scope and interpretation. The completed checklist can be placed in annual or quarterly workpapers to provide support for review and compliance procedures.

• Tailor each checklist to ensure that only relevant questions are asked, and customize which questions you want to print.
• Roll forward checklists from prior periods; log and highlight preparer comments.
• Problem answers and disclosures are tracked automatically; on-screen guidance and tips will help you prepare statements with confidence.
• With regular updates, you’ll stay current and see what has changed between updates.

IFRS Interactive Disclosure Checklist is the optimal tool to ensure your disclosures are complete and accurate:

Customizable — Tailor each checklist to ensure that only relevant questions are asked. You can even customize which questions you want to print.

Time saving features — Roll forward checklists from prior periods, keeping only the information you want; log and highlight preparer comments.

Uncomplicated navigation — Find what you need using checklist filters, dynamic contents window and ‘find’ feature.

Interactive — Save valuable time by locating the right disclosure requirements quickly. You’ll get line-by-line disclosure guidance and forms can be filled in on-screen or printed out.

Helpful tools — Problem answers and disclosures are tracked automatically; on-screen guidance and tips will help you prepare statements with confidence.

Integration — Use checklists alongside CCH’s IFRS for Canada research content to meet all your IFRS information needs. Integrate the checklist tool into your internal control processes for a seamless workflow..

Updated regularly — Stay current and easily see what changed between updates.

IFRS Inte

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Full Article

Published: October 2013

Since the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, several arbitral tribunals have rendered awards dealing with claims of breach of Article 1105. Some of these awards have been very controversial and have had a tremendous impact on the development of the concept of fair and equitable treatment (FET) and the evolution of international investment law. Yet, in spite of the fundamental importance of these awards, no comprehensive study had been undertaken to determine the meaning and the content of the FET standard under NAFTA Article 1105.

This book’s systematic analysis of the provision and its case law fills this analytical gap. Because Article 1105 is in many ways different from typical FET clauses contained within most investment treaties, the author examines the particular parameters under which it must be interpreted. He also analyzes how these specific features have influenced NAFTA tribunals’ interpretation of the provision, and how their assessments differ from awards rendered by other tribunals outside NAFTA.

Among the issues treated in the course of the analysis are the following:

• The origin, development, nature and content of the concept of the ‘minimum standard of treatment’ and its interaction with the FET standard
• The specific parameters under which Article 1105 must be interpreted, including contextual elements such as subsequent agreement and practice between the NAFTA Parties on matters of interpretation
• The context in which the Free Trade Commission issued its Note of Interpretation in 2001 and how NAFTA tribunals have applied it
• Whether or not the concepts of legitimate expectations, transparency, arbitrary conduct, discriminatory conduct, good faith, denial of justice, and due process have been considered by NAFTA tribunals as specific elements of protection to be accorded to investors under Article 1105
• The many facets of these elements and the threshold of severity that NAFTA tribunals have required for finding a breach of Article 1105
• The interaction between Article 1105 and other NAFTA provisions on national treatment, Most-Favored-Nation treatment, and expropriation
• How NAFTA tribunals have assessed damages for breach of Article 1105

This comprehensive guide to NAFTA case law on Article 1105 is an important contribution to the on-going controversial debate about the scope and content of the FET standard under international law. It will be of great interest to counsel for investors and States as well as to arbitrators, academics and anyone interested in investor-State arbitration.

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