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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=4"> C ONTENTS july 2009 </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=5"> vol. LXXIX/no.7 6PERSPECTIVES 14INFOCUS </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=6"> Publisher LOUIS GRUMET Associate Pu</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=7"> Save the Date! Construction Contractors Accounti</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=8"> P ERSPECTIVES viewpoint Early Warning and Q</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=9"> publisher's column Tax Amnesty and the Stat</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=10"> (Continued from page 6) accounting: to measure an</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=11"> Problems with the Current Standards-Setting Model</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=12"> Speedy resolution of emerging issues would be </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=13"> 2008 Max Block Awards Presented ThDeistwinignuni</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=14"> The Evolution of Human Resources Directo</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=15"> on their critical programmatic functions. From a </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=16"> A FORUM ON CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING ISSUES </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=17"> INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS:GOING FROM THE</a>
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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=19"> Norris: Of course, as [IASB Vice Chairman Tom]</a>
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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=21"> the extent that a financial institution, a hold- </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=22"> A FORUM ON CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING ISSUES </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=23"> INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS:GOING FROM THE</a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=24"> Tom Jones: The “crazy” reference was the idea</a>
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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=26"> Questions from the Audience Kaustav Sen, Pace</a>
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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=28"> A FORUM ON CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING ISSUES </a>
<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=29"> INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: PANEL DISCUSS</a>
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<a title="The CPA Journal - July 09 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8fe9ceb?page=37"> INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS:GOING FROM THE</a>
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