Once criticized as spineless in the face of lawmakers'pressure, the rule-setting board for corporate accounting is poised to make a move with profound consequences for companies'profits and executive compensation.
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O'Brien was also the one member of Council voting to oppose a public water rate setting board, opting to instead leave that decision in the hands of the Water Commissioner.
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The cut comes a week before the central bank's scheduled policy-setting board meeting and takes the rate it charges banks for overnight loans a half point lower to 5.0 percent.
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The decision to stand pat on rates at a policy-setting board meeting yesterday " gave some short-term relief, " said Jack Stapleton, a currency salesman at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
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Jenkins headed that earlier committee at the institute before he became chairman of the standard-setting board, and the committee's 1994 report will provide a starting map for the FASB's work.
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said its policy-setting board approved Wednesday a measure requiring banks to keep at least 30 percent of their foreign-exchange assets in cash or securities easily traded.
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The fund, championed by U . N . Secretary-General Kofi Annan last June, will be an independent legal entity based in Geneva, with an 18-member policy-setting board, according to the statement.
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The cut comes a week before the central bank's scheduled policy-setting board meeting and takes the rate it charges banks for overnight loans a half point lower to 5 . 0 percent.
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Critics also complained about a double standard, saying students who plagiarize can be suspended at Harvard, where Goodwin got her Ph . D . and serves on the policy-setting Board of Overseers.
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The bank holds its policy-setting board meeting tomorrow, though is not expected to make any announcements on interest rates until after the U . S . Federal Reserve meeting of July 1-2.
