Monday, April 2, 2007

Think tanks urge standardized U.S. quarterly reports

(Reuters) - The report from the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, comprised of U.S. business and academic leaders, and the CFA Center for Financial Market Integrity asks that companies go beyond government regulations and standardize the way quarterly earnings reports are disseminated.

Titled "Apples to Apples: A Template for Reporting Quarterly Earnings," the report asks companies to clearly give quarterly bottom-line per share figures and earnings and to include a concise table explaining how each given figure is calculated.


Read more at Reuters.com Business News

No comments: