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Monday, June 8, 2009

XBRL US Announces Pacific Rim Technology Workshop & Summit, Santa Clara, California, July 28-30, 2009

Event will focus on development, maintenance and other advanced XBRL topics NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium for XML business reporting, will hold its first-ever Pacific Rim Technology Workshop & Summit, a 2 ½ day event bringing together XML developers and other professionals from around the Pacific Rim who are […more]

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

DTCC, SWIFT and XBRL US Join Together on Plan to Improve Processing of Corporate Actions Announcements

NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ — The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), SWIFT and XBRL US announced today a plan to fundamentally change corporate actions announcement processing, bringing greater accuracy, reduced risks and costs, by improving transparency and communication between issuers and investors. The collaboration will promote straight-through-processing by electronically capturing data directly from […more]

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Corporate Actions Conference To Focus on Standards To Change The Issuer-Investor Dialogue, May 28, New York

Featured speakers from SEC, NIRI, NYSE Euronext, Reuters, DTCC, SWIFT, Citi and others NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Join XBRL US and Securities Operation Forum at Corporate Actions 2009, a one-day conference held in association with the Depository & Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and SWIFT. What: One day conference will kick off an initiative […more]

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

XBRL US Survey Finds Most Companies Ready for SEC’s XBRL Reporting Mandate

At least 2/3 of companies in first phase of SEC rule have already created XBRL-formatted financials WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire/ — At least 340 of the estimated 500 public companies that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires to begin filing in XBRL format in June 2009, have already converted their financial statements to XBRL. […more]

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

XBRL US Publishes 2009 Release of US GAAP Taxonomies for SEC XBRL Mandate

Offers filer training to help public companies understand the taxonomies and meet SEC compliance XBRL US announced today that it released and posted the digital dictionary for US GAAP reporting which has been accepted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The 2009 release includes hundreds of accounting and industry-specific revisions to the 2008 release. […more]

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

XBRL US Launches Intern Program to Foster Cooperation and Build Community

Program to culminate in Pacific Rim Summit and Workshop, July 27-29, 2009 WASHINGTON, April 7 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US announced today an internship program for emerging XBRL practitioners as part of a summit and workshop in San Francisco on July 27-29, 2009. The event will assemble a rapidly growing community of professionals from around the […more]

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Corporate Actions Conference, May 28, 2009, New York, to Feature Speakers from NIRI, SEC, NYSE Euronext, FDIC

NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US and Securities Operations Forum jointly announced that top-name speakers will be presenting at a one-day conference, Corporate Actions 2009: Improving Issuer-Investor Communication by reducing risk and cost through technology standards, on May 28, 2009 in New York City at the Westin Times Square. This conference will explore […more]

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

SWIFT’s Americas CEO Chris Church Joins XBRL US Board of Directors

NEW YORK, March 24, 2008 – SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 8,500 institutions, and XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the U.S. marketplace, announced today that Chris Church, SWIFT CEO of Americas and Global Head of Securities, is joining the board of directors for XBRL US. The […more]

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

XBRL US Testifies to Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Reports technology standard is real, ready and relevant in current financial crisis March 11, 2009, Washington, DC – XBRL US reported today to the Domestic Policy Subcommittee hearing of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The hearing, on the Treasury Department’s oversight of the use of funds by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief […more]

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

XBRL US and Securities Operations Forum Announce Corporate Actions 2009 Conference on May 28, 2009

Event to showcase new standards bringing issuers closer to investors WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US and Securities Operations Forum today jointly announced “Corporate Actions 2009: Improving Issuer-Investor Communication by reducing risk and cost through technology standards”, a conference to be held on May 28, 2009 in New York City at The Westin New […more]


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