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EVEN WITH THE GUIDANCE IN FASB STATEMENT NO. 142, th e useful life of certain intangible assets is difficult to judge, particularly assets that involve contracted or other legally set terms. Companies ...

Business titans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were recognized for controlling critical industries of the day, including transportation, commodities and manufacturing. Many of these ...

As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

As nonprofit leaders, changing the calendar year signals one of the most critical periods in our work: annual reporting on impact and new year goal setting. It's a time when we compile the results of ...

Sean Speer and Robert Asselin are senior fellows at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. They are co-authors of the new Public Policy Forum paper entitled, A New ...

Electronic music is added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, acknowledgement that the artform is shaping France's ...