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The growing public distress about the corporate world’s impact on our environment is driving executives and investors alike to see their activities through an increasingly greener lens. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a peek into the not-so-distant future, as “Wikinomics” hits the financial markets and as XBRL data becomes available from companies, governments, and organizations all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Public companies will soon learn when they must begin filing their financial reports in the XBRL format. Last month’s highly anticipated SEC meeting was pushed to May 14, the new date that Chairman Christopher Cox is expected to lay out the timetable for mandates. Read the rest of this entry »

Try it; you’ll like it. That’s the expected reaction to the first web site in the world that allows individuals to view and analyze their own and competitors’ financials in the XBRL format, learn about interactive data, and get help with their first filing. Called Try XBRL, the website can help financial professionals get up to speed on interactive data, ahead of the SEC’s mandates. Read the rest of this entry »

Financial reporters have taken to calling XBRL “Cox’s baby.” But SEC Chairman Christopher Cox is simply trying to get U.S. companies to catch up! A quick review of recent announcements from global exchanges shows that the U.S. is a late comer to eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), and our involvement long overdue! Read the rest of this entry »

The march continues toward global adoption of interactive data as the SEC announced September 25, 2007 the completion of the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) taxonomy. This was a critical technical achievement, over 10 years in the making, which means all U.S. public companies, regardless of their size or industry sector, can now use this superior online format for preparing and filing business reports. Read the rest of this entry »