GAAP accounting stands for generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are a set of standardized rules that accountants use. Companies that sell public stock and release financial ...

More than 17,000 companies are registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), and more than 20 million are privately held. For decades, there has been discussion and debate about the ...

Generally accepted accounting principles, known as GAAP, are a standard set of guidelines followed by US accountants and corporations. Since publicly traded companies are required to report GAAP ...

Product warranties present manufacturers with a bit of a conundrum. The warranties offered on a product are a part of what the customer purchases when he decides to buy the product in the first place.

Corporate America is suddenly discovering it owes Uncle Sam a lot of money -- and investors are suffering as a result. In the past few weeks a series of major companies, including photographic firm ...