How Trump is affecting Russian stocks
Originally published in CNBC By Rauan Khassan For Russian traders, the election of Donald Trump has been greeted as a mixed bag — it’s been great news for…
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Taxation for Leasing Companies: A Primer for 2017
Originally published in Monitor Daily By Jay W. Dahl One important economic factor to consider with any equipment lease is how the transaction will be reported…
Who Really Needs to Know About the Upcoming Lease Accounting Changes?
Originally published in NEFA Newsline By Nancy A. Geary At long last, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued finalized changes to lease accounting with…
Three stars will be the new one star
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Nursing home operators call it low occupancy. Medicare insiders call it a declining census. Economists call it excess…
Overtime Rule Uncertainty
Originally published in Middle Market Growth By Michael Krucker Many middle-market companies had been scrambling to meet a Dec. 1 deadline for an updated rule that…
What’s In a Name? Lessons Learned From a Merger
Originally published in Medium By Patrick Crocker Investment bankers are typically thought of as numbers people; we’re not branding experts, we’re not ‘touchy feely’. However, merging…
How to Price Benefit Plan Liabilities: What Acquirers Get Wrong
Originally published in Middle Market Growth By Joe Rankin Many middle-market dealmakers are pushing for transactions to close sooner rather than later, fearful that any economic…
What White-Collar Employers Are Forgetting About the New Overtime Rules
Originally published in Monitor Daily By Kimberly Siegel The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) — it isn’t just for blue-collar workers anymore. Starting December 1 of this…
Employees Might Be Disappointed By New Overtime Rules
Originally published in Fox Business By Michael Krucker Anyone reading about the Obama administration’s Wage and Hour Division new rules about mandatory overtime pay would be excused…
Why AT&T May Succeed With Time Warner Where AOL Couldn’t
Originally published in Entrepreneur Magazine By Jeff Harbach As they say, the past is prologue, and that is perhaps truer in tech than any other sector. How…