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Purchase and Pooling Headaches
"The Financial Accounting Standards Board's new proposal regarding purchase accounting doesn't solve everything. However, it would eliminate the pooling method, and it takes a stab at dealing with goodwill in a way that could make more sense."

Looks like a step into preventing companies full of hot air from growing artificially bigger by merging with corporations stuffed with helium.

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