Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series ...

To provide guidance for the accounting treatment of purchased and internally-generated intangible assets in compliance with gasb.No51 and University of Texas (UT ...

Intangible assets are a big part of contemporary business, and many executives think innovation and related intangible assets now represent the principal basis for growth. CPA/ABVs and CFOs need to be ...

Although not always easy to quantify, intangible assets are one of the primary sources of strong competitive advantages for businesses and a key source of economic moats. Patents are a legal barrier ...

Included in the many proposals recently put forward to fix the banking crisis are several accounting-related ones of which the most prominent are the numerous calls to revise or reverse mark-to-market ...

Intangible assets include operational assets that lack physical substance. For example, goodwill is a fixed asset, as are patents, copyrights, trademarks and franchises. A company's intangible assets ...

Amid the flurry of acquisition activity that took place during the fourth quarter of 2012, the focus of many advisers, executives and deal teams was getting transactions done before the clock struck ...

Intangible assets, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks and goodwill, don't have physical substance but still contribute value to a company. Accountants record intangible assets according to their ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an Invitation to Comment document asking for input from its constituents on the accounting for certain identifiable intangible assets acquired in a ...