Accounting

 $3B budget surplus for January

February 14, 2013 

$3B budget surplus for January

The United States posted a $3B federal budget surplus for the month of January, marking the first surplus in about five years.

 New York community banks issue most small-business loans

February 12, 2013 

New York community banks issue most small-business loans

New York's community banks provide most of the loans for the state's small businesses and farms, generating more than half of all small- business loans and almost all small-farm loans even though they hold less than one-fourth of all bank assets in the state, banking regulators said in a new report.

 FASB issues XBRL implementation guide for subsequent events

February 12, 2013 

FASB issues XBRL implementation guide for subsequent events

FASB has issued its U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Implementation Guide—Subsequent Events. The guide is the first in a series of XBRL Implementation Guides, which are designed to help Taxonomy users understand how certain disclosures are structured within the Taxonomy, and is available at www.fasb.org.

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