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Published 11/19/2008 at Reuters: Politics
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just four days after releasing a formal "roadmap" proposal to move U.S. companies to international accounting rules, U.S. regulators are facing a slew of complaints about the millions of dollars it would cost companies to make the switch.
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