| 1. | GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). A widely accepted set of rules, conventions, standards, and procedures for reporting financial information, as established by the Financial Accounting … See also: Accounting Principles 0.3 KB |
| 2. | GAAS | Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAS) - These are the standards compiled and maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board that set guidelines for the recording, reporting and auditi… See also: Accounting Standards 0.3 KB |
| 3. | GAO - Government Accountability Office | Under recently passed legislation, we have changed our name from the General Accounting Office to the Government Accountability Office. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an agency that wor… 1.0 KB |
| 4. | Global Crossing | A communication services company that filed for bankruptcy protection amid an accounting scandal where it had allegedly inflated earnings by using capacity swaps, among other things. Capacity swaps ar… 0.4 KB |
| 5. | Good Cause | A substantial reason put forth in good faith that is not unreasonable, arbitrary, or irrational and that is sufficient to create an excuse for an act under the law (unable to show good cause for failu… 0.4 KB |
| 6. | Governance | A generic term which describes the ways in which rights and responsibilities are shared between the various corporate participants, especially the management and the shareholders, as well as how these… 0.3 KB |
| 7. | Government Securities | A government debt obligation, local or national, which is backed by the credit and taxing power of a country with very little risk of default. The government borrows money by issuing various securitie… 0.3 KB |
| 8. | Gramm-Leach-Bliley | A 1999 Act introduced by Senator Gramm from Florida and Representative Leach from Iowa. The stated purpose was to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential frame… 0.4 KB |
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