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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (215234)1/16/2003 10:53:18 PM
From: mishedlo  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
Banks
From Forbes:

Commercial banks have a giant burr in their collective saddle, and it's called the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Come Monday, the independent body responsible for establishing generally accepted accounting principles will announce that banks must consolidate or restructure hundreds of billions' worth of loans held off their balance sheets in entities called "conduits."

More at the link below:

forbes.com