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Congratulations to Bowne Financial

Congratulations to Bowne Financial Printing for winning an InfoWorld 100 Award for using Fujitsu's Interstage XWand to complete the first electronic SEC filing based on the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). The filing was conducted as part of the SEC's new XBRL Pilot Program.

www.bowne.com

www.fujitsu.com/interstage

November 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Updated XBRL Events

Here are some upcoming XBRL events to note:

Nov. 14 -18  XBRL Week  Dublin Ireland

Nov. 17 1st XBRL day for Securities Regulators and Financial Analysts in Spain   info@xbrl.org.es


2006

January 18  Use of XBRL in the high-tech industry  San Jose CA

Feb. 13  First Iberoamerican Workshop - Bogotá, Colombia

May 15 - 19 13th XBRL International Conference   Madrid Spain

Send an email to david@xbrlcentral if you know of additional events.

November 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Live again!

After a too-long period of time away from XBRL watching, I am back.  While I was gone we had a new baby girl making it two kids.

Look forward to lots of good XBRL news and comment.

November 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

UBMatrix Lands $5 Million VC

Congratualtions to George, Marc, Charlie and the whole gang at UBMatrix for landing their first round of VC funding.  Funding comes from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and will be used for development and sales.

Press Release here.

April 11, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Analysts' Introduction to XBRL

Another April XBRL event.  This one in New York City for financial analysts.  A full list of XBRL events can be found at: http://xbrlcentral.com/Events.html

Analysts' Introduction to XBRL: What Is It and Why Should I Care?

DATE Tuesday, April 19, 2005

TIME 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

LOCATION Morgan Stanley

1585 Broadway (between 47th and 48th Streets), NYC

6th floor auditorium

Enter on the 47th Street side of the building.

CHAIRS Arthur Fliegelman, CFA, Moody's Investors Service

Eric Linder, CFA, FinStat LLC

REGISTER/FEE Free to members and nonmembers

Walk-ins cannot be accepted.

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For security reasons, pre-registration is required. You must register

in advance by sending your name and company name to Laura Perrotti

at lperrotti@aicpa.org or 201-938-3458.

April 06, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

XBRL VP job listing

Corefiling, Ltd., a joint venture between Business Wire and Decisionsoft, is advertising for a key XBRL position in New York:

We are looking for a leader with experience, drive and demonstrated integrity to head up both our global consulting function and our operations in North America. Reporting to the London based CEO, this person will play a crucial role in our bid to become a substantial part of the compliance function within enterprises of all sizes, but initially in the financial services arena. ...

The right candidate will have a business development focus and a proven technical track record in financial systems integration, trading systems, or technical accounting. The candidate will possess an MBA, PhD or other advanced degree from a recognized institution, familiarity with large scale implementation using one or more ERP packages and can demonstrate exceptional consulting credentials.  ...

This is a senior role, and remuneration, including at-risk compensation, will be suitably reflected for the right candidate. Initially this will be in the region of USD$200k p. a.

April 04, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Free XBRL white paper for financial executives

Just added a link to a new white paper from Edgar Online:

http://xbrlcentral.com/WhitePapers.html

The free white paper is titled XBRL: The Changing World of Financial Reporting.

Created to help educate financial executives, the paper discusses the emergence of XBRL as the global standard for financial reporting, it's adoption in the U.S. and why it's important for financial executives to gain a better understanding of it's current and future impact.

April 01, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

More XBRL Events

Couple of additional events coming up soon that will deal, at least in part, with XBRL:

April 5  XBRL Ireland Open Day  - Dublin

May 29 - June 1  The World Accounting Summit  Dubai

March 25, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Upcoming XBRL Events

Here is an updated list of XBRL-related events.  If you know of others please let us know at info@xbrlcentral.com.

April 11-12 XBRL and the Corporate Financial Communication - Rome
A must or an opportunity in view of IAS and Basel II?

April 14  CRAS public Meeting - Paris

April 25-29 11th XBRL International Conference Boston
"Better, Faster, Smart Business Reporting Using XBRL"

May 13-14 Ninth World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium - Malta

May 26-27  5th XBRL Conference: Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I.  Regulatory Adoption, SOX  Remediation, Interoperability, and XBRL Assurances: What's in for you?

June 19-21   American Accounting Association XBRL Teaching Workshop  University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

June 29  1st European XBRL Conference for Financial Services - London

March 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Welcome

Welcome to XBRLCENTRAL blog!  This is a group blog that is dedicated to ensuring a lively and informative discussion about all things XBRL.  We encourage your participation.

March 20, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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