31.   --Help craft international accounting standards that will encourage foreign companies to list on U.S. stock markets while providing the protections afforded by U.S. standards.

32.   In addition, a recently formed international accounting standards board will consider the issue this year.

33.   In addition, he was on the rules group and accounting standards and auditor registration committees.

34.   In part because of differing accounting standards, few German companies are listed on U.S. exchanges, even in the form of ADRs.

35.   In part because of differing accounting standards, few German companies are listed on U.S. exchanges, even in the form of American depository receipts.

36.   It prescribes accounting standards for all federal agencies, passes judgment on the legality of federal spending and evaluates hundreds of government programs each year.

37.   It is the accounting standard required of companies.

38.   It means strict accounting standards.

39.   Japanese accounting standards are widely considered less stringent than those in the U.S. or Europe.

40.   Lax accounting standards make the risks of investing in Russian companies largely unknown.