While the study suggests that confidence in the standards will improve with familiarity, as investors and analysts educate themselves the debate will move to the standard-setting process as well as the governance of the International Accounting Standards Board.

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But, with Latinos under siege in the immigration debate, maybe they were too busy defending themselves to take shots at African-Americans.

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Unfortunately, says van Nispen, the candidates have allied themselves with specific interests something that serves to trivialize the debate and the true concerns at hand.

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