A bill that's up for a vote would exempt more than half of public companies in the U.S. from reporting their financial statements as open data.
Continue readingHouse moves to restrict open data on corporate financial statements
Last night the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5405 which, among other things, would exempt more than half of public companies in the U.S. from reporting their financial statements as open data.
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Last week, XBRL.us launched the XBRL Challenge. The contest, which is offering a grand prize of $20,000, is soliciting open source analytical applications that make use of corporate XBRL data. XBRL is short for eXtensible Business Reporting Language, and starting this past June, all publicly traded companies are required to file their financial statements electronically to the SEC using it.
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