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New -- XBRL Essentials (No. 093017CPA06) is the first non-technical step-by-step guide to understanding eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). As the new "digital language of business," XBRL is rapidly changing how financial and business reporting is prepared and exchanged. Every financial and business professional who engages in the exchange of business information can benefit from understanding this groundbreaking technology. XBRL Essentials is a one-of-a-kind publication featuring a comprehensive XBRL demo and covering XBRL basics, why you need XBRL in your professional skill set, and how XBRL can be a cost-effective business solution. Price: $31.95 member; $39.95 non-member. IT Section members save 20% (for a price of $26).

New -- 2001 Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation[R] (SBBI) Valuation Edition Yearbook (No. 056602CPA06). Complete with real-world examples and useful graphs to illustrate the analyses, the SBBI Valuation Edition will help you make the most informed decisions in your cost-of-capital estimates. The Valuation Edition also contains an easy-to-understand overview and comparison of the build-up method, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Fama-French 3-factor model and the Discounted Cash Flow approach. Price: $88 member, $110 non-member.

New -- A CPA's Guide to Valuing a Closely-Held Business (No. 055601CPA06), by Gary R. Trugman, CPA/ABV. A CPA's Guide to Valuing a Closely-Held Business provides practitioners with an overview of the business valuation process. It is designed to help practitioners understand the valuation process, its applicability to certain types of engagements, and the various methods of valuation. This guide also helps the CPA find answers to the many questions that arise during business valuation engagements. The use of financial ratio analysis in the business valuation process to evaluate past, current and future performance of a business is also addressed. An extensive case study illustrating the valuation...