2 pages. Excerpt: "Two 'leadership projects,' accounting for employee stock options and business combinations, are at the top of the agenda for fast-track action by the newly formed International Accounting Standards Board ('IASB').... A final decision to proceed with the stock option project will be made in July. The intent would be for any new stock option accounting standard that evolves from this process to be adopted by all eight nations, including the U.S."  MORE >>