Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation fetal alcohol syndrome
- abbreviation Foreign Agricultural Service
- abbreviation free alongside ship
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Fellow of the Antiquarian Society of Edinburgh . - noun An abbreviation of
Fellow of the Anthropological Society of London .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism
fetal alcohol syndrome - initialism incoterm Free Alongside Ship (meaning the seller pays for transportation to the port, and the buyer pays for the rest of the transportation)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
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Typically every quarter we go through what we refer to as a FAS 91 adjustment where we re-estimate all of the prepays on everyone of our mortgage backed securities and with the slowdown, we own the portfolio at a discount.
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Typically every quarter we go through what we refer to as a FAS 91 adjustment where we re-estimate all of the prepays on everyone of our mortgage backed securities and with the slowdown, we own the portfolio at a discount.
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010
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Typically every quarter we go through what we refer to as a FAS 91 adjustment where we re-estimate all of the prepays on everyone of our mortgage backed securities and with the slowdown, we own the portfolio at a discount.
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010
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Some of the decisions involved in FAS and their effects were difficult – but they were right.
Not impressed Richard 2006
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"In the long term FAS leads to enormous social problems in various
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The rule that pertains to DVA, known as FAS 159, is part of rulemakers' efforts to make balance sheets more transparent by forcing companies to record changes in the market values of some assets and liabilities.
Analysis: Wall Street banks profit from their weakness Reuters 2011
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The rule that pertains to DVA, known as FAS 159, is part of rulemakers' efforts to make balance sheets more transparent by forcing companies to record changes in the market values of some assets and liabilities.
Analysis: Wall Street banks profit from their weakness Reuters 2011
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The new proposal, called FAS 157-e, is scheduled for a vote this Thursday.
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The accounting rule, known as FAS 140, will likely go into effect in the beginning of the fiscal year 2010 if approved.
Accounting Rule Change May Block Capital for Credit-Card Issuers 2009
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Groups such as Financial Executives International, an industry group, had lobbied the board to defer in its entirety the rule, known as FAS 157, for a year.
FASB Won't Delay 2007
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