Goodwill in business is an intangible asset that's recorded when one company is purchased by another. It's the portion of the purchase price that's higher than the sum of the net fair value of all of ...

It is fair to assume that few investors lose sleep over the accounting treatment of goodwill on the balance sheet of companies in their portfolio. That may be about to change for several reasons. The ...

Cape Town - Changes to International Accounting Standards (IAS) are expected to be announced next year to bring the treatment of goodwill in line with recent changes to US Generally Accepted ...

AOL Time Warner will announce a massive charge of $50-billion (U.S.) or so today. No one will care, partly because it's expected and partly because most of the charge relates to goodwill. No one cares ...

While all buyers look for a degree of figurative goodwill from advisory practice sellers, some financial advisors could reap tax savings by offering up that literal type of asset in the deal. Sales of ...

Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG)said it lost $28.9 million US in the first quarter after taking a $18 million US goodwill charge as part of an accounting review. The Waterloo, Ont.-based logistics ...