Nasdaq Giving XBRL A Try

With the exception of attorneys, few people have as much to gain from the flush of earnings restatements as do boosters of the Extensible Business Reporting Language. XBRL is designed to make financial reports easier to post on the Internet and easier to understand once they're posted. And it's getting an important tryout beginning this week.

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