When we discuss current financial reporting issues, it is usually in the context of technical issues and regulatory requirements, rather than communication strategies. Our cameras were on hand at the FEI's Current Financial Reporting Issues Conference, where a high-level panel examined how communications imperatives are forging a connection between accounting and investor relations, and focused on best practices to assure integration of these two functions.

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