Brussels, 28/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The two bodies responsible for establishing international accounting standards, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and its American counterpart, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), signed a protocol of agreement on 27 February aimed at convergence between the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) used in the EU and the American accounting standards (US GAAP). The aim is to abolish, by 2008, the obligation...