http://kevinbondelliyouthvote.disqus.com/Youth Vote, Technology, PoliticsenTue, 21 Oct 2008 13:15:39 -0000http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2008/09/30/overview-of-the-emergency-economic-stabilization-act-of-2008/#comment-3204827You mentioned the benefit to minority business enterprises with respect to government contracts initiated by the Secretary, but are there any other "goodies" to help out MBEs? What about in the private sector, through the banks for example?KatherineTue, 21 Oct 2008 13:15:39 -0000http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2008/09/30/overview-of-the-emergency-economic-stabilization-act-of-2008/#comment-2786657Yeah. The mark-to-market issue has been a tricky one. Initially firms were able to come up with their own arbitrary formulas for valuation which allowed them to fudge numbers however they wanted. The rules were changed in an attempt to create a sort of standardized formula for mark-to-market valuations, yet while this may have helped a little, it didn't solve the problem.kbondelliWed, 01 Oct 2008 16:16:41 -0000http://www.kevinbondelli.com/2008/09/30/overview-of-the-emergency-economic-stabilization-act-of-2008/#comment-2756310Even the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s couldn't figure out how to deal with the mark-to-market accounting shortly after the Enron debacle. Even the Arthur Andersen accounting firm had problems with it which led to its failure too. Enron filed for bankruptcy 2001. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s has had 7 years and they did nothing. <a href="http://nomedals.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">nomedals.blogspot.com</a>JasonTue, 30 Sep 2008 16:27:38 -0000