Concerns about the manner in which the world's largest computer maker IBM calculated its 2001 fourth-quarter earnings have dragged down a Wall Street,...
View articleThe Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has made an urgent plea to the government to grant anonymity to accountants and others working for the ...
View articleThe US Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a federal investigation into the accounting procedures of computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia. Read...
View articleCollapsed energy giant Enron has fired its chief accounting officer Richard Causey and chief risk officer Richard Buy, as part of an ongoing review by...
View articleTelecom giant Cable & Wireless has denied allegations that it used swap deals to boost its accounts and that its former Australian subsidiary had to r...
View articleTrade and Industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has signalled the need for a government review into securing improved performance by indenturing non-exec...
View articleOne of the more interesting issues that a finance director faces is when he concludes that the chief executive has to go. That's interesting as in 'ma...
View articleUK and global standard-setters were this week facing the first open challenge to their authority with the launch of a standards' rating tool by Pricew...
View articleAfter a valiant attempt at a comeback, accountancy-related stocks hit a new low, succumbing to a market depression brought on by the Enron scandal. Re...
View articleSeven months into his post as director of UK listing at the Financial Services Authority, and only now are people beginning to give Ken Rushton their ...
View articleThe value of commercial fraud has doubled from £82.2m in 2000 to £162.2m in 2001 with management twice as likely to commit fraud as employees, new res...
View articleLloyds TSB looks set to issue a positive set of results as the group continues to expand. Read More...
View articleAs the vultures gather to feed on the remains of fallen energy giant Enron and all those who sailed with her we look at who's shafting who in the corp...
View articleThe spotlight on accounting as a result of the Enron scandal and the confessions of Andersen, the company's auditor, has never been so intense. Read M...
View articlePartners from the Big Five are playing a pivotal role in rethinking new listing rules for the London Stock Exchange, according to the Financial Servic...
View articleThe International Federation of Accountants has this week acknowledged its role and that of the profession in reducing the occurrence of major corpora...
View articleThe United States has always been a great place for 'going postal', when seemingly normal employees, for some strange reason usually postal workers, a...
View articleCould your company function if all the staff including the board worked a flat 48 hour week? Read More...
View articleAccounting software giant Sage was this week warned its profit figures would be hit 'by a significant amount' if it moved away from its 'contentious' ...
View articleTreading the fine line between community spirit, sporting passion and the high finances and egos of premiership football is no mean feat, but for Live...
View articleThe Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rules forcing companies to disclose more financial information in a shorter timeframe. Read More...
View articleIrish online security specialist Baltimore Technologies says it has discovered revenue overstatements in its Japanese subsidiary, which it sold last w...
View articleKPMG forensic accountants have been appointed to investigate accounting irregularities at disaster recovery specialist Guardian iT. Read More...
View articleThe National Association of Pension Funds has stepped up its criticism of new accounting rules on pensions as more companies cut final salary schemes....
View articleUS investigators are trying to carve a deal with a former senior Enron accountant in a bid to obtain evidence against top executives at the collapsed ...
View articleAt a Senate hearing investigating the Enron collapse former CEO Kenneth Lay refused to testify but made a statement asking members 'not to draw a nega...
View articleThe profession is shrugging off its boring image with the news that a movie about an 'eccentric' accountant is in the running for an Academy Award at ...
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