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View articleDuring a day of drama in Congress yesterday, whistleblowers suggested former CEO, Jeff Skilling knew of Enron's troubles. His four ex-colleagues plead...
View articleAccountancy-related stocks have taken another turn for the worse as a depressed market rocked by the Enron scandal ignores positive news. Read More...
View articleThe finance director of leading international hotel group Millennium & Copthorne has walked after only five months in the job. Read More...
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View articleAfter a year of ups and downs, the world's third biggest defence contractor BAE Systems is pulling through with encouragement from The City. Read More...
View articleSomeone will pay for the Enron scandal, that much is certain. At the moment, many fingers are pointing at Andersen. But is it fair to blame the beleag...
View articleDespite the government's decision to go ahead with the part privatisation of the London Underground, fresh doubt has been thrown on to the benefits fo...
View articleIn the long run auditors and accountants, let alone management consultants, have more to fear from Enron than politicians; more regulation is on the c...
View articleAs Congressional hearings into the Enron collapse continued in Washington yesterday, elsewhere an Andersen audit client Qwest Communications spokehigh...
View articleLord Wakeham, the former Energy secretary and chartered accountant, is set to admit that he voiced concerns over Enron's accounting policies, accordin...
View articleA leading investment fund manager has called for greater disclosure of the links between company directors and auditors in the wake of the Enron disas...
View articleAllied Irish Bank has called in the FBI after it was hit by a multi-million dollar fraud in one of its US subsidiaries. Read More...
View articleGordon Brown has ordered an urgent review of the UK accounting profession amid fears that an Enron-style disaster could hit the UK. Read More...
View articleKenneth Lay, former chief executive of collapsed energy giant Enron, has disappeared just as US officials were about to serve a writ forcing him to su...
View articleMusic publishing giant EMI Group has today announced the appointment of new chief financial officers for the group and its subsidiary business, EMI Re...
View articleBT has today announced the appointment of Ian Livingston as group finance director from high street electronics giant Dixons. Read More...
View articleThe government is set to launch an offensive on long working hours in the UK workplace. Read More...
View articleBarbados has reached agreement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of the body's drive to eleminate 'harmful' tax p...
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