More than full disclosure
Friday, April 25th, 2008Is full disclosure enough? The subprime mortgage crisis shows that companies are not coming clean to investors
Archive for April, 2008
Mutual funds and climate change
Friday, April 25th, 2008Signs that climate change is becoming an issue for investors. Mutual funds are taking more notice of it.
It’s jail time for tax evader Wesley Snipes
Friday, April 25th, 2008Wesley Snipes gets sent to jail for three years for tax evasion. What signal does that send US taxpayers? And who’s going to kill the vampires now?
Sphere: Related ContentHard times: why history is no guide
Friday, April 25th, 2008The US faces its deeepest recession in decades and this one will be unlike any other before.
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog
Friday, April 25th, 2008What are the ethics behind having an office fling?
Money to burn: UBS and the banking strategy crisis
Thursday, April 24th, 2008After writing off billions, troubled Swiss banker UBS has announced a rescue package. But it won’t help
BAE-Saudi appeal
Thursday, April 24th, 2008In Britain, the Serious Fraud Office announces that it will appeal against the High Court ruling that said it acted "unlawfully" when it dropped investigations into alleged bribery corruption involving BAE Systems and Sauid Arabia
Sphere: Related ContentAuditors and independence
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Auditors take note: from now on, you will have to tell audit committees all about compromising links BEFORE you do any work for them
Sphere: Related ContentThe Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Difficult employees. Prima donnas, emotional merry-go-rounds, bullies and those who couldnt work in an iron lung. You will find them in every workplace. Wish I had a dollar for every war story I have heard from managers about the problems they have had and how they have struggled to deal with them.
Sphere: Related ContentMissing analysts
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008The credit crunch has exposed how inaccurate analysts are. Their figures are the worst ever
