Archive for May, 2008

Professor Conrad Black

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Conrad Black has settled nicely into life behind bars. He is now teachign history at prison

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Big Oil wins again

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Exxon Mobil has defeated the descendents of the man who founded the company

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Dell’s mixed report card

Friday, May 30th, 2008

A court ahs found Dell guilty of fraud adn false advertising. But profits are up, signalling that Michael Dell has finally turned the company around.

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SOX and CFO exits

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

More chief financial officers are losing their jobs these days, post Sarbanes-Oxley

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The oil squeeze

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Oil prices will continue to rise because of supply constraints. Don’t believe the latest drop in the oil price means anything

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The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Business Blog

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Next time you arestuck in a meeting think of this: the reason we have meetings is because we are social animals

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Military town foreclosures: echoes of the Great Depression

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

US soldiers who put their lives on the line in Iraq are losing their homes because of the subprime crisis. The last time veterans lost their homes to this extent was during the Great Depression

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Tomorrow’s hot job: compliance officers

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Compliance are cashing in on the growing pile of laws confronting business. They’re now earning seven figure sums

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Deutsche Telekom spying scandal

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Europe’s biggest phone company has been spying on employees.

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Going for green with accounting

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Green accounting is a job growth area

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