Archive for the ‘accounting’ Category

IASB under fire

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

International rule-makers for accountants are under fire for being incompetent and arrogant

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AC Milan pinged for dodgy accounting

Friday, June 13th, 2008

AC Milan, the greatest football team in the world, has been fined for cooking its books.

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Bringing accounting firms to account

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Accounting firms in the US are being more accountable

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Going for green with accounting

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Green accounting is a job growth area

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Banks want to change accounting rules

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The banks want to shift the goal posts. They want to change the accounting rules so that they don’t have to report big losses

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Banks play the accounting shell game

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Banks arer using accounting tricks to fool investors

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Freddie Mac’s accounting tricks fool investors

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

US mortgage giant Freddie Mac has used accounting trickery to hide its losses and fool investors

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Accounting degrees rise 19 per cent

Friday, May 9th, 2008

More people are becoming accountants. The latest stats show accounting degrees are up 19 per cent.

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Mark to market mess

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

To what extent is the subprime meltdown the result of an accounting technique

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Iraq’s accounting black hole

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

$1 billion of military equipment has gone missing in Iraq and we have disclosures that United States commanders used sloppy accounting and could not always show that equipment, services and construction were delivered properly.

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