Mad Men and corporate governance
Well, that was fast. The gang at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is thinking about taking their advertising firm public, selling shares of the company at $11 each and using the capital to expand more...
View ArticleCunningham on Deferred Prosecution and Corporate Governance
Lawrence A. Cunningham has posted Deferred Prosecutions and Corporate Governance: An Integrated Approach to Investigation and Reform ) on SSRN.
View ArticleInterview With Janet Tavakoli: Any Recovery Will Be Despite Washington Dead...
Janet Tavakoli is president of Chicago-based consulting and expert witness firm Tavakoli Structured Finance.
View ArticleMayrhuber back in running for Lufthansa supervisory board
Lufthansa said late on Monday the supervisory board reiterated its nomination for Mayrhuber to become a supervisory board member after key investors said they would vote for him.
View ArticleAlgonquin's Financial Reporting Recognized
The mere words "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" may cause boredom or drowsiness for the average person.
View ArticleHow to Blow the Whistle
Decide carefully. Weigh whether the wrongdoing is substantial enough to warrant the risks of reprisal and whether you have sufficient proof.
View ArticleS'pore calls for higher standards in financial reporting
SINGAPORE: Singapore has made a call to raise standards of financial reporting in the region to support the development of capital markets.
View ArticleForeign Financial Reporting of U.S. Citizens Coming. Will it Include Gold?
Since the start of the credit crunch in mid-2007 we have seen a steady move forward by government to place greater control over the financial aspects of people's lives.
View ArticlePCAOB Revises Proposed Standard for Related Parties
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reproposed for public comment its Related Parties auditing standard along with related amendments to other standards to address areas that have been...
View ArticleReality Check: The missing $3.1 billion - has unpleasant financial reporting...
The Auditor General reported last week that the Conservatives can't account for $3.1 billion in Public Security and Anti-Terrorism spending between 2001 and 2010.
View ArticleHaving something at stake
Which Kiwi directors have got 'skin in the game' and does it really matter? Alexander Speirs and Brierley Penn report Since the beginning of the Global Financial Crisis, corporate governance has been...
View ArticleParliament to challenge international accounting standards
EXCLUSIVE / EU leaders will grapple with controversial issues including shale gas development and climate change mitigation at an energy summit on 22 May, documents obtained by EurActiv show.
View ArticleNearly half of directors managers 'aware of misreporting'
THE latest fraud survey by the international professional services group Ernst & Young shows that more than 42% of board directors and senior managers are aware of some type of irregular financial...
View ArticleMercantil Commercebank names Trabanco CFO
Mercantil Commercebank promoted Jorge Trabanco to CFO of the third-largest bank based in South Florida.
View ArticleQCA Revises Corporate Governance Code for Small and Mid-Size Quoted Companies
New QCA code highlights the importance of relationships between companies and their shareholders and aims to provide clear, detailed guidance on the characteristics and composition of effective,...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): Chasing The CEO Out Of The Chairman Seat
Proxy statements are landing on investors' to-do lists at a furious pace, and many voting deadlines are fast approaching.
View ArticleThe Fall of Jamie Dimon
It's been a bad week for JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon. On May 5, Institutional Shareholder Services urged the company's stockholders to reject three candidates for the company's board ,...
View ArticleYeo & Yeo CPAs and Business Consultants of Saginaw promotes four
Amy Buben has been promoted to senior manager. Her areas of expertise include managerial consulting, financial reporting, tax planning and preparation, and fraud investigation and prevention.
View ArticleEconomix Blog: Simon Johnson: The Problem With Corporate Governance at...
Simon Johnson , former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and co-author of " White House...
View ArticleConsol shuts out media, cites need for focus in shareholder talks
Consol Energy became the only company in the Pittsburgh region to bar reporters from attending its annual meeting, shutting the press out of a gathering on Wednesday that attracted about five...
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