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View ArticleHG5782 .D56 2013 - Corporate governance, enforcement and financial ...
'Ding Chen's detailed institutional analysis of the development of the Chinese stock market brings the question of enforcement to centre stage.
View ArticleFRS 102 transition starts now
The financial reporting overhaul scheduled for January 2015 is already underway and "represents the biggest change UK GAAP has seen, certainly in my lifetime", according to AccountingWEB's Steve Collings.
View ArticleHas Shareholder Power Increased?
The Wall Street Journal's Dennis K. Berman discussed this with Patrick S. McGurn, an executive director and special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services, a provider of proxy voting services...
View ArticleChinese traders turn their sights on executive pay
Mainland investors who are grappling with a slumping stock market have expressed concern over what they fear is "an enemy within", after seeing details of executive pay that spurred an uproar over...
View ArticleInland Empire agency is honored with award
The Inland Empire Utilities Agency has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
View ArticlePharma People: New Board Member at BMS
Pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has elected Dinesh Paliwal to its Board of Directors to serve as a member of the Committee on Directors and Corporate Governance.
View ArticleStatement by TeliaSonera CEO Per-Arne Blomquist, following a failed...
"TeliaSonera regrets that the ownership disputes in Turkcell, which are long overdue and should have been resolved a long time ago, have resulted in another failed Turkcell AGM.
View ArticleChanging banking for good: Can new regulations really work?
On Wednesday, June 19, the Report of the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was published with an intriguing title: "Changing Banking for Good."
View ArticleTwo Pension Funds Have Joined Forces In An Attempt To Oust The Entire Yahoo!...
Calvert and Christian Brothers Investment Services, two major US pension funds which between them manage $16bn of assets, have voted for every Yahoo! director to be removed from the board ahead of its...
View ArticleCreating a Financial Reporting Structure for Small Business
One key item that is often overlooked when starting a small business is the development of a proper financial reporting structure.
View ArticleSCORE Column: Outside financial experts are a sound investment
Keeping up with tax returns, financial reporting and cash flow can be tedious and time consuming.
View ArticleCorp Governance Playing Bigger Econ Policy Role
The importance of corporate governance and its role in the economy has come into the spotlight now that it has been made part of the Japanese government's growth strategy.
View ArticleEmerging Market Currencies Are Not Expensive
I just got back from a week in the islands and tried to escape the chorus of emerging market bears.
View ArticleLegal quirks: When control overtakes ownership
With several definitions of control under different laws, business partners are known to try and get control disproportionate to their level of ownership in a business.
View ArticleKawasaki board operates with little harmonyJune 26, 2013 The recent...
The recent dismissals of top officials at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. can be seen as another reminder of what it takes for corporations to be properly governed.
View ArticleMatmown, Inc. Progress Update
Matmown, Inc. , an energy E&P company with producing oil and gas assets in Texas and gold mineral assets in Peru announces its engagement of legal, corporate governance and PCAOB accounting experts...
View ArticleWhen good intentions go wrong: Effects of bank deregulation and governance on...
Economic liberalisation can go wrong when the objectives and corporate governance of the firms in the deregulated industry are not adequately taken into account.
View ArticleDaegis Management Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Timothy P. Bacci - Executive Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Member of Capital Markets/Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Good...
View ArticleBringing international financial reporting up to standard
SOMETHING IS AMISS with the numbers. The international standards used to draw up accounts for judging a company's financial health are not up to the job.
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