Dec
25
The good piece of news is that lawmakers are now looking at providing some regulatory relief for smaller companies. "US Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) have…
Dec
25
It looks like the past is catching up with Europe. The Telegraph reports that Armed Forces planners are looking at the possibility that a new global financial crash could undermine the defence forces …
Dec
24
The future of Big Pharma is looking more uncertain. As this piece in Booz & Company's Strategy & Business journal points out, it's going to be a lot harder and the big question is whet…
Dec
24
How much do we contribute to obesity? Something to think about as you sit down for your Christmas dinner today. Today it is estimated that there are more than 300 million obese people world-wide in bo…
Dec
23
The ancient Mayans attached special significance to 2012, possibly the end of time. As a result, we've seen a rush of apocalyptic literature for the holiday season. Still, you don't have to be…
Dec
23
Europe is the world's biggest market, representing more than 30 per cent of global GDP. A recession in Europe will hit the global economy, there won't be anywhere to hide.Australian Treasury s…
Dec
22
What have we learned from Enron?Duvvuri Subbarao, the Indian Reserve Bank governor, says that accountants have learned little from Enron. He says the accounting profession has shied away from its resp…
Dec
22
Ten years after it was brought in, the Sarbanes-Oxley law, which forces corporate executives to take personal responsibility for the accuracy of company accounts and requires organisations to put in p…
Dec
21
Bernie Madoff is now serving 150 years in the slammer for his Ponzi scheme, the largest in US history that saw investors lose about $20 billion but the fallout continues. But when the dust is finall…
Dec
21
With revelations at the UK inquiry into media ethics that phone hacking was common practice at Rupert Murdoch's news operations, it is worth looking at how the US inquiry is going. The US inquiry …