Filed in archive corporate crime
by leon on February 05, 2007
Conrad Black faces 95 years in jail plus heavy fines for plundering money out of Hollinger International when he goes on trial next month.Now his lawyers say prosecutors should leave his wife's...
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Filed in archive Ethics
by leon on February 05, 2007
So how many of the top business schools teach ethics?A study has found that only one in four of the world's top 50 global MBA programs (as rated by the Financial Times in their 2006 Global MBA...
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Filed in archive strategy
by leon on February 04, 2007
The Netherlands has emerged as the new tax haven for corporations and rock stars, according to news reports.Apart from the Rolling Stones and U2 - Bono loves to preach but he hates paying tax -...
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Filed in archive Accounting
by leon on February 03, 2007
Accountants might be cleaning up big time from Sarbanes-Oxley and all the other corporate governance regimes around the world, but the ghost of Andersen lingers. Increased scrutiny and threats of...
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Filed in archive Ethics
by leon on February 02, 2007
ethiopia's coffee growers are creating problems for Starbucks by screening the documentary Black Gold. Ethiopian growers have shown Black Gold to British MPs. One of the main targets is...
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Filed in archive markets
by leon on February 01, 2007
What does the annual World Economic Forum schmoozefest at Davos actually achieve?Precious little, says Bloomberg's Michael Lewis in his piece Davos Is for Wimps, Ninnies, Pointless...
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Filed in archive litigation
by leon on February 01, 2007
Qantas and six other airlines have been hit with a $200 million class action alleging they were part of a secret cartel that used fuel, security and war-risk surcharges artificially to inflate air...
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