Bethany College adds forensics science (McPherson Sentinel)
LINDSBORG -- The Bethany College Board of Directors approved the creation of a forensics science major at the college and welcomed new members to the board during its recent board meeting....more...Business Calendar (The Sacramento Bee)
Today...more... Questions And Answers - Wednesday, 17 October 2007 (Scoop.co.nz)
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader?National) to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement regarding tax cuts in Australia in 2005 that ?Australian taxpayers earning up to $58,000 a year receive a measly $6 a week??...more... Demanding change - and getting it (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
In her first accounting job out of college in 1971, Peggy Parker was paid $200 a month less than her male counterparts and was not allowed to go to clients' offices to do audit work....more... Beazer probe uncovers accounting gaffes, HUD violations (Nashville Business Journal)
Beazer Homes USA Inc., the largest home builder in Tennessee, will have to restate its earnings for several years after an internal investigation found the company's mortgage subsidiary violated U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations and the company made several accounting errors. (BZH)...more... IRS pays HealthSouth $440M in overpaid taxes during fraud years (BizJournals)
HealthSouth Corp. has received a $440 million tax repayment from the Internal Revenue Service for paying too much between 1996 and 1999 when it filed fraudulently inflated income statements....more... Operational investing yields private equity opportunity (BizJournals)
As private equity firms face tightening credit markets, stiff competition and mounting pressure to identify attractive deals, more and more have begun to adopt an approach centered around operational investing -- looking for opportunities that create value by improving a target company's operations....more... |