Boutique hotel owner plots growth (BizJournals)
Magnolia Hotels has brought in a VP of acquisitions as the company scouts around the country for possible purchases....more...Top Story (Rensselaer Polytechnic)
In light of the faculty governance review initiated at the end of August by Provost Robert E. Palazzo, members of the RPI community gathered for a Teach-in on Democracy and Participatory Governance on Wednesday, October 24....more... US CFOs reject auditors? role in detecting fraud (Accountancy Age)
When Grant Thornton asked US chief financial officers (CFOs) and comptrollers if the auditor?s responsibility was to detect ?any or all fraud?, an overwhelming majority, at 83.26%, said ?no?, while 16.74% said ?yes?....more... Deloitte: administrations, receiverships down 6% (Accountancy Age)
Property and construction, one of UK's most vulnerable industry sectors in the nine months to September, recorded a 3% decline in administrations on the previous corresponding period, according to a newly released Deloitte survey....more... IFRS a year early for US-listed European firms (Accountancy Age)
The European Union and the US are expected to sign an agreement on the required reporting standards later this week during a meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council, the US ambassador to the EU said yesterday....more... CBI submits its CGT proposal to Treasury (Accountancy Age)
A day after the Institue of Directors submitted its wishlist on capital gains tax (CGT) changes, CBI has offered its own alternative reforms ahead of a meeting with the Treasury this afternoon, based on separate tax treatments of business assets and non-business assets and continued pre-PBR rules for CGT on business assets....more... US CFOs reject auditors' role in detecting fraud (vnunet.com)
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age , Thursday 8 November 2007 at 00:00:00 A Grant Thornton survey of US CFOs and senior comptrollers shows a majority of 86% reject the auditor's responsibility to detect fraud When Grant Thornton asked US chief financial officers (CFOs) and comptrollers if the auditor's responsibility was to detect 'any or all fraud', an overwhelming majority, at ......more... Deloitte: administrations, receiverships down 6% (vnunet.com)
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age , Thursday 8 November 2007 at 00:00:00 A newly released Deloitte study shows administration and receivership figures in the UK are down by 6% this year Property and construction, one of UK's most vulnerable industry sectors in the nine months to September, recorded a 3% decline in administrations on the previous corresponding period, according to ......more... CBI submits its CGT proposal to Treasury (vnunet.com)
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age , Thursday 8 November 2007 at 00:00:00 CBI's CGT proposal to chancellor Darling is to separate treatments of business assets and non-business assets and continue pre-PBR rules on business assets A day after the Institue of Directors submitted its wishlist on capital gains tax (CGT) changes, CBI has offered its own alternative reforms ahead of a ......more... |