Enron CEO vanishes
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Enron CEO vanishes

24y Michelle Perry

Enron CEO vanishes

Kenneth Lay, former chief executive of collapsed energy giant Enron, has disappeared just as US officials were about to serve a writ forcing him to su...

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EMI names new finance crew amid profits warning
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EMI names new finance crew amid profits warning

24y Larry Schlesinger

EMI names new finance crew amid profits warning

Music publishing giant EMI Group has today announced the appointment of new chief financial officers for the group and its subsidiary business, EMI Re...

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Dixons finance chief takes over at BT
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Dixons finance chief takes over at BT

24y Larry Schlesinger

Dixons finance chief takes over at BT

BT has today announced the appointment of Ian Livingston as group finance director from high street electronics giant Dixons. Read More...

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Time runs out for long hours
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Time runs out for long hours

24y AccountancyAge.com

Time runs out for long hours

The government is set to launch an offensive on long working hours in the UK workplace. Read More...

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Barbados cleared of harmful tax stigma
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Barbados cleared of harmful tax stigma

24y Larry Schlesinger

Barbados cleared of harmful tax stigma

Barbados has reached agreement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of the body's drive to eleminate 'harmful' tax p...

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FATF winning war on terror financing
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FATF winning war on terror financing

24y Larry Schlesinger

FATF winning war on terror financing

The OECD-aligned Financial Action Task Force says countries throughout the world are united in ensuring terrorists do not gain access to the internati...

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Financial services unprepared for disasters
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Financial services unprepared for disasters

24y Accountancy Age

Financial services unprepared for disasters

The global financial system, and in particular its American players, coped well with the attack on the World Trade Centre on 11 September, but some co...

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Fallout from Enron saga hits stocks
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Fallout from Enron saga hits stocks

24y Adriana Zea

Fallout from Enron saga hits stocks

As the revelations surrounding Enron continue to rock the accountancy world, the Accountancy Age/ADVFN index edged down this week with the majority of...

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Bookham prize for new CFO
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Bookham prize for new CFO

24y Adriana Zea

Bookham prize for new CFO

Few companies survive for long without a head of finance but that's exactly what Bookham Technologies has managed to do in spite of the meltdown in it...

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Sempra buys Enron Metals business
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Sempra buys Enron Metals business

24y Michelle Perry

Sempra buys Enron Metals business

PricewaterhouseCoopers, administrators to Enron Europe, today announced the sale of Enron Metals to San Diego-based Sempra Energy for an undisclosed s...

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Call grows for inquiry into Enron-Labour link
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Call grows for inquiry into Enron-Labour link

24y our parliamentary staff

Call grows for inquiry into Enron-Labour link

Former Tory cabinet minister Lord MacGregor has joined Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Matthew Taylor in calling for a full investigation into the ...

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Late Budget will have side effects
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Late Budget will have side effects

24y Larry Schlesinger

Late Budget will have side effects

Big Five firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says taxpayers should not be concerned by the late date for this year's Budget speech, but warns there will be 'i...

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Budget speech set for 17 April
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Budget speech set for 17 April

24y Larry Schlesinger

Budget speech set for 17 April

Chancellor Gordon Brown will make his Budget speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday 17 April. Read More...

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iTouch CFO defects to Granada
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iTouch CFO defects to Granada

24y Adriana Zea

iTouch CFO defects to Granada

Mobile services provider iTouch has today announced its chief financial officer is leaving the company to become finance director at Granada. Read Mor...

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Enron: could it happen here?
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Enron: could it happen here?

24y Michelle Perry

Enron: could it happen here?

Just as accounting firms across the world thought it was safe to begin rebuilding their consultancy divisions, the US energy giant Enron crumbled amid...

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Enron vice chairman found dead
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Enron vice chairman found dead

24y Gavin Hinks

Enron vice chairman found dead

A former vice chairman of Enron, the collapsed US energy giant, has been found dead. Read More...

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Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole
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Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole

24y Adriana Zea

Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole

A continued slowdown in UK growth in 2002 could result in £3bhn hole in public finances, accountancy consolidator Tenon has warned. Read More...

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Accountancy-related stocks dive
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Accountancy-related stocks dive

24y Adriana Zea

Accountancy-related stocks dive

Accountancy-related stocks plunged this week prompted by negative company news and an increase in UK unemployment. Read More...

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Keep gloom at bay
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Keep gloom at bay

24y Accountancy Age

Keep gloom at bay

We reveal this week that consultant Accenture is recruiting 500 new heads in 2002 as the Big Five - a club of which, as Andersen Consulting, it was co...

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Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power
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Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power

24y Accountancy Age

Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power

In the last week I have visited both the Netherlands and Spain.[QQ] I was able to take some cash out of an ATM in Tilburg, near Eindhoven and spend th...

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The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca
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The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca

24y Adriana Zea

The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca

Holding 60% of the pharmaceutical market, drugs giant AstraZeneca is expecting to confirm its position as the European number one when it announces it...

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Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...
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Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...

24y Accountancy Age

Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...

In the last week I have visited both the Netherlands and Spain.[QQ] I was able to take some cash out of an ATM in Tilburg, near Eindhoven and spend th...

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Financial watchdog warns on post services
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Financial watchdog warns on post services

24y Philip Smith.

Financial watchdog warns on post services

Powerful financial watchdog the National Audit Office has warned postal competition could fail if current proposals go ahead. Read More...

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Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations
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Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations

24y Philip Smith.

Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations

Marconi, the troubled technology group, has dismissed revelations made by its former financial director and deputy chief executive as only referring t...

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Enron HQ raided by FBI
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Enron HQ raided by FBI

24y Alex Miller.

Enron HQ raided by FBI

The Enron shredding scandal re-emerged today after FBI agents stormed Enron's headquarters in an attempt to find out whether new allegations of docume...

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Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner
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Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner

24y Adriana Zea

Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner

Big five firms Andersen and KPMG failed to spot a NOK 230m (£18m) error in the accounts of struggling engineering company Kvaerner, which they both au...

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Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error
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Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error

24y Adriana Zea

Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error

Anglo-Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner has announced it is writing off 230m Norwegian Kroner (£18m) after discovering an error in its accounts. Re...

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