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View articleA new association for finance professionals is to launch in the UK, bringing with it a new code of ethical conduct for members, Accountancy Age has le...
View articleKroll Buchler Phillips is to set a global precedent in attempting to settle £1bn worth of asbestosis claims through an insolvency procedure. Read More...
View articleReforms needed to promote a seamless single market in financial services to span the whole European Union will be debated this Friday in Brussels. Rea...
View articleLatest figures from across the pond show the number of collapsed companies in 2001 rose by 19% on the year, with 250,000 more companies filing for Cha...
View articleThe insolvency profession has remained defiant and insisted that it will not be intimidated by Land Rover's lawsuit against UPF administrator KPMG and...
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View articleThe Quoted Companies Alliance, which represents listed companies outside the FTSE-350, has launched a campaign to abolish stamp duty on share transact...
View articleAndersen's internal investigation into the shredding of documents on its former audit client Enron has provisionally cleared the firm's top managers o...
View articleConcerns about the manner in which the world's largest computer maker IBM calculated its 2001 fourth-quarter earnings have dragged down a Wall Street,...
View articleThe Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has made an urgent plea to the government to grant anonymity to accountants and others working for the ...
View articleThe US Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a federal investigation into the accounting procedures of computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia. Read...
View articleCar giant Land Rover and KPMG have reached a compromise which will keep collapsed chassis maker UPF Limited operational, but has also resulted in the ...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers, administrators to Enron Europe, on Friday said it would consider litigation to recover funds while attempting to unravel one o...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has secured a deal with Blacks Leisure Group for the sale of 47 Famous Army Stores, saving them from potential closure. Read Mo...
View articleCollapsed energy giant Enron has fired its chief accounting officer Richard Causey and chief risk officer Richard Buy, as part of an ongoing review by...
View articleTelecom giant Cable & Wireless has denied allegations that it used swap deals to boost its accounts and that its former Australian subsidiary had to r...
View articleTrade and Industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has signalled the need for a government review into securing improved performance by indenturing non-exec...
View articleLloyds TSB looks set to issue a positive set of results as the group continues to expand. Read More...
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