Accountants, pressing on regardless
Thursday, January 24th, 2008I was fascinated to read the following (which I have cut considerably): The papers have been full of reports of how auditors are going to
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 22nd
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008These are my links for January 22nd: FTSE falls – graph – I’ve long felt the stock market seriosuly over-valued and have been right out
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HM Revenue & Customs improving tax recoveries
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008CCH have issued a press release, which seems to have been posted in full on AccountingWEB, saying (in part): HMRC has raised £415.3 million through
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Monoline: is this the faultline?
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Markets think that the monoline insurers who guarantee the risks on bonds might be about to go bust. This is worrying. The whole point of
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Corporate governance: The FTSE doesn't care
Monday, January 21st, 2008The FT has reported on Grant Thornton’s latest research on corporate governnance code compliance in the FTSE 350. The results are not encouraging. As they
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Ireland's rich flee to tax havens
Monday, January 21st, 2008It’s a curious fact that being a tax haven is becoming counter productive. Ireland is a tax haven. It pioneered ring fences in the Shannon
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 20th
Monday, January 21st, 2008These are my links for January 20th: Swiss authorities to question Fabio Capello – Football News – Telegraph – It just gets worse for the
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Ernst & Young: Keynesians after all
Sunday, January 20th, 2008The Observer reports that: Alistair Darling must tear up Gordon Brown’s ‘golden rule’ and cancel the planned public spending squeeze to avoid exacerbating the slowdown
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Guernsey: Baracking for Hilary
Sunday, January 20th, 2008There’s one thing you cannot accuse the Channel Island’s of: they do not lack self interest. Take this from ‘This is Guernsey’ in a discussion
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