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Recent Acquisition November 2006, Week04
24/11/2006 |
INTHEBLACK
For People who mean business
November
2006 |
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The reluctant boom
The value of Australia's
chief commodity and resource exports has never been higher. So, why does
Australia have a trade deficit despite the commodities boom? Hans Weemaes
explains. |
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When the (field)work is
over
Carmen Ridley looks at the requirements of the auditing standards
for the reporting phase of an audit, and underlines its
importance. |
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Pitfalls and
possibilities
There are plenty of CGT traps for the unwary and uninformed
surrounding the structure of a small business sale. |
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Stairways to
Heaven
There is no one path to becoming a CEO. And these days, breadth of
experience and agility count more than years spent climbing the
ranks. |
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Secret garden
Hedge
funds offer an alternative investment style, yet remain a mystery to many
investors, who can't distinguish the barren dust from fertile
ground. |
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A simple plan
A
well-planned exit strategy will bear fruit in a buoyant market for public
practice firms. |
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Training wheels
With
retirement around the corner, senior finance executives need to get their skates
on - and it's not just about the
money. | |
INTHEBLACK
For People who mean business
October
2006 |
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The road to independence
Many financial
advisers strive to adhere to APS12. But until the law is changed, there is
little motivation to pursue the path to full
independence. |
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Bulls & bears at bay
Some
advisers believe volatility is a given in the sharemarket. Volatility, they say,
equals opportunity. |
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Endangered species
A desperate
shortage of academic accounting staff in Australian universities could reach
crisis point within the next five years. |
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Banking on business
Competition for
the Australian business banking dollar has never been more
intense. |
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Ruling the world
In the convergence
of international business regulations one concept stays constant, says IOSCO
chairman Dirk E. Witteveen: the need for strong, independent
supervisors. |
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Identity
crisis
Certain businesses operated through entities rather than their own
names are drawing Tax Office attention. |
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Dossier opener
Look out for:
Share-based payments - options for employee share schemes; Marketing - measuring
return on marketing investment; Audit - non-financial
tests. |
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Share-based payments: a serious
issue
Philip Gray CPA demonstrates the relative merits of alternate
approaches to valuing ESOs under AASB 2. |
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Pain is worth the gain, but
cost an issue
A CPA Australia survey into effectiveness of the CLERP 9
audit reforms shows interested parties have given the new standards the thumbs
up, says Jessie Wong. |
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What management and the
board need to know about marketing
Quantifying marketing activity has
long been the bane of finance departments. However, Dirk Howindt has a method at
hand. | |
THE ECONOMIST
November 18th-24th 2006 |
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ON THE
COVER: Green dreams - the risky boom in the clean-energy
business
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America's new thinking on the middle
east |
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Why hedge-fund fees need
clipping |
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Can the PlayStation 3
revive Sony? |
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The soaring price of luxury
assets |
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The kidney
market | |
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