Recently added articles from Intheblack:
Time for a human correction
Dec 01, 2008; ... THE TERM "MARKET CORRECTION" has regularly dotted conversation around the global financial crisis. It's a reference which generally accompanies a view of the financial market as a self-guided entity - with human influence peripheral at best which, while volatile at times, generally ...
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Dec 01, 2008; ... When will we learn? I'm old enough to remember when management "hid" some debts in the ladies toilet to thwart the auditor or by transferring them to related companies. Years later, the banking industry management introduced the classification of non-performing loans to "hide" debts to ...
CPA Australia Congress - fresh thinking, real success
Dec 01, 2008; ... MORE THAN 13,000 FINANCE, accounting and business professionals gathered at venues around Australia in October and November to learn, exchange knowledge and share experiences at the CPA Australia Congress. Over four weeks, the congress delivered more than 700 sessions to help professionals ...
Welcome to a "deer market"
Dec 01, 2008; ... BEHIND EVERY ECONOMIC CRISIS LIES A NEW LIST OF BUZZWORDS. INTHEBLACK HAS BEEN COLLECTING SOME OF THEM WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THEM well. For IT types, there's "spam", "phishing" and "cookies", not to mention the "biogosphere" that's replaced the "information super highway". For the finance ...
In the headlines
Dec 01, 2008; ... A SELECTION OF CPA AUSTRALIA'S MEDIA MENTIONS Tapping emerging markets in financial crisis Sky News and online business publication Business Spectator reported on CPA Australia's call for professional services firms to target emerging markets to guard against increasing ...
A woman ahead of her time
Dec 01, 2008; ... MARK COLLINS CELEBRATES THE life of his mother, Enid Collins, FCPA. Enid Collins, a dedicated accountant from the Atherton Tablelands in north Queensland retired only months before her passing, aged 86, in October. Enid shattered a few glass ceilings, by simply not recognising that ...
A slow time ahead
Dec 01, 2008; ... SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH, lower returns and an increase in protectionism and government regulation are the likely outcomes in the aftermath of the current global financial crisis, according to a recent Centre for Investor Education (CIE) Global Best Practices seminar held in the Netherlands ....
Sites of the month
Dec 01, 2008; ... RICHARD BAJRASZEWSKI EXPLORES ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES provide a different view of what information is available on the world wide web. The ones in this category can direct you to information that is normally not delivered to the top of the most popular, ...
On video this month ...
Dec 01, 2008; ... LEADING FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMMENTATOR ALAN KOHLER FROM THE EUREKA REPORT AND BUSINESS SPECTATOR. "A long and deep global recession seems assured and free market capitalism itself seems to be collapsing. There is the likelihood of a re-regulated banking system as people revolt ...
How to use CPAAUSTRALIA.COM.AU
Dec 01, 2008; ... INTHEBLACK on demand Misplaced your copy of INTHEBLACK? You can access past issues online at https://www.cpaaustralia. com.au/links?intheblack Student information For a wealth of information for students, including employment tips and a student discussion forum visit: ...
Indecent exposure?
Dec 01, 2008; ... TAX WRITER ROBERT RICHARDS DISCUSSES THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST "NAMING AND SHAMING" TAX DODGERS ONE OF MY JOBS WHEN I FIRST began my tax career was to prepare tax returns for a now long-deceased public figure. I suspected that this person sometimes exaggerated his entitlement to claims ...
Excel Yourself
Dec 01, 2008; ... NEALE BLACKWOOD TAKES THE IF OUT Q: I use an IF function to compare two values to confirm they balance and put a 1 if they don't balance and a 0 If they do balance. Something like =IF(A1=B1,0,1). I then SUM the 1s to see how many don't balance. Is there an easier way? A: In Excel ...
The Job: Senior accountant, assurance services
Dec 01, 2008; ... BUNHEAN CHEA CPA CHARTS AN INTERNATIONAL PATH AFTER DIFFICULT BEGINNINGS. Q. What is your career progression to date? I'm a senior at Ernst & Young's Cambodian Office, seconded to Vietnam, where I'm currently on the manufacturing team, working within the assurance services ...
Buffett goes green
Dec 01, 2008; ... US investment guru Warren Buffett has made a major "green investment." A subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has announced a $230 million investment in a Chinese battery company that's developing environmentally friendly cars to be sold worldwide. Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings ...
Advocacy update
Dec 01, 2008; ... CPA AUSTRALIA CEO GEOFF RANKIN FCPA REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS CPAs consult on crisis The past several months have seen the global financial crisis take significant turns for the worse with issues afflicting the financial markets having inevitable ...
Gale force
Dec 01, 2008; ... There is a cautionary tale about an Australian public hospital that, in spite of having a former state premier, ex-High Court judge and other esteemed notables on its board, failed to review its $1 million insurance policy until a baby, delivered outside business hours by a midwife, suffered ...
Food for thought
Dec 01, 2008; ... WHEN STAR CHEF GORDON RAMSAY SORTS OUT A KITCHEN NIGHTMARE, HIS PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS OFTEN GET LOST AMONG THE EXPLETIVES AND INSULTS. ED CHARLES FINDS THE GEMS. Achieving an effective level of management is a fairly universal story no matter what business you work in or run ....
Overdrawn!
Dec 01, 2008; ... AS THE GLOBAL CREDIT CRISIS CONTINUES TO UNFOLD AT A RAPID PACE, THE LEADING COMMENTATORS ASK HOW MUCH MORE IS TO COME Warren Buffett says buy shares now. The 78-year-old American billionaire investor says he is buying US stocks for his personal account. "A simple rule dictates my ...
Secret women's business
Dec 01, 2008; ... TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS STILL AREN'T PRODUCING WOMEN EXECUTIVES CAPABLE OF SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING Stories of women not making headway into senior management, CEO roles and board positions appear repeatedly in newspapers and magazines. Yes, even in 2008. Year after year, newly released ...
Bullion brides
Dec 01, 2008; ... PAPER TRADE MIGHT DETERMINE THE DAILY PRICE OF GOLD, BUT HINDU WEDDINGS AND FESTIVALS ARE DRIVING SIGNIFICANT SEASONAL PRICE HIKES On 18 September, there was yet another anxiety attack on Wall Street - this time over the collapse of global investment bank Lehman Bros and the bail out of ...