January 2008
24 posts
Draft Lou Dobbs for President Campaign →
Are small-caps better served by mid-size firms? →
A little late, but a blog post at CFO.com about the level of service a small-cap public company can expect to receive from a Big Four auditor compared to a mid-size firm seemed interesting enough to share:
CFO.com reader Kunal Ganguly wrote us to say a company of Catapult’s size, with its $102 million market cap, shouldn’t have been using a giant like Deloitte anyway. A local firm would be a...
“The fact that about a quarter of the population is opting out of the rat race is...”
– Can capitalism have soul? | Free exchange | Economist.com
IFRS and principles too weak to work? →
Al Rosen, in the second of a three part series in the Financial Post about the transition from Canadian GAAP to IFRS:
IFRS is too weak in its current form for investors to accept on par with current Canadian standards. Nonetheless, we are on course to implement IFRS in just three years.
He quotes and agrees with Arthur Levitt, who spoke out against IFRS and principles-based standards, claiming...
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774–2004 -... →
Clock is ticking for conservation dream →
Jays finalizing Glaus for Rolen deal →
Staff retention at midsize firms charts new waters →
An article in WebCPA talks about the steps midsize firms in particular are taking to ensure their young people stay put:
More midsized firms are starting to address this issue by paying attention to what younger people need to stay engaged. Some are including younger staff members in more significant firm decisions through advisory boards; others are pairing younger staff with older partners in...
In the Windy City, prostitutes sleep with police... →
The top 10 foreign policy gaffes from the campaign... →
Facebook as the intranet →
When I first heard about the company using Facebook as their intranet, I wasn’t sure what to think.
Serena Software is really replacing its existing intranet with Facebook as a front end linked to a low-cost content management system behind the firewall. The firm is just over 800 employees but is still globally based (operations in 18 countries) with 35% of their employees working virtually.
I...
TIME's 50 Best Websites 2007 →