Practice
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Consulting unit helps Big Blue grow
A year ago Thursday, the computing giant completed its purchase of the accounting company's consulting unit. IBM combined the roughly…
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Small accounting firms urged to merge, form alliances
Smaller accounting firms in Malaysia have been urged to merge or form alliances to increase the breadth of services they…
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SEC charges fifth KPMG partner in Xerox audit case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it amended a pending civil fraud action against KPMG to charge…
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Online auditing from this year
Punjab Accountant-General Pervez Ahmad Qureshi has said that newly introduced online system for accounting and auditing; the Project for Improvement…
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EU Orders Single Accounting Standards Starting in 2005 for EU Companies
The European Commission has ordered all of the European Union's 7,000 publicly traded companies to switch to international accounting standards…
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FASB to Study Pension Accounting
The body that sets US accounting rules will start a review of rules governing the way companies measure benefit obligations…
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KPMG Admits 115 New Partners
Accounting firm KPMG LLP has announced the admission of 115 new partners into the U.S. firm. Of the 115 partners,…
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CAs’ panel in India points finger at surrogate auditing
The CAAC (Chartered Accountants Action Committee) in India has fired its first salvo against corporates in India using surrogate entities…
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Auditor questions accounting at BearingPoint
An auditor has found flaws in accounting practices at BearingPoint Inc., formerly KPMG Consulting Inc., according to a regulatory filing.…
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Deloitte Bucks Trend by Continuing to Consult
Jim Quigley, chief executive of accounting giant Deloitte & Touche LLP, ran his hands down the softly glowing sides of…