Financial, Defense Lead Area Industries in Political Giving (Washington Post) Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:32:48 GMT Executives and employees of financial services firms and defense contractors have given the most money to the two major political parties and their presidential nominees, a review of donations by some of the region's largest companies and nonprofit organizations shows. Click Here for Other Details

Former top financial journalist dies (Daily Dispatch) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:41:34 GMT FORMER top financial journalist Deon Basson who died at age 53 over the weekend of a heart attack was one of countless South Africans who faced a life-long battle against mental disease. Click Here for Other Details

Banks Fear Next Move by Shorts (New York Times) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:53:57 GMT Some investors are afraid that fund managers will target weak financial firms. Click Here for Other Details

New Push to Reduce Short Selling (New York Times) Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:38:57 GMT Some investors are afraid that fund managers will take advantage of a climate of fear to target weak financial firms whose declining share price would bring them rich rewards. Click Here for Other Details

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-10 17:54 WaMu stock down 22% over accounting rules (Interactive Investor) Published on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:13:45 GMT NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc. shares slumped 22% on Wednesday on fears that new accounting rules may dissuade potential buyers for the distressed savings and loan. "There are rumors of potential suitors walking away," said Tim Backshall, chief analyst at Credit Derivatives Research in Walnut Creek, California, referring to new Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on ... Click Here for Other Details

More find numbers add up to career (Louisville Courier-Journal) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:51:11 GMT The weather is balmy and the local beaches are inviting, so naturally San Diego State University students are thinking about ... accounting. Click Here for Other Details

Accenture Awarded $550m Bristol-Myers Squibb Contract (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:43:44 GMT IT services company Accenture has won a 10-year $550m contract extension from New York-based biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb for a range of finance and accounting and application development and maintenance services. Click Here for Other Details

Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling (AP via Yahoo! News) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:01:47 GMT When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen. Click Here for Other Details

Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:01:47 GMT When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen. Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Click Here for Other Details

Freddie, Fannie scams hidden in broad daylight (Pioneer Press) Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:23:37 GMT When the history is written on the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it will go down in the annals of corporate scandals as one of the greatest accounting scams committed in broad daylight. Click Here for Other Details

Lifting the Lid: Accounting 'interpretations' get more scrutiny - Reuters Published on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:55:01 GMT The Gazette (Montreal) Lifting the Lid: Accounting 'interpretations' get more scrutiny Reuters - Sep 12, 2008 Many of the current problems stem from decades-old accounting rules, that even Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz concedes have been ... US STOCKS-Energy, tech lift Wall St, indexes rise over 1 pct guardian.co.uk Accounting and Finance Lehman Survival Questioned Scramble to Sell ... Baseline Lehman stumbles on broker downgrades U.S. Daily all 2,694 news articles Click Here for Other Details

Financial, Defense Lead Area Industries in Political Giving - Washington Post Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:11:07 GMT Financial, Defense Lead Area Industries in Political Giving Washington Post, United States - 12 hours ago Delaney gave $57000 to the Democratic National Committee's fundraising arm, accounting for 75 percent of the total contributions by CapitalSource employees. ... Click Here for Other Details

Banks Fear Next Move by Shorts - New York Times Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:59:21 GMT Banks Fear Next Move by Shorts New York Times, United States - 12 hours ago The firm, he told the crowd, had used ?accounting ingenuity? to avoid large write-downs and remained tainted by bad commercial real estate investments. ... Click Here for Other Details

Former top financial journalist dies - Dispatch Online Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:31:23 GMT Former top financial journalist dies Dispatch Online, South Africa - 6 hours ago However, despite his diagnosis while still a student, Basson studied public administration and accounting at the University of the Free State, ... Click Here for Other Details

Big man on campus - Baruch College The Ticker Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:54:38 GMT Big man on campus Baruch College The Ticker, NY - 7 hours ago His name is Harb P. Johnson, a senior who is on his way to one of the "big four" accounting firms. Johnson came to Baruch College as a transfer graduate ... Click Here for Other Details

Registration statement including financial report - Sydney Morning Herald Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:48:07 GMT Registration statement including financial report Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 10 hours ago Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 89 Item 14. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 89 Item 15. ... Click Here for Other Details

Research Shows Students View Music Piracy as Socially Acceptable - Idaho Examiner Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:59:59 GMT Research Shows Students View Music Piracy as Socially Acceptable Idaho Examiner, ID - 4 hours ago ?Music piracy ? especially among college students ? is viewed as socially acceptable,? said Woolley, an assistant professor of accounting in the College of ... Click Here for Other Details

Concise Annual Report - Sydney Morning Herald Published on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:38:55 GMT Concise Annual Report Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 11 hours ago The Concise Annual Report and the Annual Financial Report will be available for download from the Company's website at www.tabcorp.com.au. ... Click Here for Other Details

Paying to Pollute - Wall Street Journal Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:05:26 GMT Paying to Pollute Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago The system, which has been in place since 2005, covers about 11500 industrial facilities, accounting for about half of Europe's total greenhouse-gas ... Click Here for Other Details

This 2008 Slovenia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Provides ... - MarketWatch Published on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:47:43 GMT This 2008 Slovenia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Provides ... MarketWatch - 20 minutes ago DUBLIN, Ireland, Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0f6b03/slovenia_pharmaceu) has announced ... Click Here for Other Details