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• Shattering the glass ceiling
• by Richard Willsher
topic: Business law, Corporate governance, Countries
Norway has used powerful legislation to break down the barrier to women occupying senior corporate jobs. Could this be the way forward for other countries? asks Richard Willsher
• Letter from... China
• by Alexandra Harney
topic: Countries, Tax
An overhaul of the tax rates foreign companies pay in China is adding to mounting costs for international investors there, reports Alexandra Harney
• Dispatch (UK/ROW edition)
• by Paul Gosling
topic: News
Paul Gosling reports on the latest news
• Get rich quick
• by Peta Tomlinson
topic: Business, Countries, Entrepreneurs
Such has been the growth in China's elite during the past decade that its super-rich are now multiplying at a much faster rate than those in the West, reports Peta Tomlinson. And they are getting younger too
• Pointing the finger
• by Scott Payton
topic: Countries, Industries
As the fall-out from the credit market crisis continues, Scott Payton discovers who is attracting criticism in the latest chapter of the 'blame game'
• Dispatch (Asia edition)
• by Peta Tomlinson, Nazatul Izma Abdullah, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
topic: News
Peta Tomlinson, Nazatul Izma Abdullah, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop report on the latest news
• The silver entrepreneur
• by Faith Glasgow
topic: Business, Entrepreneurs
Retirement no longer has the appeal it once had, says Faith Glasgow
• Contributing to the campaign coffers
• by Holly Yeager
topic: Countries, The profession
With the US presidential campaign well under way, just how big a role has the accounting profession played in terms of financial donations to the political players? asks Holly Yeager
• Technical update
• by Various
topic: Financial reporting, IFRS, Technical update
The latest international technical news
• Letter from... the Caribbean
• by Linda Hutchinson-Jafar
topic: Countries, Tax
Linda Hutchinson-Jafar reports on the changes to Trinidad and Tobago's petroleum tax
• Understanding governance
• by Julia Rudrum
topic: Corporate governance
Julia Rudrum reports on the findings of a recent research project by ACCA in collaboration with the UK’s Department of Health
• Principles or rules?
• by Christian Doherty
topic: Financial reporting, IFRS, The profession
Although the convergence battle has been decided, with all parties agreeing to the need for an international set of accounting standards, the debate still rages on, as Christian Doherty discovers
• Acquisition and US business
• by Lauren Keane
topic: Countries, Financial reporting, IFRS, The profession
As the year-end corporate reporting cycle comes to a close in the US, companies there are beginning to turn their minds to the new acquisition accounting standard passed in January - and they may be in for a surprise, says Lauren Keane

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