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May 2008

  • Tax havens - good or bad?
  • by Peter Williams
  • topic: Business law, Countries, Tax
    Is the reputation of tax havens really justified? asks Peter Williams
  • Letter from... Grenada
  • by Catherine Chetwynd
  • topic: Countries, International business
    Catherine Chetwynd reports on the Caribbean island's recent change in fortunes
  • The junior CFO
  • by Christian Doherty
  • topic: Accounting education
    With the current state of the economy, perhaps it is high time that educating youngsters about finance became a staple of the school curriculum, reports Christian Doherty
  • Dispatch (Asia version)
  • by Peta Tomlinson, Nazatul Izma Abdullah, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
  • topic: News
    Peta Tomlinson, Nazatul Izma Abdullah, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop report on the latest news
  • Letter from... Australia
  • by Peta Tomlinson
  • topic: Countries, The profession
    Peta Tomlinson considers the poor image accountancy has among Australian students
  • Uncertainty becomes ever more uncertain
  • by Richard Willsher
  • topic: Pensions
    From among a blizzard of statistics and actuarial calculations one clear truth emerges: no one knows for sure how to deal with the challenges that defined benefit pension schemes pose to their corporate sponsors, reports Richard Willsher
  • Pioneering XBRL
  • by Chris Davis
  • topic: Financial reporting, Technology
    Mainland China is one of the first countries in the world to adopt a technology-based financial reporting system, reports Chris Davis
  • Dispatch (UK/ROW version)
  • by Paul Gosling
  • topic: News
    Paul Gosling reports on the latest news
  • Broadening the scope
  • by Chris J Finnerty and Joseph Lee
  • topic: Business law, Countries, Tax
    Chris J Finnerty and Joseph Lee report on recent developments related to the Unified Corporate Income Tax Law
  • Risk and behaviour
  • by Michelle Perry
  • topic: Business
    Every major disaster in the world financial markets dating back to the 1980s can be attributed to operational risk involving human error, deliberate or otherwise. Michelle Perry explains
  • Supply and demand
  • by Lesley Meall
  • topic: Technology
    The recent rash of specialist software acquisitions has left accountants apprehensive, but do they really have cause for concern and, if so, why? Lesley Meall reports

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