I stumbled across this story through digg and it seemed pretty well supported even though it hasn’t been covered in the mainstream media at all yet. The Bush administration appears to be planning for a Mexico-USA-Canada “super corridor” to bypass a couple unions. The new road will allow containers from the Far East to enterContinue reading “NAFTA super highway to accelerate North American trade”
Monthly Archives: June 2006
School of Accountancy through July 4
Posting may be infrequent over the next few weeks as I focus on the School of Accountancy, which started yesterday and doesn’t end until July 4. It’s being held at York University‘s Keele Campus in North York (Toronto). It consists of classes every day, two practice exams this Friday and the following Friday, and theContinue reading “School of Accountancy through July 4”
FASB and AICPA seek small, private company input
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the American Institute of CPAs have announced a joint project whose aim is to seek “constituent feedback on proposed enhancements to the FASB’s standard-setting procedures that would determine whether the Board should consider differences in accounting standards for private companies.” This is the classic conundrum commonly known to thoseContinue reading “FASB and AICPA seek small, private company input”
SEC looking into auditors in options backdating investigation
The SEC has announced it’s going to be including companies’ external auditors in their investigation into options timing abuses commonly known as backdating. Authorities were said to be looking at what auditors knew about company manipulation of options’ grant dates and exercise prices to boost their value to executives who got them. About 30 companiesContinue reading “SEC looking into auditors in options backdating investigation”
Google spreadsheet app will not catch on
According to Om Malik, Google is rumored to be coming out with an online spreadsheet application tomorrow, but I don’t think it’s going to have much of an impact. Why? Well, in my experience at least, everything I do in Excel is with data that I don’t want anyone, even Google (imagine that), to haveContinue reading “Google spreadsheet app will not catch on”