Scotland is beginning to sound a lot like Alberta: The booming oil price is fuelling an accountancy recruitment crisis in Aberdeen as other firms struggle to match the salaries being paid by the cash-rich energy companies. Multinationals such as BP, Shell and Schlumberger are taking advantage of the near-record price of a barrel to pay […]
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Soaring price of oil leads to shortage of accountants
November 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Category: Business
Tags: accountant, Alberta, CAD, loonie, oil, Scotland, USD
Scots tout principles in the Big Apple
April 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
The Scotsman: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland will tell high-powered US financiers at a conference in New York that individual judgment should play a bigger role than strict adherence to a rule book. Ah, this old classic. Once again the rules-based US system is coming under attack by external sources, this time from Scottish […]
Category: Accounting Standards
Tags: Accounting, Enron, fraud, GAAP, New York, principles, rules, Scotland, US

