HUNDREDS of runners raised money for the Chronicle's Sunshine Fund when teams from businesses swapped their suits for T-shirts and shorts. Dressed in company colours, they took part in the 5 km race on Wednesday which started at the Pitcher and Piano Bar on Newcastle's Quayside, then headed towards...
DALLAS -- Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC), a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, today announced that it has engaged Ernst & Young to serve as the Company's independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008. Ernst & Young will replace KPMG. The Company...
RICHARD Bottomley is senior office partner at accountants KPMG in Newcastle and president of the North East Chamber of Commerce. He said the cut in interest rates was good for business but, ideally, he would have like to have seen a larger cut. Richard, pictured, said: "This is...
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 3, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- KPMG in Canada ("KPMG") has been recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as among the best employers to promote diversity in the workplace. KPMG shares this honour with 25 other employers TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 3, 2008 (Marketwire via...
NEEDHAM, Mass. -- A recent report prepared for the US Department of Justice finds fault with accounting firm KPMG for contributing to the April 2007 collapse and bankruptcy of subprime mortgage lender New Century Financial Corporation. KPMG strenuously denies it ignored accounting rules in its auditing for the company, which...
Paul McCunn ACAM has been appointed finance director of Hoare Lea, an award-winning firm of consulting engineers. He has previously worked for Unilever, Deloitte and KPMG Consulting and he speaks on behalf of CIMA on enterprise governance and the CIMA Strategic Scorecard.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb 25, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- KPMG has been recognized by Media Corp as one of the 'Top 20 Best Employers for New Canadians' for 2008. KPMG shares this honour with nineteen other employers from across Canada and is proud t TORONTO, ONTARIO,...
LONDON AFP — Players at fallen English giants Leeds United have not been paid for nearly six weeks as a result of the ongoing saga surrounding the club's ownership, according to the players trade union. Ken Bates placed Leeds in administration on May 4 with debts of 35 million...
KAILUA KONA, Hawaii -- Cyanotech Corporation (Nasdaq:CYAN) announced it will not meet today's extended deadline for filing its Form 10-K Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Company, on June 29, 2007, filed Form 12b-25 extending the time to file its...
LEEDS AFP — Ken Bates has bought back fallen English football giants Leeds United after heading up a consortium which has purchased the club from administrators. Local property developer Simon Morris had also been in the running to buy the troubled League One side but adminstrators KPMG decided that...
LEEDS, England AFP — Administrators have delayed a decision on who will take control of fallen English football giants Leeds United. Accountants KPMG had set a deadline of 12pm local time (1100GMT) Tuesday for interested parties to show proof they had the necessary funds to take charge after Monday's...
LONDON AFP — Debt-ridden English club Leeds United were put up for sale by administrators Friday because of a legal challenge by tax officals over an unpaid multi-million-pound (euro, dollar) bill. "We are putting the club up for sale and offers must be in by 5:00 pm (1600 GMT)...
Frankly, I have a hard time understanding the criticisms from corporations which claim they want to cooperate, and then complain when we ask them to disclose the facts and evidence they have uncovered. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, September 12, 2006(1) The modern business world is no stranger to scandal....
The Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities RBI program will get $1million a year from KPMG as part of the accounting/consulting firm's new sponsorship agreement with Major League Baseball. It is the first time the program, designed to increase youth participation in baseball and softball in urban areas, has a...
Ford, the US car maker, is understood to have asked KPMG to conduct an examination of its books as it prepared to put Jaguar and Lan-drover, two of its best-known brands, up for sale. The accountant is thought to have been asked to overhaul the accounts of the two operations...
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2007-Blue Chip News: Trade Alert for Ford Motor CoC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Trade Alert for Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries design, develop, manufacture, and service cars, trucks, and parts worldwide....
HARDEN, Australia AFP — A rock holds down the snail-mail in the old oil can that serves as a letterbox at the entrance to KPMG senior manager Kelvin Brown's office. But visitors should not be fooled: Brown, 45, is a trailblazer on the information superhighway. Phone him at...
May 07, 2007 (Tax Planning International Transfer Pricing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- On 13 March 2007, the European Court of Justice issued a decision on what is known as the "Thin Cap GLO". The cause concerned disputes about cross-border finance. The Court mostly adhered to...
Byline: Renai LeMay May 07, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's Department of Human Services DHS has spent $A30 million in consultants' fees developing its social security Access Card. By 8 May 2007, Booz Allen Hamilton had racked up...
Byline: DAVE LENCKUS NEW YORK-A federal prosecution tactic of pressuring organizations not to pay executives' defense costs in white-collar criminal cases has been dealt a major blow-but not a fatal hit-in the closely watched KPMG L.L.P. tax fraud Byline: DAVE LENCKUS ...
