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• The Thomson Corp. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2007-10-25

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. One moment please for the first question from the line of Drew McReynolds from RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Drew McReynolds - RBC Capital Markets Thanks very much. Good morning. Just on the THOMSONplus program and the acceleration maybe you can...

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• Thomson Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (TMS)

  Seeking Alpha - 2006-07-28

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Our first question comes from Thomas Grenier - Societe Generale Paris. Thomas Grenier - Societe Generale Good afternoon. My first question is on your capital structure. You issued a press release at the beginning of May talking about a strategic reflection about Thomson...

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• Accounting, Coercion and Social Control During Apprenticeship

  BNET - 2005-12-01

  The paper describes the nature and role of accounting during apprenticeship - the transition period from slavery to waged labor in the British West Indies. Planters, colonial legislators, and Parliamentary leaders all feared that freed slaves would flee to open lands unless they were bound to plantations. Thus, rather than...

  Tags: Accounting, Thomson Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

• Easing the Pain During Financial Restatements: These Seven Lessons Can Help

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Clarifying scope on a long list of accounting areas to be restated can be a daunting and time-consuming task. Defining the underlying accounting issues and remediation efforts will spawn policy, procedure, systems development, and human capital initiatives. Entire teams and departments emerge within companies that are restating their earnings whose...

  Tags: Accounting, Financial, Thomson Corp., Human Capital, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance

• Long-Term Care and Supplemental Disability Income Plans

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Most banks develop compensation and benefit plans with the belief that their top executives - those most responsible for the bank's prosperity - should be rewarded for their contributions to the bank's financial health. However, the assets those executives build as a result can erode quickly when a long-term illness...

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• Why Banks Are Missing the Retirement Boom: And More Importantly, What They Can Do to Get in the Game Now

  BNET - 2005-08-01

  Gone are the days when retirement was a well-identified single event, marked by a bon voyage party and a set of new luggage. Today's individuals frequently leave full-time employment only to pursue other careers or to work part-time. In fact, nearly 60% say they plan to pursue some sort of...

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• Revenue Recognition: A Perennial Problem

  BNET - 2005-07-01

  With most companies having completed their first internal control attestation - and thus, with less demanding focus on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 at least in the short run - attention for many is shifting to revenue recognition. The topic is still a main priority for standard-setters and regulators, as well as...

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• Risk Management: What Contract Administrators Should Know

  BNET - 2005-03-01

  By understanding the risk management process and the organizational impact and being a supportive team member, the contract administrator will be able to add overall value to project/contract and the organization. As the contract administrator interacts with internal and external customers, he or she will need to understand and comply...

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• How to Keep Retirees' Savings in the Bank

  BNET - 2005-01-28

  America's boomers are heading into the longest retirement in history. One trend that should give bankers sleepless nights: When people have a chance to roll over their 401k plans, more than 70% do so to someone new in a transfer of assets that is approaching $200 billion a year. And...

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• Business Banking: Union Bank Opens Check 21 University

  BNET - 2004-08-01

  Given the industry chatter and column inches dedicated to Check 21, it would seem inconceivable there's anyone who doesn't know about the potential triumph-someday-over physical checks. But there's still a knowledge gap, particularly in segments such as small and middle-market businesses, and Union Bank sees that as an opportunity to...

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