Regulation Called to account Jul 31, 2000 By James Farr 11 min read Stop the presses: accountancy is news. It's official. Rarely has the financial press paid much attention to accounting issues, but... Read more
Regulation Overhang hangover Jun 30, 2000 By Ian Sax 12 min read A few months back, I overheard the COO of a prominent dot-com company casually mention that her executive secretary, after two... Read more
Regulation Stepping stones Jun 30, 2000 By Anthony Parish 9 min read At the end of 1999 the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (Fasb) and... Read more
Regulation Play by the rules Jun 30, 2000 By Staff Writers 3 min read Rules, rules, rules, all these damn rules. IROs sometimes feel like dancing circus bears resigned to a life of dutiful pirouettes... Read more
Regulation Operation fix-it May 31, 2000 By Andrew Frost 12 min read Few pieces of news can be as dangerous for a company as revelations about accounting irregularities - striking as these do to the... Read more
Regulation Just don't say no May 31, 2000 By Mary Lowengard 9 min read Jean Jarvis, vice president of investor relations at Times Mirror Company, has long maintained that girls who were popular in high... Read more
Regulation Sector survey: Oil May 31, 2000 By Ana Arana 10 min read The oil industry received a shot in the arm in March when a successful Opec meeting established higher production rates keeping... Read more
Regulation Lobbying for change May 31, 2000 By Neil Gibbons 11 min read Those with experience of organized riots or bar brawls will already be familiar with the 'strength in numbers' phenomenon. Others... Read more
Regulation Flash in the pan May 31, 2000 By Joe Lufkin 13 min read Much media attention has been paid recently to what was billed by the Wall Street Journal as 'the first hostile takeover bid by a... Read more
Regulation Merger messages Apr 30, 2000 By Andrew Frost 11 min read A merger or an acquisition can present one of the most challenging scenarios an investor relations manager will ever face. While... Read more