Interview - President ICWAI

Costing body plans `accounting technicians' course In addition to the present shortage of 25,000 qualified finance professionals, ... Accountants of India (ICWAI). "We are in the process of introducing a certificate course ... Accountants Act, 1959, the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 02:17:48
Blog: Management Accountant...

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The Big Payoff

I’m going to share a random bit of information with you. When I was in high school I wanted to take a double course called “Law and Accounting” ... , and I was dreading Accounting, assuming that because it deals with numbers and I would rather remove my own leg ... I enjoy Accounting, I ended up getting grades in the mid- to upper 90s throughout the [more...]

Date: 2007-05-24 13:03:53
Blog: Chaos Theory ...

Easy & Cheap Microsoft Training Certification Courses Online For Personal Development

I took up computer courses when I was still working as an accounting clerk. I remember the courses were Lotus 123 and Microsoft Word. They were considered basic courses, yet they were important at that time. After I left ... . Since last year, I started to learn HTML as I wanted to open my online stores. With my very basic [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 12:51:20
Blog: Enjoy Life, Travel & Pe...

Government Wants To Drill More Wells

read more.. Person of the Day - Jared AweAccount Assistant at Dart Realty Jared Awe is taking aim at an accounting career with plans to pursue a Bachelor’s degree and the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) course. Jared is following ... , who is doing the CPA. “I have a passion for maths and enjoy working with numbers,” Jared says.... [more...]

Date: 2007-06-05 20:54:47
Blog: Cayman Net News Online:...

SME #1- Should you get an MBA?

“So you want to be an entrepreneur?” I asked one of my nephews as I was discussing with him his plans ... t get an accounting course, but they can always be businessmen!” Managing a business is just common sense ... , or lawyers who are also in business? Are you just amused what they believed in? Of course, they think [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 02:45:20
Blog: Reflections of a BizDri...

Beauty and Author Marketing

As book sales remain flat, a disturbing trend has arisen: prettier authors get better marketing budgets. No one has proven that, of course ... the accountant a copy of this article to keep as backup when the IRS audits you for attempting to deduct ... expenses. Can't wait for a tax law change and feeling like you're not looking your best after three [more...]

Date: 2007-08-30 22:00:00
Blog: Writers Write -- Writer...

Even Uncle Sam Doesn’t Know What a Blog Is

I’m one of those procrastinaters who waited until the eleventh hour to get my taxes done ... s written online and targets specific niche topics. Of course new accountants will look up a “classification” ... know what we do, so how can we expect the general public to? I’m a little curious as to how other bloggers [more...]

Date: 2007-04-12 13:17:38
Blog: Mom Gadget - A guide t...

Austrian Economics for the Economically Challenged

Back in the fall of 1980, when I was a freshman in college, I was briefly a business major. Briefly, because while I liked (and was quite good at) ... the accounting course I was taking, I despised the... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 14:09:41
Blog: RedStateEclectic ...

The Optimal Length of Study for a Degree

By Richard Vedder Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley opined the other day that it took too long to get a baccalaureate degree and that we could whack ... Times had a story about the reforms some schools (e.g., Princeton) are taking to shorten the length ... . The first eight business courses in basic economics, accounting, finance, statistics, etc., may [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 19:44:33
Blog: Center for College Affo...

Exclusive: SAIF Partners Invests In Vocational Training Firm ICA Infotech

Private equity fund SAIF Partners has invested an undisclosed amount in Kolkata based vocational training institute ICA Infotech Ltd ... graduates in the non-IT segment. It provides courses in accounting, finance and personality development ... . The market opportunity here is fresh college graduates are still not ready to be employed unless [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 10:01:33
Blog: VC Circle...

Edu-mama-cation

(In true Procrastamom fashion, I wrote this post in the final few minutes before midnight, the day before my scheduled posting day ... . I will be taking courses to become a CGA - a Certified General Accountant. CGA is one of the major accounting bodies in Canada, similar to a CPA in the States. The courses are taken online and I only have to show [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 05:52:33
Blog: Fear And Loathing In Re...

Online Degrees

Online Degrees Monday, July 23, 2007 Online classes are the greatest thing ever invented ... Education Degree Indiana is obtainable. They offer many courses including, Business, Accounting, Education, Finance, Management, Criminal Justice, Health Administration, Information Technology, Marketing [more...]

Date: 2007-07-23 17:05:26
Blog: UtterlyGeek.com ...

When the piranas come a’hunting

Several of my blog colleagues are asking why IFRS8 is under fire ... and recently qualified as a chartered accountant. During my studies we were told just to learn accounting ... can that be? Prem of course already knows the answer, as do many others. I’ve spoken extensively with Irish [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 03:25:16
Blog: AccMan...

Online Utica College

(Sponsored Review) Utica College, based in Central New York in the United States, ... investigation, anti-fraud and computer crime control. An independent, private institution founded in 1946 ... of Criminal Justice, Accounting and Computer Science. The courses are delivered through WebCT – an online [more...]

Date: 2007-08-25 14:18:42
Blog: ERROR...

Business schools must improve courses in auditing

Students who major in accounting are normally required to take one or two courses in auditing, but other business administration majors can skip these courses. That's too bad, because a knowledge [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 12:26:10
Blog: TheBizClass - Business ...

What's not to like about a $200 million gift

Claremont McKenna College, one of the Claremont consortium where I attended grad school and where I spent a year visiting, ... requiring them to take courses in finance, accounting and leadership psychology.Well [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 22:16:09
Blog: SCSUScholars...

Doddering Economist Finally Puts Two and Two Together

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 4 years after the American-led invasion of Iraq, 81-year-old economist Alan Greenspan has published his memoirs, ... , I know economists aren't that bright - Economics is the degree you go for after you flunk out of Accounting school ... of information was considered news. "Of COURSE this war is all about oil! Specifically, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-17 12:30:19
Blog: IMAO...

Audi notches 10th American Le Mans victory

INGOLSTADT, Germany - Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) ... full course caution periods accounting for 144-minutes. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 11:31:09
Blog: Car Buyer's Notebook: A...

Iceberg Dead Ahead!!

Tom Kelly at Dreckless has an excellent article on Social Security, Medicare and the mess that Democrats and Republicans refuse to address ... by more than 1/3, meaning a doubling of payroll taxes or a near doubling of individual income taxes. Continuing on our present course will bankrupt the government. According to the General Accounting [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 16:51:04
Blog: Anti-Strib...

Three-year investigation into police officer's £90 expenses discrepancy winds up costing taxpayers £500,000

From The Times September 29, 2007£90 expenses investigation cost taxpayers £500, ... genuine mistakes in his expenses, was cleared of 12 counts of false accounting and one of attempting to pervert the course of justice when the prosecution offered no evidence at Liverpool Crown Court [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 19:27:02
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Dollars & Sense

Dollars & Sense Posted by Jayson Javitz Published: Jul 20, 07 09: ... engineering $54,128 -- mechanical engineering $53,396 -- computer science $50,852 -- information ... $46,718 -- accounting $43,701 -- management $40,161 -- marketing Then of course [more...]

Date: 2007-07-21 01:08:08
Blog: Wizbang...

Survey: Six of 11 Accounting Students Cheat

A survey by David Morris of North Georgia College and Claire Killian of Wisconsin--River Falls found that 54% of 294 accounting students surveyed ... is likely to become worse as more courses are taught online. This is a BIG problem for CPA firms ... and universities in three Southern states; it found that 52% of 569 business students (including the accoun [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 15:06:34
Blog: Tick Marks...

Publicists: Pat Kingsley Spins The Torch At PMK/HBH

As we know there's nothing quite as fascinating as discussing the internal reorganization of publicity firms, we note that Pat " ... are not what I enjoy doing most," Kingsley said. "I took accounting in college and my instructor suggested that I not continue the course. We are now a conglomerate and it's daunting. I want to be [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 17:37:57
Blog: Defamer, the L.A. Gossi...

MBA Options Part 7: Other Deciding Factors for Choosing Your Program

We have covered a lot of information about MBA programs over the course of this series ... the school specializes in certain fields. Common specializations include accounting, entrepreneurship ... if I told you recruiters didn’t have a preference when it comes to the schools they prefer. Job Placement [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 12:00:19
Blog: Cash Money Life - Pers...

'The Hobbit' Gets Healthier

Filed under: Deals, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, ... that things are looking good for the Hobbit project -- of course this is second-hand, as the main players ... watching New Line's accounting. God, can you imagine what they can rake in if they make films [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 11:32:00
Blog: Cinematical...

Freelance Finance Writers — Austin, TX

A downtown Austin e-learning company is looking for freelance, offsite writers to pitch, outline, ... an accounting package for your small business. Subject-matter knowledge, good Web writing chops ... courses on finance and general business topics. View Opportunity at CLAU [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 21:39:40
Blog: The Writing / Editing J...

I did forget something

Yesterday in my post about my job I said I thought I was forgetting something ... account numbers in the files, add those changed numbers to the database, I take them down to accounts payable to be paid. I feel like I wear many different hats during the course of a day. I wear a clerks [more...]

Date: 2007-09-07 00:54:32
Blog: Army Mom: New Jersey...

May Day!

Today (Sunday) our Jordanian friends in Jordan celebrate Labour Day (also known as May Day) ... courses and seminars abroad in subjects such as trade unionism, cooperatives, transport cooperatives, health services in rural areas, public accounting and auditing, cooperative housing, vocational [more...]

Date: 2007-04-29 08:27:36
Blog: Mideast Youth - Thinki...

Bubble Boy? NYT's Rosenthal 'Can't Tell' Maureen Dowd's Politics

I would defy anyone to label Maureen Dowd by party affiliation or ideology ... is to provide a dispassionate accounting of events, free of political or ideological coloration ... a Liberal Newspaper?" Okrent acknowledged in his opening line: "Of course it is." What can you say [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 12:13:59
Blog: NewsBusters.org | Expos...

The NY Times Carries George Soros’ Water

Apparently the downsizing New York Times is now outsourcing its “research.” In this case (and of course not for the first time) ... more deaths than the 20 previously known. No government body is charged with accounting for deaths [more...]

Date: 2007-06-26 13:47:15
Blog: Sweetness & Light...

SFSU Defends a Different Flag

07/17 04:10 PM Philanthropy Studies: For What? There are now courses at 100 plus campuses that teach students about the nonprofit universe, mainly, as noted in The Wall Street Journal, "through managerial training, accounting and study [more...]

Date: 2007-07-17 21:10:17
Blog: Phi Beta Cons on Nation...

When change is not progress

At the founding of the United States there was a clear and succinct voice that rang out beyond the great documents, beyond the Declaration of Independence. It was a voice of Revolution and yet a voice of warning, too. That voice with single clarity identifies, classifies and instructs on who we are, as a People, and how we view this world [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 21:15:36
Blog: Dumb Looks Still Free...

"A Place of Inspiration"

That's Alberto Gonzales's description of the Department of Justice that would work tirelessly to produce these sorts of legal opinions ... , by numerous esteemed professionals -- lawyers, doctors, psychologists and government officers -- without ... the thorough public accounting that is so desperately needed here -- and, perhaps more importantly, to pass [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 02:44:56
Blog: Balkinization...

How Insignificant is Thailand to Burma?

UPDDATE: See updates below The Bangkok Post reports: ... of that list and that is of course Thailand. Thailand is hardly unimportant to Burma given it shares [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 14:42:10
Blog: Bangkok Pundit...

Autumn Linkfest: Week in Review

And that's the bell! At the end of the qurter, we see the scoreboard is rather different than many imagined just a few short volatile weeks ago. The leader for the third quarter is the Nasdaq,which added a solid 3.8%. The Dow Industrials were right behind, gaining 3.6%. Leadership continues to come from Tech and very big cap [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 22:30:00
Blog: The Big Picture...

Financial Models for Underachievers: Two Years of the Real Numbers of a Startup

My buddy at Redfin, Glenn Kelman, decided he wanted to bare his financial soul so that other entrepreneurs could get greater insight into the witchcraft called financial modeling. In this two-part posting, he reveals his numbers and his lessons. They are eye-opening for most entrepreneurs [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 16:39:12
Blog: How to Change the World...

Virtualize everything?

The concept of the “green” enterprise has gained traction in recent months as corporations trip over each other in the marketing race to become the ... 60 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, accounting for 1.5% of the nation’s electrical demand [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 05:45:22
Blog: | Servers and Storage ...

Tips for understanding behavior in employees

The world of business management is not all about cash flow, spreadsheets, and marketing, ... who studied management in school spent a lot more time in accounting and economics class than they did ... patterns. At a very basic level, we repeat behaviors that have worked for us in the past and fail to repeat [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 13:41:08
Blog: Business information an...

The Great Leap Backward?

By Elizabeth C. Economy From Foreign Affairs , September/October 2007 Summary: China's environmental woes are mounting, and the country is fast becoming one of the leading polluters in the world. The situation continues to deteriorate because even when Beijing sets ambitious targets to protect the environment, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 06:50:23
Blog: China Environmental New...

What makes a great MBA?

MBA schools are a lot like professional sports: there's a huge mass of wannabes feeding the league tables, a lucky few make it into the majors, ... , we do a P&L in Accounting, and the next day the Economics class shows how a company's bottom ... base of learning. It's what separates 'information' from 'knowledge'. And why 'knowledge [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 14:06:25
Blog: chrisworth.com...

Treasuring UKIP

Recently, UKIP's Treasurer resigned for personal reasons ... Commission's accounts. When she reported the extent of the possible fraud inherent in the accounting procedures—Master Hannan's "some dodgy accounting practices" translates into "10,000 possible cases of fraud [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 14:52:51
Blog: The Devil's Kitchen...

Dearth of Bookkeepers No More!

Problems with bookkeeping? Rusty in keeping track with your daily business transactions? ... Accounting Academy now unleashes its newest solution to the country’s dearth of bookkeepers ... on bookkeeping that will cost you less than a fraction of what you will spend in enrolling for accounting [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 01:48:39
Blog: Philippine Accounting...

What Non-Finance Courses Should Finance Majors Take?

Since school just started here at Unknown University, that means undergraduates with questions about majors, classes, internships, and so on ... Financial - I'd recommend at least Intermediate Accounting I (and if you can manage it, Intermediate II ... y'all might also benefit from my take on things (or at least get a good laugh): Financial Accounting [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 15:59:54
Blog: Financial Rounds...

HEDGE FUND NEWS @ 08 October 2007

FINTAG COMMENT Exits. Hedgie's find ways to extract value from their business - Winton hooks up with Goldman (who are its prime brokers) and Swiss Re dips into Brevan Howard. Oaktree looks to catching distressed European companies and Goldman sets up a Fund of Hedge Funds - not unusual, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 06:38:07
Blog: FiNTAG: Hedge Funds: Se...

Ukraine, “Orange” Isn’t Only The Name Of A Phone Company It Seems

Well, three years after the famous “orange” revolution Ukraine is at it again. Voting I mean. At the time of writing only 60% of the votes have been counted, and the margin is a narrow one, but the pundits all seem to be suggesting that the bloc of of parties lead by former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, part of the Orange alliance, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 12:25:54
Blog: afoe | A Fistful of Eu...

Battling for Hearts And Minds in Space

Battling for Hearts And Minds in Space source:The New York Sun Whether or not one consumes movies and television shows vocationally, there's always a backlog to catch up on, and, as the end of any given year approaches, a modest sense of urgency can take hold [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 21:01:22
Blog: Galactica Station...

Don't Ask Don't Tell Price Stability

The Telegraph is reporting British banks gorge on ECB's cheap credit ... , accounting for a substantial chunk of the €190bn (£132bn) lent last week in the ECB's variable tender [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 19:16:45
Blog: Mish's Global Economic ...

Top 50 DC Characters #4

Now DC’s turn… 4. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (1 point for Hal as Spectre) – 1091 points (25 first place votes) Created by John Broome and Gil Kane, the revamped Green Lantern debuted in the pages of Showcase. Hal Jordan was a test pilot who was chosen by the dying former Green Lantern of Sector 2814 to be the next Green Lantern for [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 04:19:09
Blog: Comics Should Be Good!...

The meaning of global warming, part one

By David Roberts The following is a guest essay by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, the latest in the ongoing conversation about their new book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. ----- Thank you to everyone here who has participated in this discussion [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 19:37:23
Blog: Gristmill: The environm...

Exit 1808

Exit 1808 October 7th, 2007 | OC: Just So Entries | No comments. I first learned the word ‘listless’ listening to Pearl Jam. In the opening lines of Daughter, Eddie Vedder sings the words “Alone.. listless”. Never mind that he may have been describing a breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. ( [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 21:26:07
Blog: Organised Chaos v2.0 ...

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