Archive for February, 2009

Galliano student takes state leadership post

GALLIANO – A Galliano native has been named one of two student representatives on the board that oversees the state’s technical and community colleges.


Galliano student takes state leadership post

GALLIANO – A Galliano native has been named one of two student representatives on the board that oversees the state’s technical and community colleges.


Stephanie Hammitt named chief financial officer

CLOQUET, Minn. – Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College named Stephanie Hammitt as chief financial officer. In this campus leadership position, she is responsible for all fiscal, accounting and business functions of the college.


ON THE MOVE: Davie Kaplan hires Irondequoit woman

A Irondequoit woman has been hired as assistant in the audit and accounting group at Davie Kaplan.


Warren Buffett says accounting methods can produce absurd values for long-term derivatives

OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett has devoted nearly five pages of his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to explaining the role derivatives played in the company’s nearly $7.5 billion investment losses last year.


AMEX REVISES Q4 PROFIT

American Express Co. revised upward its fourth-quarter profit by almost 40 percent to $240 million, due to a hedge accounting error, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday


UOWD offers Forensic Accounting

The Dubai Financial Audit Department and the University of Wollongong in Dubai has partnered to conduct advanced training program in Forensic Accounting. The courses are administered in Dubai and then later in Australia.


Dubai Financial Audit Department and UOWD in partnership to conduct advanced training program in Forensic Accounting

Fourteen auditors from three major government departments of Dubai have commenced an advanced training program in Forensic Accounting that will be conducted in Dubai and Australia, following a Memorandum of Understanding between the Financial Audit Department, Government of Dubai, and University of Wollongong in Dubai.


Covering Your Legal Needs In A Divorce

Divorce is emotional draining for a couple that is considering it as an option. A marriage is coming to an end and that can either elicit strong negative emotions or it can bring out a huge sigh of relief from both parties. Sometimes a marriage just does not work and when that happens, and both sides agree that it just cannot be worked out, at this time divorce might be the only options.


American Express revises fourth quarter profit upward

American Express Co revised upward its fourth quarter profit by almost 40 percent to $240 million, due to a hedge accounting error, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.