The numbers seem to suggest that the Hong Kong accounting regulator is quite some way behind and supports concerns that it is perhaps under-budgeted. While voices coming from HKICPA said the HK$90 million budget is too high, the fact is it is actually lower than other regulators in Hong Kong.
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A former KPMG executive in Houston was among six certified public accountants indicted in federal court as part of an alleged conspiracy to provide the giant accounting firm with advance notice of audit inspections by an oversight board. Cynthia Holder, 51, executive director of KPMG's department of
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WASHINGTON – Most efforts underway to restore so-called net neutrality face big obstacles and would take many months, if not years, to succeed.
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A picture taken from the West Bank city of Ramallah shows Israel's separation barrier and the settlement of Beit El behind it. Photographer: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images. Slovenia is preparing to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state next month amid rising sentiment among the European Union
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Celgene Corp. agreed to buy Juno Therapeutics Inc. for about $9 billion, one of its largest deals ever, in a bid to expand in the increasingly competitive landscape of cutting-edge cancer treatments. With Juno, Celgene will gain research into a novel class of therapies known as CAR-T that use the body's
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