He intended to remain in banking but had an undergraduate adviser, Doug Marshall, who suggested Mr. Luff take an additional year of public accounting. Mr. Luff said he never looked back after that and is now a certified evaluation analyst, certified fraud accountant and has two distinctions in forensic
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose on Tuesday, after Libya said loadings of crude at a key port had been suspended, offseting an earlier dent to the price caused by evidence of the inexorable growth in U.S.
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Donald Trump was the toast of Nordic boardrooms on Tuesday morning, after he blocked Broadcom Ltd.'s proposed acquisition of Qualcomm Inc. Telecoms equipment giants Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB depend on Qualcomm for crucial chipsets used in their networks. The Finnish and Swedish
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LAWRENCE — Firms that use accounting practices that basically require more verification for good news than bad news can more easily avoid securities class-action lawsuits and improve the outcomes of litigation, according to a study that includes a University of Kansas accounting researcher.
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In 1962, a successful young fund manager named Warren Buffett began buying sleepy New England textile firm Berkshire Hathaway. He wasn't interested in the textile business itself, just in the firm's cash.
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