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Basel, Boring? Not on your life. This city is a Swiss mix of architecture, art and eateries.
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Basel has an image problem.
Even Baselers take a self-effacing and self-deprecating view of
their city. As German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, who lives in the
city - Switzerland's second largest, after Zurich - once said,
"English understatement seems like megalomania when compared to that
of the people of Basel."
The city's reputation may be due to a number of factors:
+ Its principal businesses are trade, banking and chemicals.
+ As a transportation hub, it's often considered merely a place
to travel through.
+ The scenery is minimal - no craggy alpine peaks, no cows
grazing in ...
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Auditing sector brought to account: the state-owned Auditing and Consulting Company (A & C) is slated to complete equitisation and become the country's first joint stock auditing firm this year. Vietnam Investment Review's Nguyen Hong talked to the firm's director Le Ha about its equitisation move. (News).
Magazine article from: Vietnam Investment Review
; ...Partnership is the most suitable way for auditing companies to run well, but the regulations governing auditing partnerships are not clear. Therefore...establishing a partnership. Although auditing is not classified as belonging to a sector...
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Auditing's vision. (vision statement of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies' internal audit department)
Magazine article from: Internal Auditor
; ...ago the regional section of internal auditing for the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies...introduce major changes to our regional auditing approaches. These changes included an...teamwork, and the consulting nature of auditing. Through hard work and conscious efforts...
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Auditing sector runs up losses.
Magazine article from: Vietnam Investment Review
; A MINISTERIAL survey has found the auditing sector to be oversupplied, lacking in...customer base. A survey conducted by the Auditing and Accounting Financial Consultancy...found that all six foreign-invested auditing companies in Vietnam were operating at...
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Auditing in public accounting firms: A preliminary look to 1999
Magazine article from: The CPA Journal
; ...added and former services restructured. Auditing services, long the primary focus of...joined by other significant services. Auditing services are undergoing modifications...an expanded assurance function. The auditing section of the American Accounting Association...
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Quality auditing comes at a cost, THE VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW
Newspaper article from: The Vietnam Investment Review
; ...for the number of clients currently seeking auditing services is available. But, according to...figure is modest, as is the total number of auditing firms. So far, there are just 34 auditing enterprises in operation nationwide, of which...
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Quality auditing comes at a cost: as local enterprises become acquainted with the concept of auditing, so companies offering such services are finding their business variables differing wildly. Vu Long explains why foreign-invested firms have the lion's share of the market but are still mostly struggling to break-even. (Insight).
Magazine article from: Vietnam Investment Review
; ...for the number of clients currently seeking auditing services is available. But, according to...figure is modest, as is the total number of auditing firms. So far, there are just 34 auditing enterprises in operation nationwide, of which...
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"Codifying" auditing principles
Magazine article from: Australian Accountant
; The Auditing Standards Board (AuSB) has recently released a new series of Australian Auditing Standards (AUSs) that will replace the existing Statement of Auditing Standards AUS 1 and Statements of Auditing Practice (AUPs). The AUSs contain...
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Auditing in America's big cities
Magazine article from: The Journal of Government Financial Management
; The Importance of Local Government Auditing Government financial management professionals...annual financial statements. Government Auditing Standards, promulgated by the U.S...of public control and accountability Auditing provides credibility to the information...
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Auditing sector brought to account, THE VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW
Newspaper article from: The Vietnam Investment Review
; ...Partnership is the most suitable way for auditing companies to run well, but the regulations governing auditing partnerships are not clear. Therefore...establishing a partnership. Although auditing is not classified as belonging to a sector...
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Claims auditing in automobile insurance: fraud detection and deterrence objectives.(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Journal of Risk and Insurance
; ...predictions about the nature of optimal auditing strategies for the deterrence of fraud...an empirical assessment of insurers' auditing practices in relation to theoretical...are consistent with the use of rational auditing strategies by insurers and with the use...
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