CA Magazine 1998 - Abstracts

CA Magazine 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
Action plan for the Year 2000 problem. (activities of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for the Year 2000 problem in computer systems)(The Canadian Account)Business 
A different option.Business 
Analysing a business, slice by slice.(auditing technique)BusinessGreg Shields
Analysing the analysts.(evaluating the performance of financial analysts)BusinessPatricia C. O'Brien
A new area of liability.BusinessMindy Mede-Paskell
Assurance for the future. (future of accountants in assurance services)BusinessW. Morley Lemon
Beat the downturn blues. (business-bank relationships)Business 
Brace position. (corporate governance)BusinessAnthony Harrington
Bumpy landings. (Scotland's management buy-out)BusinessFrank Shennan
Buyer be wary: in Quebec, CAs can't be held responsible if investors, relying on their financial analysis, fail to carry out due diligence and suffer losses.BusinessMindy Paskell-Mede
Catching a star. (attracting information technology professionals)BusinessRichard Arnold
CoCo in the crucible.(humanistic management theories for South Africa)BusinessPeter (New Zealander movie director) Jackson
Corporate confidential.(privacy and security issues in e-mail)BusinessRosie Lombardi
Cross (purpose) dressing.(business attires)BusinessDeirdre McMurdy
Death and taxes.(taxes related to registered retirement savings plan)BusinessLionel W. Newton
Death and US taxes.(deceased Canadians' estates in the US)BusinessChristopher K. Braun
Downsizing: making it work.BusinessRichard Doust
Economies of sale: management must get employees to buy into a merger if it wants the new operation to be a success.BusinessYasmin Glanville, Ellen Derrick Belton
Effective web-site design.(optimizing the Internet for the professional services group)BusinessTamar Satov
First, know the business.(the auditor's handbook)BusinessFred Phillips, Lisa Koonce, D. Eric Hirst
For better for worse. (changes in the wedding industry)(Cover Story)BusinessSarah Perrin
Getting the group to work.BusinessPeter (New Zealander movie director) Jackson
Global guidance: the CICA Handbook adds a new section for auditors who are reporting within an international context. (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants)BusinessEric Turner
Global planning.BusinessAllan R. Lanthier
Going against the grain.(Quebecor chairman and CEO Charles-Albert Poissant)BusinessGuy Paquin
Going for broke: so many people these days are declaring personal bankruptcy, even in the midst of an expanding economy. Are they doing it out of necessity or choice?BusinessPeter P. Farkas
Going with the flow.(revising Canada's accounting and financial transactions standards)BusinessJohn Sloan
Government assistance.(changes in the Public Sector Accounting and Auditing Board Handbook)BusinessStephanie Fox
Guidance on triangulation. (procedure for the conversion of currencies)Business 
Here come the headsets.(Internet telephony service providers)BusinessYan Barcelo
He who dares. (Longbore founder John Forrest)BusinessJohn Hatfield
Holding out for a hero. (breaking the stereotypes of accountants)BusinessGeraldine Abrahams
How to "wow" your clients.(celebrating business success with the community)BusinessGrant Robinson
If it isn't read, it isn't right.(how to come up with effective financial statements)BusinessIvan Kilpatrick
Inferred consent.(alteration of financial statements by clients)BusinessMindy Paskell-Mede
John Cleghorn: at the frontier.(Cover Story)BusinessHarvey Schachter
Keeping it in the family. (accounting firms' services to family businesses)BusinessGrant C. Robinson
Landfill liability: a new Public Sector Handbook section gives guidance to governments on the recognition and measurement of closure and post-closure liability of solid-waste landfill sites.BusinessTim Beauchamp
Leaders of revolution. (financial directors)BusinessRobert Outram
Level-headed returns.(formulating an investment policy statement)BusinessMichael Nairne
Levels of trust: seals of assurance that vouch for web-site security are designed to enhance client and consumer confidence in conducting business over the Internet.BusinessAdel Melek, Victor Keong, Karen Nemani
Liability and the "expectation gap."(gap between the auditing services and public expectation)BusinessChristian Bellavance
Making connections.(interdepartmental management strategy)BusinessAshley T. Dafel
Matrimonial diplomat at work. (chartered accountant Gordon Kushner, also a chaplain of the Unitarian Church)BusinessB.J. del Conte
Mega-task in a megacity: busy times for new Toronto's first CFO. (profile on Wanda Liczyk, the first Chief Financial Officer of the megacity of Toronto)Business 
Mission matters.(how to make an effective mission statement)BusinessChristopher K. Bart
No small change.(Euro)BusinessAlexandre Baril
No.(The Body Politics of Tax Collection)BusinessYvon Cyrenne
Old scam, new twist.(the "earn a million" chain letter scam)BusinessSteven Edwards
On a roll: meet the CAs who are helping shape Canada's burgeoning golf industry - for these club owners and consultants, it's no longer just a game.BusinessRuby Andrew
One-stop shopping.BusinessJim Middlemiss
On his game.(Canadian golf enthusiast Mike Doucher)BusinessRuby Andrew
On-line and on target! Results from a CICA Web site survey. (evaluation of the Web site of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants)(The Canadian Account)Business 
On the complaints trail. (procedure for bank complaints)Business 
On your mark ....(the Year 2000 problem)BusinessChris Hicks
Outlook cloudy: with legislative changes, tougher audits and recent court rulings, nervous taxpayers may be wondering if they should undertake future R&D projects.BusinessKaren N. Wensley
Picture perfect. (PricewaterhouseCoopers' Scotland chairman, Frank Blin)BusinessSimon Bain
Power surge. (planning of computer systems integration in merger process)BusinessYan Barcelo
Prescription for doctors.(tax reduction strategies)BusinessJack Peremuter
Proceed with caution.(going easy with transfer pricing adjustments)BusinessRobert Turner
Professional taxing.(tax for goods and services)BusinessIrene David, Alison Pavlin
Property principles. (income tax treatment of inducement payments in property leasing)BusinessRonald J. Smith
Public needs, public purse.(accounting and auditing guidelines for government services)BusinessPaul-Emile Roy, James McCrindell
Put your business plan into action.Business 
Reporting on internal controls: should editors report on the adequacy of internal controls?BusinessNeil M. Brown, Tim Leech, Bruce McCuaig
Rescuing all that jazz.(1970s jazz music in today's compact disks)BusinessDel Conte
Rest assured.(assurance services)(Cover Story)BusinessJohn Lorinc
Risky business.BusinessWilliam A. Bradshaw, Alan Willis
Rounding out your future: a user's guide to some of the more important costs of living - today, tomorrow and beyond.BusinessIan Davidson
Shopping in cyberspace: will new digital certification methods soothe consumer's lack of trust in electronic payment systems?BusinessRosie Lombardi
Short is not always sweet.(the disadvantages of summarized financial statements)BusinessGreg Shields
Signals and signs.(how to manage financial disclosures)BusinessGordon D. Richardson
Small successes.(small and medium-sized Canadian business)BusinessEileen Fischer, Becky Reuber
Smooth moves: how CAs can tackle the challenges they face when shifting to industry.BusinessEsther Ewing
Strategies for golden pond: now is the time to write your own financial plan, using your skills as a CA to calculate the when and the how of retirement.BusinessIan Davidson, Keith Deviney
Stuck in the middle again.(negative impact of technology on the sound recording industry)BusinessDavid H. Morley, Michael W. Morley
Success from depression: a CA wins his fight to overcome career setbacks.(chartered accountant Robert Sealey)Business 
Successful self-promotion. (tips on sucessful self-promotion amid the business environment's emphasis on teamwork)(Column)BusinessDeirdre McMurdy
Survival instincts: in several major disasters, the telltale signs that something was wrong were there for all to see. So why did nobody act to prevent them from happening?BusinessWilliam A. Bradshaw
Taking the vexation out of taxation.Business 
Taking up new measures.(Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants chairwoman Beverly Brennan)BusinessChristian Bellevance
Taming the wild cats. (fight against rogue corporate directors)BusinessSimon Bain
Telling a story: the diversity and complexity of 21st-century society demands that we abandon 17th-century concepts of organization, governance, accounting and control.BusinessDee Hock
The big fix.(preparing for the millenium bug)(Cover Story)BusinessDeryck Williams
The body politics of tax collection: no.(proposing an independent tax collecting body in Canada)BusinessCarl F. Steiss
The bottom line on stress.(stress management techniques)BusinessKaren Evoy
The great dollar debates. (arguments regarding the decline of the Canadian dollar)BusinessMaurice N. Marchon, Saldanha Saldanha
The Quebec Ordre responds to 'Off the record.' (response to Gerard Berube, CA Magazine, March 1998)BusinessRenaud Lachance
The resume as comedy. (job applicants' errors in their resumes)BusinessSteven Edwards
The urge to merge. (accounting firms)(Cover Story)BusinessJim Middlemiss
The Web-site jungle.(financial information in the Web)BusinessChis Hicks
Throwing away the mould.BusinessDee Hock
Variable practices.(accounting consultation practices in Canada)BusinessRoss Denham, Steve Salterio
When a donation is not a gift.(Canada's tax policies regarding charitable contributions)BusinessThomas Burpee
Where is the grass greener?(comparison between accountants in public practice and in industry)BusinessCarol A. McKeen, Merridee L. Bujaki
Work better - electronically.(electronic working papers for accounting)BusinessAndree Lavigne
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