CA Magazine 1999 - Abstracts

CA Magazine 1999
TitleSubjectAuthors
Accepting the mission.(control management)BusinessChristopher K. Bart
Accountable for your promises.(financial reporting standards for employee future benefits other than pensions)BusinessNancy A. Estey
Accounting for business combinations.Business 
A concrete command: she skippers a Canadian navy "ship.".(Barb Clerihue Carter)BusinessTrish Snyder
Advantage Goliath.(financially troubled businesses' insolvency)BusinessBrahm Rosen
A gold mine for auditors.(Technology)(includes list of Internet sites)(Internet sites for auditors)BusinessD.-Claude Laroche, Lucie Begin
An actuarial action plan.BusinessNelson H. Tishcoff
Anticipating needs.(Finance)(accounting firms issues)BusinessLorne D. Schnell
Assisting the elderly.(Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants develop ElderCare)BusinessKaren Duggan, Paul Pethick, Ann Elizabeth Sammon
A zest for going under: CA diver heads BC's Artificial Reef Society.(John Stonier)BusinessDawne Krause
Canucks in the Caymans.(Cayman Islands' Canadian chartered accountants)(Cover Story)BusinessDale Babiuk
Checking out the franchise.(corporate culture)BusinessRob Sproule
Continuous change.(organizational change)BusinessRon Knowles
Control vs. controls.(managing information disclosure)BusinessPeter (New Zealander movie director) Jackson, Vivienne Livick-Chan
Cross-border lawsuits.(differences between Canadian and US securities laws)BusinessMindy Paskell-Mede
Democratizing disclosure.(implications of electronic online financial reporting on accounting standards)BusinessGerald Trites
Discipline in the marketplace.(insolvency)BusinessPeter P. Farkas
Do you know who your banker is?(bogus banks)BusinessDwight Hamilton
Drawing prospects into your web.(Ask an Expert)(increasing Web site traffic)BusinessSusan Sweeney
Drive away with a good deal.(guide to vehicle purchasing)BusinessDennis DesRosiers
E-commerce: the Internet represents a significant opportunity.BusinessAidan Johnson
ERPs: a buyer's market. (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.(ERP Product Report)BusinessMichael Burns
e-trading: are the paper slips, ticker tapes and unchallenged expertise of traditional brokerages facing extinction?BusinessHarvey Schachter
Examining the UFE process.BusinessMark Loewen, Joan Conrod
Family values.(role of accountants in helping business clients develop an exit strategy)BusinessGrant C. Robinson
Fastball king.(Upfront News, Views, People and Trends)(Chartered Accountant Todd King plays third base for Canada's national fastball team)BusinessCathleen Fillmore
First things first.(technology issues facing accountants)BusinessBryan Walker, Don Sheehy
Fuel efficient.(Syncrude)(Company Profile)BusinessJohn A. Clarke
Giving kickbacks the boot.(Canada's new accounting law)BusinessDavid Selley, Simon Chester
Going global.(Accounting)(Canada's role in the development of international accounting standards)BusinessIan P. N. Hague
Going once, going twice ... putting a business up for auction works to bring the best price from would-be purchasers.BusinessStpehen R. Cole
Happy new year?(includes related article on Y2K issues)(Cover Story)BusinessPeter De Jager
Here's looking at you.(survey of chartered accountants in Canada)(Cover Story)BusinessCharise Clark
His hobby is 'Free': Victoria CA's folk music CD is a hit.(chartered accountant Kevin Woodward)Business 
In expert company: the era of multidisciplinary engagement teams has already arrived, but chartered accountants are still looking for some guidance.BusinessDavid C. Selley
Investing in the future: what can CAs do about the stress in their careers?(Editorial)BusinessChristian Bellavance
In whose interest?(court ruling affecting corporate governance)BusinessGerald Kandestin
Keeping audit committees effective.BusinessEric Turner
Lights, camera, accountants!(accountants in Canada's film and TV business)(Cover Story)BusinessOkey Chigbo
Limited options: those acting as trustees on behalf of others should be aware of special rules that limit investment strategies and decisions.BusinessBarry S. Corbin
Making mission statements count.BusinessChristopher K. Bart
Managing those mutuals.(investing in mutual funds)BusinessJames A. Bull, James M. Kahane
MDPs: a study in controversy.(multidisciplinary partnerships)BusinessJim Middlemiss
Measuring up.(performance measurement practices)BusinessJohn H. Waterhouse
Meeting expectations: when you accept nomination to a board of directors, make sure you know what the law and your colleagues expect.BusinessMindy Paskell-Mede, Peter (New Zealander movie director) Jackson
Moving do's and don'ts.(tax deductions for business/schooling relocations)BusinessGena Katz
Mr. CA goes to Tax Court.(role of chartered accountants in Canada as representatives of clients in tax-related cases)BusinessDavid Wilkenfeld
Multidisciplinary partnerships: can they work?(partnership between lawyers and accountants in Canada)BusinessMichael Fitz-James
Never say never.(financial reporting)BusinessJ. Douglas Hanna
New rules for rollovers.(Ontario and Quebec, Canada's tax policies)BusinessDebra Moses
No.(Are MDPs the Right Way to Go?)(issue of whether multidisciplinary partnerships are good for the accounting profession)BusinessRoyston Greenwood, Roy Suddaby
No more hide and seek - part 1.(using search engines to find a broad variety of information)BusinessEric E. Cohen
No more hide and seek - part 2.(includes related article on the most popular Internet World Wide Web sites)(using Internet search engines)BusinessEric E. Cohen
No more "wait and see": when it comes to transfer-pricing documentation, Revenue Canada's revised Form T106 means the day of reckoning has arrived.BusinessAlfred Zorzi
Office engines.(upgrading local area networks)BusinessIssie Rabinovitch
Old price or new?(financial instruments)BusinessIan P.N. Hague, Diana W. Willis
On good authority: we now have the means to secure business over the Internet - and messages between office cubicles.BusinessDeryck Williams
On-line communication growing for mutual fund investors.BusinessTerri Williams
Opening the door.(employment policy in Canada for spouses of temporary foreign workers)BusinessJames P. Egan
Paired for life: by combining an annuity with a life insurance policy, retirees can minimize their tax payments while increasing their returns.BusinessGordon Giacomin
Path to empowerment.(use of self-directed teams in the South African company Eskom Transmission)BusinessMyrna Wajsman, Greg Lewis
Peaks - and valleys: standard-setters in the "G4+1" are considering which components of financial performance should be presented in the income statement.BusinessIan P.N. Hague
Preparing for your next acquisition.(business finance)BusinessJohn Douglas
Purchasing power.(Performance)(implications on business operations)BusinessStephen R. Cole, Rod Sherkin
Putting it all together.(financial reporting standards for the public sector in Canada)BusinessMartha Jones Denning
RAIDers of the next millennium.(use of redundant array of independent disks for data storage)BusinessGerald Trites, David Pugsley
Reading the fine print.(Public Sector Accounting Board examines hidden costs of government contracts)BusinessJoy Keenan
Reasonable royalty rates.(includes related article on factors affecting licensee's share of the profit)(profit sharing valuation method in accounting)BusinessStephen R. Cole
Record numbers.(chartered accountant David Jones)BusinessAndrea Neblett
Relative risks.BusinessDonald E. Jeffreys
Reporting with a purpose.(data analysis)BusinessDeryck Williams
Retirement reckoning: should pensions help us to maintain our pre-retirement incomes, or help governments to redistribute income from the rich people to the poor?BusinessMalcolm Hamilton
Secret service: the business of corporate intelligence.BusinessRene Lewandowski
Secure transactions: beyond phase 1.(electronic commerce security)BusinessDon Sheehy
Seeing through corruption.(Transparency International awareness program)BusinessOkey Chigbo
Sell your invoices.(invoice discounting as an alternative to short-term funding)BusinessTerrence Belford
Share and share alike?(stock options)BusinessGena Katz
She'll fight for the profession.(interview with Guylaine Saucier, Board Chmn of both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp)(Cover Story)BusinessChristian Bellavance
Software options.(financial planning programs)BusinessGarnet Anderson
Spirituality in the workplace: an organization can really benefit when it provides a humanistic environment where employees can reach their highest potential.BusinessJanice Turner
Stake your claim.(mid-size accounting firms explore exciting opportunities in niche markets)(Cover Story)BusinessJim Middlemiss
Standards with a differential.(financial reporting by small businesses)BusinessAndree Lavigne
Strength in numbers.(includes related article on what to know about a potential franchise opportunity)(buying a franchise as a method for starting one's own business)BusinessRob Sproule
Strong medicine.(Taxation)(tax regulations on Canadian emigrants)BusinessAllan Lanthier
Sun, fun - and the IRS.(taxation of vacation homes)BusinessRoanne C. Bratz
Tailor-made, or one-size-fits-all?(differential reporting standards for businesses in Canada)BusinessSylvie Leger, Ted Anderson
Taking the long view: family businesses need to have long-term plans in a number of areas if they are going to be transferred successfully to the next generation.BusinessGrant C. Robinson
The buck stops here.(accountants in a review engagement)BusinessMindy Paskell-mede
The dawning of a new age: facing 2000.(the mutual fund industry's position in the year 2000)BusinessTerri Williams
The flow-through factor: investors interested in the high-risk, high-reward sector of natural resources may find some appeal in a flow-through share arrangement.BusinessWarren Pashkowich
The Hong Kong connection.(includes related article on Hong Kong's business climate)(Canadian-trained, Hong Kong-based accountants)BusinessKen Mark
The puck stops here.(includes related article on hockey in Edmonton, Alberta)(Edmonton Investors Group Ltd. buys Edmonton Oilers to keep the hockey team in their hometown)(Cover Story)BusinessDwight Hamilton, Pierre Pelletier
Tools for trade: Canada's success as a leading exporter is opening up new opportunities for financing this country's foreign trade.BusinessDavid Clarke
Tough questions.(corporate governance)BusinessGuylaine Saucier
Tried, tested and new: are you wondering how to advise your clients when they ask about investing?BusinessGarnet B. Anderson
What the customer wants: advances in database technology are enabling banks to measure customer value at the root, one account at a time.BusinessRobert Angel
Who chooses the team?(role of academics in providing risk management advice for selecting investment portfolios)BusinessAndre Frazer
Widening the net.(proposed laws on the taxation of trusts and their beneficiaries)BusinessPearl E. Schusheim
Women's networks a success.BusinessAnna Maria Greene
Wordsmith par excellence.(accountant updates English-French accounting dictionary)BusinessHelene Valois
Years of living dangerously.(chartered accountants' stressful work)BusinessRuby Andrew
Yes.(Are MDPs the Right Way to Go?)(multidisciplinary partnerships in the accounting profession)BusinessEdwin C. Harris
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