Monthly Archive: August 2007

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter

"Accenture has decided to acquire George Group, a private consulting firm which helps governments and companies to improve their performance through rationalized operation, accelerated innovation, and strategic process improvements. The acquisition will improve and increase … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

"Global M&A Predictor of KPMG Corporate Finance suggests that the Global Mergers and Acquisitions market is going to peak, and further predicts a fall in overall deal volumes this year. KPMG believes that in the … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

" BearingPoint Implements a Common system for Consolidated Reporting Preparation for Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK). The system will reduce the time required for transformation of financial statements to IFRS and make consolidation process more … Continue reading…

" BearingPoint, Inc has been chosen to decide on a new reservation system for Mexicana Airlines, which is presently running on a legacy system. BearingPoint, one of the largest management and technology consulting firms, has to organize surveys and vox … Continue reading…

"According to a new book by Accenture and Montgomery Research, Inc. named ""CRM Transformation: Transforming Marketing, Sales and Service,"" Customer Relationship Management needs agile marketing, sales and service capabilities of a famous athlete to allow today’s businesses to outpace their … Continue reading…

"Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) selected Capgemini Group in order to create, develop and organize the IT systems for the third largest sporting event of the world. For the Rugby World cup 2007, Capgemini is the unique contributor of IT … Continue reading…

"According to Forrester Research, a globally respected independent researcher, Deloitte is a market leader in risk consulting services. Forrester Research discovered that the member firms of Deloitte offer the most complete range of services and obtain the highest overall scores.… Continue reading…

"Ernst and Young has just released its Global Venture Capital Report 2007 showing that the venture capital market around the world remains vibrant and accelerating. Global venture capital funding in US, Europe, Israel, China and India totalled $35 billion in … Continue reading…

"The CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland, Markus Neuhaus, has been chosen as the Senior Partner of Eurofirms which is the continental European organization of PricewaterhouseCoopers. In this role, Markus Neuhaus will succeed Wolfgang Wagner and will retain his role as PricewaterhouseCoopers … Continue reading…

" We have blogged earlier about Judge Kaplan and the government s tax fraud case against 13 ex KPMG employees and all the twists and turns that the trial has taken over the past few months.

Today Judge Kaplan completely … Continue reading…

"With the objective to harness corporate risks and supervise insurers better, Ernst & Young published draft directives for Solvency II, which would be implemented in the near future. In the wake of the market downturn both in 2001and 2002, the … Continue reading…

"  The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today released its 2006 report on KPMG (the third Big Four firm report to be issued). Based on the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the PCAOB must review accounting firms that audit 100 or more … Continue reading…

" According to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, companies thinking about direct investment in emerging markets must look at a wide range of possible destinations when taking final decision. The report, The PricewaterhouseCoopers EM20 Index – Balancing Risk & Reward … Continue reading…