Monthly Archive: October 2009

There was a dramatic slowdown in cross-border M&A deals that involved the emerging market companies to buy assets in the developed economies, in the first half of 2009. According to the EMIAT (Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker) of KPMG, there … Continue reading…

Ernst & Young LLP, a leading tax and advisory service provide across the world, has been ranked as one of the top 10 companies by Working Mother magazine for the fourth year in a row. Ernst & Young LLP as … Continue reading…

Deloitte, a global professional service providing company, has reached their highest point in Consumer Spending Index since before the start of this economic downturn. The Consumer Spending Index of Deloitte has moved up again in the month of August. This … Continue reading…

Ernst & Young, the leading assurance and tax service proving company, has surveyed the leading private equity (PE) firms and the factors that attracted them to the Indian infrastructure sector. The report published by the company is known as “The … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), an industry-focused advisory and assurance service provider, has stated that the FPP (forest, paper and packaging) sector of Canada has been negatively impacted by the economic downturn experienced all over the world during … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter

KPMG International recently conducted a survey along with the Economist Intelligence Unit to examine the level of trust between the operators and regulators across five utility sectors. These sectors include power, telecoms, transport, water and … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Capgemini Australia has signed an agreement to acquire Nu Solutions, an Australian software testing company. Capgemini Australia is a subsidiary of Capgemini Group, which is one of foremost providers of outsourcing and technology services of … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Accenture, a global management consulting and technology outsourcing company, was chosen by ComEd for designing and deploying the data management system for their proposed AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) pilot. ComEd (Commonwealth Edison Company) is a … Continue reading…

KPMG International, a global tax and advisory service providing firm, has been named as the “International Corporation of the Year” by IGLCC (International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce). The company was so named due to its inclusion initiatives … Continue reading…

Capgemini, one of the foremost providers of technology and consulting services of the world, has been named as a leading SAP Implementation Providers in an independent report by Forrester Research, Inc. Capgemini was one of the selected companies that were … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Accenture, a leading management consulting and technology service provider across the world, has developed business solutions for PosteMobile. Accenture has teamed with HP to provide this solution. PosteMobile or Poste Italiane Group is one of … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Deloitte, a global professional service provider, recently conducted a survey in collaboration with company chief information officers. They interviewed 306 executive business managers and information technology decision-makers of companies with revenues of $500 million and … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a leading industry-focused assurance and advisory service providing company, has published a report called “Glimmers amid the gloom”. According to this report, Asia continues to offer growth opportunities for consumer-products companies and retailers. … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter

Accenture, a leading management consulting and technology service provider of the world, is teaming with Procter & Gamble to transform the latter’s on-line digital capability and global Web technology infrastructure. Accenture will become the primary … Continue reading…