Category: News

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter
29 August 2010

One would tend to link faster internet speeds with higher propensity to surf the internet. After all, who wants to wait on slow downloading speeds.

But Deloitte UK has a surprising finding … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter
29 August 2010

Ernst & Young (E&Y) is facing a securities lawsuit from a group of investors who lost more than $17 million following the collapse of a Plano, TX-based hedge fund that promised low-risk … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
28 August 2010

An extensive recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of 2,000 executives from 55 countries, titled, “2010 Global State of the Internal Audit Profession” shows that the internal audit function has the right … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

There is very good news on the online retail front in the UK.

The latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index shows shoppers spent £5 billion online in July in 2010, the highest … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

The state of California just launched the nation’s largest telehealth system last week, a landmark event that uses state-of-the-art technology to connect consumers and providers aimed at more-effective but lower-cost health care.… Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

While the automotive industry as a whole has been rather slow in making deals in the recent past, the automotive transaction services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) indicates a small upward movement … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

A recent study by Deloitte India, CII and Antrix at the Bengaluru Space Expo shows India’s space industry is expected to expand at a substantial rate, despite the global economic slowdown and … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

The latest KPMG Fraud Barometer for Australia for June 2010 finds the total level of fraud in Australian courts is A$132,176,000 for 56 cases, the second-highest ever recorded by this barometer. Though … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
27 August 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently released its South African Wine Industry Insights Survey 2010, finds the industry is facing tough strategic choices, driven by falling margins, strapped customers and decreasing yields. The survey looked … Continue reading…

Christina Broder, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

Deloitte UK was the first Big Four UK firm to post its 2010 financial results, with revenues, income and profits per partner all slightly below 2009. 2009 results were already a bit … Continue reading…

Erica deVry, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

The tragic explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore rig in April 2010 has already had major human, environmental and business consequences to-date and will radically shape the future of the oil exploration … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) in the United Kingdom recently made public its long term funding strategy with an aim to be fully-funded by 2030 with no residual market risk, and to … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world’s leading integrated aluminum companies has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a 3-year application outsourcing (AO) contract to cover support and maintenance of two of Hydro’s SAP … Continue reading…

Kenneth Guillame, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

Capgemini’s recently released fourth edition of the Transport Market Monitor (TMT) by Capgemini Consulting and TRANSPOREON (August 2010), which looks at European transport and haulage dynamics, has some good news.

Analysis shows … Continue reading…

Ethan Strassfield, Big4.com Staff Reporter
26 August 2010

One would think that sports is a recession-proof business.

Not so. The global economic slump of 2008-09 did negatively impact the international sports market.

But a recent survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC), “Back … Continue reading…