On the sunny side
If weathermen predicted economic environments instead of meteorological ones, South Africa's 2004 forecast would be sunny, but...
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Reporting Archive
Revamping MD&A
In 1989 the board of directors of Caterpillar was concerned about the company's Brazilian subsidiary. The small unit was...
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See Tom run
Hong Kong-based dot.com + IPO in 2000 = x or y, where x = disaster and y = success. Even John Nash would take four years to solve...
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Orchestrated accounting
Local financial reporting practices are already being transformed to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) at tens of...
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Bargain hunting
There are amazing deals to be found at the markets of the world – and I don’t mean the London Stock Exchange or Nasdaq.I’m talking...
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Can you restate that?
When National City, a full-service bank, needed to restate its earnings for 2002, the IR team kicked into gear well before anyone...
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What's the next move?
‘Just as valiant warriors face off against a morning field so, too, do companies engage in a life or death battle to survive...
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To hell and back
As 2003 ended, American investors rushed to put their money in a whole new set of IPOs. They particularly rushed to the big red...
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Leader: The Dow's flirtation
When the Dow Jones soared briefly above 10,000 on December 9, there was an instantaneous flashback - this was, after all, a high...
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Life after death
In today's market, the road to an IPO is long and laborious. Tired of the wait, the management teams of some private entities are...
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