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NOVEMBER 2002 ISSUE

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		ACCOUNTABLE The idea of a global GAAP - a series of principles agreed upon by the US Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board - will be a gradual evolution. but the one-size-fits-all approach is in question, especially in Asia where economic differences shape the rules. read the entire story

FEATURE

PLAYING FOR KEEPS
The Performance 100 is a list of companies that have both created, and destroyed, wealth on an epic scale. This year's top-ranking company Samsung Electronics has more than doubled the money invested in it. Unfortunately, this is not true of more than a third of the companies onthe P100 list.

FEATURE

MORE BRICKS IN THE WALL
The classic church-and-state divide between investment banks and their research departments was never more abused than during the bull market of the late 1990s. Now, as regulators question the objectivity of analysts, calls for new rules to ensure a secular kind of independence are causing concern among CFOs worried about over-regulation.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRADE FINANCE

TRICKS OF THE TRADE
They had to be dragged into Internet trade finance but now banks are rolling out systems that offer thoughtful use of the technology.

POINT OF VIEW

FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENTS
Picking an independent director can be tricky. Here, a private equity investor gives his recipe for successful selection.

JOB HUNTING

HOW TO ACE THAT INTERVIEW
Executive recruitment expert Jeffrey Christian shares his thoughts on how to tap real talent. Hint: turning the tables on your interviewer is the first place to start.

DEALWATCH

SIZING THE X-FACTOR
China Telecom's multibillion-dollar dual listing is complicated by government meddling.

TECHWATCH

THE NEVER-ENDING AUDIT
New software could change the face of financial auditing but the jury is still out on whether it will be for the better - or worse.


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