BRAND
AMBITION Increasing
competition is causing CFOs to reassess their strategies.
For many that means it is time for brand-building. read the entire
story
FEATURE
NEW WORLD
ORDER IASB chairman Sir David
Tweedie talks about developing a single set of accounting standards
for the European Union by March, and its convergence with US
rules
FEATURE
THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF CHALCO Chalco's
CFO needed plenty of grit and determination to restructure and
lead the firm to an overseas listing.
FEATURE
LOST
IN THE MACHINE Our fourth
annual ranking of working capital management in the region reveals
a sharp fall-off in performance with a few isolated areas of
best practice emerging as gems.
TECHWATCH
SPY VS
SPY It may not be possible
to keep ahead of the red tide of malicious code that infects
many e-mails.
DEALWATCH
BOUNCING
BACK Four banks in Japan
are enjoying a renaissance under foreign ownership