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Attitude adjustment: judges' views of auditors take a dive
Reprinted with permission of the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
After Enron imploded and WorldCom bit the dust, one question topped investors' minds: Where were the auditors?
11 Jul 2007
Good News about Bad Press: For Corporate Governance, Humiliation Pays Off
Published: June 27, 2007 in Knowledge@Wharton, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
Seven years ago, Bill Browder sifted through reams of obscure Russian securities registration data to piece together an elaborate 41-page PowerPoint presentation outlining how managers of the Russian oil company Gazprom were shifting corporate assets to entities controlled by friends and relatives.
10 Jul 2007
Ashland / Cargill license technology from Davy
COVINGTON, Ky., MINNEAPOLIS – Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) and Cargill today announced they have entered into a technology licensing agreement with Davy Process Technology Ltd., a Johnson Matthey Company, on behalf of the joint venture the companies intend to form. The basis of the agreement is a highly efficient vapor-phase hydrogenation technology for use in converting glycerin to propylene glycol (PG).
09 Jul 2007
Chrysler, Chery finalize agreement for global sales
Chrysler Group President and CEO Tom LaSorda joined Chery Automobile Co. Chairman and President Yin Tongyue to finalize the highly anticipated cooperative agreement between the two automakers.
06 Jul 2007
Editorial: American workers, you're saved! Journalists are here to rescue you!
"Today's ultra-lean corporations take pride in shedding 'surplus' people. Join UP and me to make our education, our families and our professions matter again," beseeches Barbara Ehrenreich
05 Jul 2007
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Articles
The G8 plans for industry 
It’s been called a “paper tiger,” but the US tends to keep its resolves. So what does the G8 want from industry?
28 Jun 2007
Opportunity zones: SEEDS for success
Linda Seid Frembes learns how USS Real Estate, the State of Pennsylvania, and the surrounding communities are turning one plant closing into multiple global plants
28 Jun 2007
Number 2? Not just yet
US dominance of the global economy is no longer a given, but the future is bright for the US—even for manufacturers, finds Alan Earls
01 Jun 2007
Fast lane on comeback highway
Detroit shifts gears to gain back lost market share. April Terreri asks, can American brands gain on American-made Toyotas and Hondas?
01 May 2007
Crisis means opportunity
The US automotive market is in a shake-up. What it needs are strong partnerships with its suppliers, says Reid Jajko of ABB Robotics
01 May 2007
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