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Moving around: A slide allows quick access from different floors … There are also poles available … they are similar to the ones used in fire stations.

Food: Employees can eat all they want from a vast choice of food and drink.

Work Station: Each employee has at least two large screens. There are 4-6 ‘Zooglers’ per office.

INNOVATION: Large boards are available just about everywhere because “ideas don’t always come when seated in the office” says one of Google’s managers.

Communication… On each floor, there are private cabin areas where employees can attend to personal affairs.

Technical Support: Problem with your computer ? No problem … Bring it to this area where drinks are available while it is being fixed.

Health: Professional masseurs (eusses) available.

REST: This room provides massage chairs that you control … while you view relaxing aquariums … !!! Ambiance … There are many books in this library … even some about programming !!

I had been to SAP Office near Heathrow, UK and it is really fantastic. I believe that people who come to the building arrange their meetings around the lunch time …. food is excellent.

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In apparent bid to further promote the accountancy profession in Nigeria, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA, of the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual cooperation.

The memorandum is a befitting sequel to the landmark agreement reached in February this year. The two bodies had agreed last February when the Global President of ACCA, Mrs. Gillian Ball visited Nigeria.

This led to first ICAN and ACCA bilateral meeting, which took place at the ICAN secretariat on Wednesday, February 6, 2008. The ACCA team, led by Ms Ball and the ICAN team led by Prince Ade Babington-Ashaye, both agreed the terms of reference of the Bilateral Committee as well as resolved to collaborate on a number of areas to develop the Accountancy profession.

A statement issued at the end of the MOU signing stated, “ In recognition of the value of promoting mutual co-operation for the advancement of the accountancy profession and the public interest, both ICAN and ACCA, thus agreed to enter into the MOU, which was made towards the end of May, 2008.

The MOU provides for the establishment of mutual cooperation between these two Institutions, both members of the International Federation of Accountants, IFAC; and also agrees that the Bilateral Committee, which was actually established in Istanbul, Turkey on November 14, 2006, shall continue to meet twice a year as resolved at the inaugural meeting held in Lagos, Nigeria, during the ACCA Global President’s visit to ICAN.

By the terms of the MOU, both ICAN and ACCA have agreed to collaborate in further developing and promoting the Accountancy Profession; identify ways in which they can work together to support their respective members in Nigeria and UK; strengthen regular communication links between both bodies; determine a road-map towards achieving a long-term mutually beneficial partnership between them; as well as review and, where appropriate, work together to address common issues in the national, regional and international Accountancy Profession.”

“Other areas of cooperation covered by the MOU include: Sharing information on financial and non-financial reporting issues, particularly in the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and sustainability reporting, and joint research into technical accounting and related topics.

Source: Vanguard

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The internet audience for ACCA’s Student Engage reached record figures this year. The webcast, aimed at students of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and broadcast by web TV agency BroadView, achieved almost three times the number of viewers compared with this time last year.

Student Engage has been viewed 32,000 times since it was broadcast on 23 April this year. This is a significant increase on 2007’s viewing figures and clearly demonstrates a demand for web 2.0 as a means of really engaging with the next generation of accountancy students.

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ACCA chief executive, Allen Blewitt and president, Gill Ball answered members’ questions in another successful ACCA Engage live web-broadcast which took place on 23 April 2008.

Over 200 questions were submitted for the event with Allen and Gill answering issues ranging from global recognition to maintaining professional standards.

“Access to the web and all of the rich educational content it offers should be a key component of every student’s education. By working with ACCA we’re developing the toolset of the next generation of accountants, but new media ought to be used across a broader range of academic disciplines,” said Stuart Maister, managing director of BroadView.

AGM 2008

ACCA’s 103rd annual general meeting (AGM) took place on Thursday 15 May 2008.

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This presentation will give you an insight into the ICAEW’s plans to raise the profile of the Institute and the ACA qualification in 2008. It explains advertising is important for the ICAEW, UK and its members and what advertising looks like and where to look out for the campaign.

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Meet the companies that make up this year’s list, as determined by BusinessWeek and the Boston Consulting Group

Our ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, a collaboration with the innovation practice of the Boston Consulting Group, is our most global list ever. It’s also determined by a broader set of data than in the past. In addition to the votes cast in our annual survey—which receive the heaviest weighting in our results—we also weighed companies’ three-year margin growth, revenue growth, and total shareholder return*.

The result: Plenty of new names, including Tata Group, Nintendo (NTDOY), and Reliance Industries. Check them out.

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As of January 1st, 2008, three zeros will be eliminated from the denomination. This means that 1,000 Bs. as the Venezuelan currency is known, would be worth 1 Bs.F. “bolivar fuerte” .The measure necessarily means that all prices, salaries, bonds, taxes, pensions, and , in general, any transaction or reference to the old currency, should be changed into “bolivar fuerte” by dividing said amounts by 1,000.

There would be a period of transition of six months in which both, the old and the new currency would coexist. After this period, currency exchange will continue as long as necessary, so that people could change old currency for new currency at financial institutions and also at BCV.

Parra further explained, “Currency redenomination will not alter the relative value of incomes, expenses, goods or debts”. If a person has saved 1,000,000 old bolivars, they would be worth 1,000 “bolivar fuerte” after the redenomination process. This does not mean that her savings have decreased but that they will be expressed in a new monetary scale.

Source: Banco Central Venezuela Website

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated talks with accounting standards regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to advance the mandatory implementation of accounting standards for derivatives transactions by Indian banks and companies from its present 2011 deadline.

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NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ — KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, today announced the establishment of the KPMG IFRS Institute to raise awareness and address the information needs of companies, investors, academics and others who may be affected by a transition by U.S. companies to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

“As companies expand their reach and economies globalize, the ability to compare financial statements across borders has become imperative. The question about whether the world is going to global standards is no longer ‘if,’ but ‘when,’” said Timothy P. Flynn, KPMG LLP chairman and CEO.

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