CITP

Published 02/1/2010

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice.

We serve over 70,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally.

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Business News-MRA

Published 01/20/2010

Mauritius Revenue Authority

The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has been established as an agency of the State for revenue collection and management of Revenue laws. MRA is a body corporate with its own Board under the supervision of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development. The MRA is responsible for the administration of tax policy, and the collection and accounting of all revenues arising under the Revenue laws.

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HSP

Published 01/15/2010

Promote Advertising Choice, Not Advertising Force

Google changed the online advertising landscape by displaying ads that are valuable to customers — not just ads fetching the highest prices.

Consumers are now used to a high level of choice about what they see; they fast forward through commercials on their DVRs or watch TV shows on Hulu where ads are shorter and fewer. Think about ways you can reach consumers on their own terms. Most people want ads in one format or another — it's a vital way to get information about products and trends. But instead of force-feeding consumers, invite them to the conversation and find out how they want to see and hear about your products.

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Financial Accounting Standards

Published 10/31/2009

Financial Accounting Standards Board Meets with Accounting Standards Board of Japan to Discuss Global Convergence

Representatives of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) recently gathered in Norwalk for a joint meeting. Led by Robert H. Herz, Chairman of the FASB, and Ikuo Nishikawa, Chairman of the ASBJ, the meeting was the fourth in a series of discussions between FASB and ASBJ designed to enhance dialogue between the two Boards in their shared pursuit of global convergence of accounting standards.

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Desktop Computing

Published 06/15/2009

IT greats: Innovation is the key to greatness

IT is one of the only industries that offers the prospect of growing from start-up to global domination within a few decades, and few can punish an organisation that makes a mistake as cruelly.

Yet the choice of the most influential organisations of the past 40 years highlights the importance of innovation alongside the ruthlessness needed to build a global brand and dominate global markets.

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International Accounting Standards

Published 06/13/2009

IASB issues improvements to 20 IFRSs

The IASB has published final amendments to 20 IFRSs, and the related Bases for Conclusions and guidance, resulting from the Board's Annual Improvements Project for 2007. Some amendments, in turn, cause consequential amendments to other IFRSs.

The amendments are based on proposals in an Exposure Draft published in October 2007. The IASB's annual improvements project provides a vehicle for making non-urgent but necessary minor amendments to IFRSs. The effective date for most amendments is annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009.

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