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How investors and management can take advantage of this new requirement We are far from the days when an investor has to go through the trouble of ordering a record of reports from a printing house and get a stack of paper in the mail in order to review a company’s financial filings. As technology [ READ MORE ]
Over the past several years, I have gained tremendous experience in the industrial commodities industry, especially the magnesium industry. I have been privileged to attend annual magnesium conferences around the globe, meet with industry leaders, and learn firsthand about some of the new and exciting developments in this emerging niche market. I would like to [ READ MORE ]
Introduction Fair value accounting is a hot topic currently because many people blame it for the current financial crises. This article explains the fair value accounting concept and standards, discusses its impacts on financial markets and investors, and introduces recent changes on fair value accounting rules. Fair value accounting definition “Fair value is the price [ READ MORE ]
A month ago, Apple became the first technology company to join the Washington-based non-profit Fair Labor Association (FLA), a group of businesses and universities focused on improving working conditions around the world. On February 13, 2012 Apple announced that auditors from FLA have started assessing the work environment at its final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn [ READ MORE ]
China is the world’s largest importer of iron ore used for both domestic consumption and for production of finished goods for export. China has seen increases in imports of iron ore of over 11% per year on average over the past five years and is expected to continue average annual increases of over 7.0% per [ READ MORE ]
IFRS, which stands for International Financial Reporting Standards, is a set of accounting principles that has gained worldwide acceptance. It is published by the London-based International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and is more focused on objectives and principles and less reliant on detailed rules than U.S. GAAP standards. The SEC is scheduled to vote whether [ READ MORE ]
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of conducting international business is getting legal questions answered. Every nation has its own set of laws, loop-holes and governmental agencies which closely scrutinize and capitalize on the business activities within the respective countries. Furthermore, the cultural and governmental differences make it extremely difficult to obtain a correct answer from [ READ MORE ]
Since late 2010, many China-based U.S. listed public companies have undergone a veritable swoon – one brought on by a confluence of company financial restatements, auditor resignation, delisting, trading halt, accusations of fraud, fears over the Chinese economy, and extreme volatile capital markets worldwide. This swoon has induced both pain in the pocketbook and the [ READ MORE ]
As the latest official stance, on November 9, 2011 the SEC approved new rules to toughen the standards that companies going public through a reverse merger must meet to become listed on the three major U.S. listing markets NYSE, Nasdaq, and NYSE Amex. The rules was adopted against the backdrop that the SEC and U.S. [ READ MORE ]
As part of my position at China Direct Industries, I oversee the public and investor relations component of our company, as well as a number of our publicly traded China-based advisory services clients. As you can well imagine, that has me travelling quite often to investor and corporate conferences across the globe. Very recently, I [ READ MORE ]
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