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As COVID-19 forces many businesses to dramatically change the way they operate and adopt remote working, there are technology solutions that can help auditors stay on top of their game. By Dr Jana Schmitz As clients face a myriad of challenges to remain in business and prepare financial statements given…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took over captains of industry were queuing up to champion stakeholder capitalism. A growing and long overdue consensus was emerging that shareholder primacy is not the be-all and end-all, and business should take a more long term view, looking after other stakeholder interests too including those of…

As much as Covid-19 is a circuit breaker, a time bomb and an actual weapon of mass destruction (WMD), a fierce debate is raging worldwide on the wisdom of mass quarantine applied to entire cities, states and nations. Those against it argue Planet Lockdown not only is not stopping the…

On Wednesday, January 15, a 35-year-old man arrived at Seattle-Tacoma Airport after traveling for about 20 hours from Wuhan, China, where he had been visiting family. He had a mild cough and may have been running a fever, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Upon arrival, he took…

Fed seems to suggest this too t.co/ggpXug3UKv — Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) March 30, 2020 FED: Third of Americans will be unemployed… The coronavirus economic freeze could cost 47 million jobs and send the unemployment rate past 32%, according to St. Louis Fed projections. There are nearly 67 million Americans working…

The New York Times of March 20, asks rhetorically – “Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?” A Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in relation to China’s novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) categorized  as a viral pneumonia. was declared by WHO’s Director General, Dr. Tedros on 30 January 2020, when outside of China…

If you want, you can try out the SlideMagic plugin for PowerPoint. When installed, it opens a task pane on the rights side of your PowerPoint screen, you can log into SlideMagic, search for templates, which when downloaded appear in a new PowerPoint presentation. With a copy-paste or drag, you…

LONDON, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, BAT publishes its new sustainability report based on the Group's evolved strategy to deliver 'A Better Tomorrow' by reducing the health impact of its business through offering a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky products to consumers.British American Tobacco logoThe publication is…

The organization calls for a cybersecurity equivalent of the UK’s state-owned healthcare systemA wave of cyber-attacks against organizations that are critical to the fight against coronavirus has exposed the failings of a market-driven approach to cyber-preparedness, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).The WEF has identified a ‘cyber poverty gap’…

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. Thanks to generous support from key funders, the Open Knowledge Foundation was able to support the running of more…