November | 2010 | Wiley Accounting Updates

Assessing Operational Risk: A New Profession In The Making!

Posted 11:41 pm by Gerry La Rocca & filed under Accounting Careers, Canadian Economy, Fraud Accounting, Managerial Accounting.

Have you ever wondered what is the fundamental purpose of a Corporation: You are correct in assuming “To Make a Profit”. Henry Ford once said ” A Business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business”. Let us put ourselves into perspective and see what we are referring to. Looking back a… Read more »

Restructuring GM: Government Bailout a Success!

Posted 5:42 pm by Gerry La Rocca & filed under Accounting Careers, Auditing, Corporate Restructuring, Financial Statement Analysis, International Accounting.

General Motors started trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday, a day after its IPO raised US$20 billion. From a starting price of US$33 a share it rose as high as $35.95 in intraday trading before settling at $34.01. It closed at $34.19 on the New York Stock Exchange, a gain of 3.61% in… Read more »

GM IPO

Posted 6:37 pm by Gerry La Rocca & filed under Canadian Economy, Corporate Restructuring, Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis.

What is an IPO? An initial public offering, or IPO, is the first sale of a corporation’s common shares to investors on a public stock exchange. The main purpose of an IPO is to raise capital for the corporation. While IPOs are effective at raising capital, being listed on a stock exchange comes with heavy… Read more »

Cashing in: Canada’s CEO salary surge

Posted 10:03 pm by Gerry La Rocca & filed under Accounting Careers, Uncategorized.

Walmart CEO SalaryIn the past 12 years, there’s been a 444 per cent salary increase for Canada’s top CEOs. The top 10 earners collected a total of $60.7 million in 1995—by 2007, that number had jumped to $330.3 million. For example, Paul Desmarais, CEO of Power Corp, made more than $5 million in 1995; in… Read more »