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The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies
The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies by: Michael Wander Seizure of property through physical threats!? No, it’s not a street mugging! It’s a $2.4 billion publicly traded company on the NYSE having a spat with their auditor, Deloitte, who happens to have 182,000 employees and revenue of almost $30 billion[1]. Whoever said audit was boring … Continue reading
EOC: The JAR Group — Starting a Startup
November 1st, 2011. The 14th floor of VC saw Hide Harashima and AJ Lawrence come to campus to speak about their experience on the front lines of the start-up world. The MPA club and the Zicklin Media & Entertainment Club hosted the event that was organized by the Executives on Campus (EOC) Job$mart project. Hide … Continue reading
Zicklin Leadership Series — Peter Jovanovich
December 7th, 2011 Newman library saw Peter Jovanovich, President of Alfred Harcourt Foundation and a veteran of the publishing business, for the last installment in this semester’s Zicklin Leadership Series. Frank Fletcher introduced Mr. Jovanovich and Professor Donald Vredenburgh conducted the discussion. DV: What’s it like to be in the publishing business? Is it really … Continue reading
Guest Speakers: Philip Marra + Robert Fraher – KPMG
October 19th brought Philip Marra and Robert Fraher to the Oak Room in Newman Hall. Mr. Marra is the Partner in Charge of Northeast Real Estate Practice at KPMG and Mr. Fraher is a Partner, Finance Services, Real Estate. In short, their team at KPMG helps RE companies through their life cycle (e.g. acquisition / … Continue reading
Baruch’s CFA Club
by William Chan The Financial Statement Analysis & Securities Valuation Association (CFA Club) is a club and extension of Baruch’s Executive MS in Financial Statement Analysis. The group welcomes all graduate students of differing financial expertise. We meet every Thursday from 9 – 10 pm at Baruch. Our last next meeting took place on December … Continue reading
Russell Banks Lecture Series: Richard Grasso
November 17, 2011 Newman Library Dean Elliot welcomed the audience to the 10th-annual Russel Banks lecture series. It started in ’97 with Richard Grasso as the inaugural guest. Introductory remarks by distinguished Baruch Alumnus, Marty Kaplan of KR Capital Elliot: In your view, what the role of education in leadership? Grasso: Hired lots of people … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 