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Warsaw, April 30, 2004 — A Deloitte survey released at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) regional summit in Warsaw shows that 81 percent of Western European companies believe that accession to the European Union will make the new member states more attractive for foreign investment. The survey results were presented by Otto Jelinek,...
Brussels, Belgium, April 28, 2004 — Health Information Network Europe (HINE) will present an upbeat view of current market developments in healthcare at the European eHealth Ministerial Conference to be hosted by the Irish Government next month in Cork as part of the Irish Presidency of the European Union. This two day conference, to be held on 5-6 May 2004, will provide European Health Ministers with an opportunity to report progress over the past 12 months towards agreed goals for eHealth to transform and improve...
London, April 27, 2004 — The Liquidators of Baring Futures Singapore and Barings PLC, and the Singapore firm of Deloitte & Touche, have today settled all aspects of the litigation between them, including all costs issues. Following the decisions by the Honourable Mr. Justice Evans-Lombe on 11 June 2003, in which he awarded damages to Baring Futures Singapore, appeals were lodged by the Barings parties in the Court of Appeal. These appeals were to commence on 21 April 2004.
The appeals have now been withdrawn on terms that each party bear its own costs of the appeals and the High Court actions, and Baring Futures...
New York, April 27, 2004 — Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Deloitte France announced today that Deloitte & Touche Juridique et Fiscal, the tax and legal arm of Deloitte in France, has become a newly separated tax and law firm. This transaction was initiated in order to meet regulatory, and therefore market, conditions unique to France and set the best conditions for growth and development while attracting new high-profile talents. The separated firm will continue to serve its clients in coordination with Deloitte tax professionals outside of France.
"This transaction will accomplish our highest priority, to ensure that our clients...
The Hague, The Netherlands, March 17, 2004 — In a new publication, "eCitizenship for All," Deloitte and TeleCities identify four cornerstones of eGovernment for European cities: eLearning, eDemocracy, eSecurity and Re-engineering. The report, written from an inaugural benchmark survey in 2003, was released March 17 at the Macro-Economic and Urban Trends in Europe's Information Society conference (MUTEIS) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The aim of the survey is to support knowledge sharing...
Berlin, March 16, 2004 — Deloitte, the market leader in hotel performance metrics outside North America and Smith Travel Research (STR), the recognized leader for U.S. lodging industry benchmarking, are delighted to announce the launch of HotelBenchmark Trend Reports, which were unveiled today at the 7th International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin. This is the first joint benchmarking analysis to be developed through the alliance of Deloitte and STR and a "first of its kind" in performance reporting for the global hotel industry.
Milan, March 2, 2004 — As part of their continuing co-operation with the authorities investigating the Parmalat matter, two partners of Deloitte Italy, Adolfo Mamoli and Giuseppe Rovelli, today submitted detailed memoranda to the prosecutor relating to their respective roles in the audits of Parmalat.
In the materials, the partners reiterated that they complied with professional standards in force at the time throughout Deloitte Italy's tenure as primary auditor from 1999 to 2003. It is important to note that the investigation of Parmalat began only after Deloitte Italy, in its October 2003 mid-year review report,...
New York, February 24, 2004 — Product differentiation, increased M&A and alliance activities and targeted innovation are key growth strategies for large biopharma companies, according to Deloitte & Touche LLP’s latest study, "Growth Strategies for Large Biopharma Companies."
"Biotech companies have always faced a competitive environment, but the fundamental nature of this competition is changing in response to the convergence of therapeutic platforms used by large biotech and big pharma, as well as the resulting convergence...
While 50-70 percent of new product innovations fail, this Deloitte study outlines several steps to success
Chicago, February 23, 2004 — Deloitte will release the most recent installment of its Global Manufacturing Supply Chain Benchmarking Series research, "Mastering the Innovation Paradox," at National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2004. The latest findings, based on research gathered from nearly 650 leading manufacturers worldwide, reveal that:
Singapore, February 9, 2004 — The Global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Mr. William G. Parrett, today announced that Deloitte & Touche Singapore is its new "centre of excellence."
Singapore will become Deloitte’s third centre of excellence in Asia following Tokyo and Hong Kong. It joins an exclusive list of such centres located in some of the world’s largest global capital markets including New York, London and Frankfurt.
Mr. Parrett said, Singapore is a magnet for global and regional multi-national headquarters and it makes sense for us to further develop Deloitte Singapore’s expertise to meet our clients’ business...
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