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| Sondra L. Stokes Joins Deloitte’s Audit & Enterprise Risk Services Practice |
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July 31, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 31, 2008 — Former Securities and Exchange Commission Associate Chief Accountant, Sondra L. Stokes, CPA, recently joined Deloitte & Touche LLP as a partner in the SEC Services practice. Stokes specializes in U.S. and international accounting and financial reporting. Her responsibilities include performing pre-filing reviews of SEC filings, assisting clients with the SEC comment process and providing assistance and interpretive guidance to clients on SEC issues, including the application of International Financial Reporting... |
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| Explosive Growth in Medical Tourism and Rise of Retail Clinics Provide Huge Cost Savings for Patients |
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July 30, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2008 — More than 750,000 Americans left the country last year for less expensive medical treatments, a number projected to grow to six million by 2010, potentially costing the U.S. health care system billions. The number of retail clinics in operation has also soared by 220 percent from just 250 clinics in 2006 to more than 800 serving patients by the end of 2007. Both trends suggest that these new innovations are challenging the status quo of the traditional U.S. health care system as consumers seek better care, and greater access at lower costs, according to the results of... |
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| Deloitte Survey Reveals Competitive Advantages Outweigh Costs Associated With Green Retrofits |
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July 29, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2008 — Existing commercial real estate that does not undergo a “green retrofit” will relinquish market leadership within three years in terms of higher operating costs, lower productivity, declining attractiveness to workers and negative brand image, according to Deloitte’s The Dollars and Sense of Green Retrofits, a survey released today. The survey was co-authored with green real estate authority and consultant Charles Lockwood. A green retrofit can help building... |
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| Academia Pursuing IFRS Information And Curricula Materials Vigorously |
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July 25, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2008 — Deloitte announced that nearly 100 colleges and universities have registered as members of its International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) University Consortium, launched just two months ago. Overall, 88 major colleges and universities from across the country have recently joined Deloitte’s University Consortium. Deloitte, through its IFRS University Consortium, is contributing time, experience and resources to address the need... |
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| U.S. Department of Treasury Awards A Deloitte Federal Team as Mentor Firm of the Year |
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July 23, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23 , 2008 — Deloitte was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Businesses Utilization’s “Mentor of the Year” award for outstanding commitment to the Treasury’s Mentor Protégé Program (MPP). The Deloitte team, led by Joni Swedlund, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and was given this year’s award for their outstanding contribution to the program resulting in increased revenues,... |
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| Deloitte Poll: Nearly One-Quarter of Execs Polled Say Their Investment Management Firms Have No Monitoring Systems for "Suspicious Transactions" |
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July 23, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 23, 2008 — As anti-fraud enforcement levels have surged to an all-time high in the investment management industry, a recent online poll, conducted by Deloitte, found that nearly one-quarter (23.8 percent) of respondents’ companies do not have a “suspicious transaction” monitoring system and an additional 32.4 percent of respondents were not aware of whether their firms did. “Because hedge funds, private equity firms and other investment managers are often incorporated offshore and serve a client base of high net worth individuals from around the world, these organizations... |
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| Next Generation of 401(k)s Shows Automatic Enrollment and Step-Up Provisions Doubling Among Employers: Deloitte Survey |
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July 22, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2008 — Employers are taking decisive actions to make 401(k) plan participation as easy as possible for employees, according to the 2008 401(k) Benchmarking Survey, conducted by Deloitte, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS). Survey respondents addressed such topics as eligibility and enrollment, contributions, matching formulas, investment funds, revenue sharing, defined benefit plans, fees, vendors, plan effectiveness, communications and administration. |
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| Connecticut Student Wins National Junior Achievement/Deloitte Essay Contest |
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July 22, 2008 |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 22, 2008 – Junior Achievement and Deloitte today announced that Laura Ly, age 17, of Shelton, Connecticut is the winner of the national “Excellence through Ethics” essay contest. The contest asked high school seniors to apply their knowledge of ethical decision-making and share their views on the importance of ethics in business by providing a solution to an ethical dilemma. The dilemma was about a teenager working in an insurance office who was pressured by her boss to falsify an insurance application from his friend, who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness but... |
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| Deloitte Survey: Challenging Back to School Shopping Season Ahead |
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July 21, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2008 — Higher gas and food prices will cause a significant number of consumers to spend less this back-to-school shopping season and will also cause consumers to change where and how they shop, according to a new survey from Deloitte. Due to these economic concerns, 71 percent of survey respondents said they plan to spend less on back-to-school items this year. Almost half (48 percent) plan to reduce their household spending by more than $100. “Consumers have been pessimistic for several months, primarily because of the strains on their budgets from higher gas and food prices,” said |
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| Deloitte Completes Acquisition of Solbourne, an Innovative Consulting Firm Focused on Oracle Applications |
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July 17, 2008 |
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NEW YORK, July 17, 2008 — Deloitte announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Solbourne Computer Inc., an innovative systems integration firm that provides enterprise services based on Oracle Fusion Middleware technology and Oracle’s E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Enterprise applications. The Solbourne management team and more than 100 professionals are expected to join Deloitte’s Enterprise Applications, Technology Integration and Human Capital service areas.
“Deloitte remains committed to our long-standing Oracle strategic, world-class alliance... |
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