TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Gimigliano (J.D. Cincinnati; LL.M. (Tax) Georgetown), former senior tax counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee and staff director of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, has joined KPMG as the principal in charge of its newly formed...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eagan O’Malley & Avenatti today announced that Big Four auditing firm KPMG, LLP has been ordered by a New Jersey
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
KPMG has appointed a new St. Louis managing partner, the auditor said Wednesday.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kevin Martinez, 46, has joined KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, in the newly created position of executive director, corporate citizenship, according to an announcement by Jack Taylor, executive vice chair, operations, KPMG LLP. Martinez, most recently vice president of community affairs at Home Depot and president of The Home Depot Foundation,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leslie G. Fenton joins KPMG Corporate Finance LLC’s Chicago office as managing director and head of its Insurance Investment Banking
Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
A little noticed survey by KPMG out this week contains some pretty shocking credit crisis stats. Are British businesses behaving like ostriches? The firm asked 342 UK and US-based companies with sales of between £250m to more than £20bn - ie the big boys - how the credit cri...
Tech Startups 3.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday
"It’s a dreary time for Bay Area venture capitalists. Investments are slowing and exits are stalled. Venture capitalists don’t expect the I.P.O. drought to ease until 2010, according to a new survey of dealmakers by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG. Only 9 percent of those surveyed think I.P.O. activity will pick up next year and 12 percent predict it will never again reach historic levels. A July...
ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
India's top firms face little stakeholder pressure to combat climate change with only about 40 percent of the companies surveyed setting voluntary carbon emissions reduction goals, a report said. A survey by KPMG consultants of 70 CEOs found their response to climate issues was driven largely by the need to comply with expected regulations, while leaving the leadership role in tackling global warming...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Venture capitalists surveyed by KPMG don’t expect the I.P.O. drought to ease until 2010 and they expect green technology to lead the turnaround.
Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Chennai, July 23, 2008: An overwhelming 83% of the respondents of the recent KPMG report claimed to have a fair understanding of climate change issues. However just under half of these respondents said they have a clear strategy in place to tackle these issues. The recent KPMG report on Climate Change looks to assess the preparedness of India Inc towards this global phenomenon. More...
India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Almost 60% respondents responded to climate change issues for the need of complying with regulations The report finds glaring gaps between good intentions and appropriate actions relating to environment Only 21% of the businesses surveyed measured their current carbon footprint
Market Wire - Professional Services (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
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India Press Release (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
/India PRwire/ - An overwhelming 83% of the respondents of the recent KPMG report claimed to have a fair understanding of climate change issues. However just under half of these respondents said they have a clear strategy in place to tackle these issues. The recent KPMG report on Climate Change looks to assess the preparedness of India Inc towards this global phenomenon. The study attempts to understand...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Research Recap submits: Greentech is expected to lead the way in a turnaround of IPO activity, but not until 2010, according to a survey by KPMG. Venture capitalists don’t expect to see a consistent flow of IPOs again until 2010 and report that their firms, as a result of the slumping US economy and unstable markets, have extended exit timelines by 12 months or more. Complete Story »
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
UPDATE below. From Financial Week: Some don't see a rebound until 2012; in the meantime, VCs putting their green into greentech Venture capitalists have delayed their expectations of when they will get returns on the money invested in start-up companies by more than a year, according to a new KPMG study released this week. Not surprisingly, the revised timeline is mostly due to the frozen public markets...
