MCCREEVY SPEECH
April 1st, 2005
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Commissioner charged with forging high cross-border standards in financial reporting has likened published accounts to "bikinis: much more interesting for what they conceal than for what they reveal -regardless of more exacting accounting standards".Ireland's European Union (EU) internal market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy told a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants' qualification conferring ceremony in Dublin, accountants should better rely on commercial horse sense.He said: "Tougher regulations and laws may help stamp out ...
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