Why does audit quality matter? Well, first and foremost, the audit landscape has changed due to changing peer review requirements. To explain, the AICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative brought to light numerous deficiencies identified during peer review. Therefore, it is important for firms to be aware of the deficiencies the AICPA identified, and ensure their […]
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Why Audit Quality Matters
Beat the Odds: How to Conquer Common AI Challenges
Some of the keys to success with an AI implementation may seem basic, but they really can make a difference.
Announcing the general availability of Python support in Azure Functions
Python support for Azure Functions is now generally available and ready to host your production workloads across data science and machine learning, automated resource management, and more. You can now develop Python 3.6 apps to run on the cross-platform, open-source Functions 2.0 runtime. These can be published as code or Docker containers to a Linux-based […]
Outlook is Good for Health Care, Thanks to Big Data
Technology improvements in recent years are making it possible to overcome the decades of siloed, inaccessible, consumer data.
Lebanon’s Aoun vows to tend to economic, financial reforms
Lebanon is expected to begin implementing in October a set of economic and financial measures agreed by its top leadership that will boost economic growth, President Michel Aoun said on Sunday, vowing that he would to tend to this himself.
Exclusive: U.S. set to give Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers – sources
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers, two sources familiar with the situation said.
Oil rises alongside equities, but weak OPEC outlook caps gains
Oil prices on Friday rebounded from a two-day drop, alongside equities as expectations of further stimulus by central banks helped to ease recession concerns.
Voice Assistants Bring AI to the Workplace
More enterprise organizations are experimenting with AI-based voice assistants to boost internal efficiencies, but it will be a while before they realize the ROI they seek.
Premium brews in Asia stoke Carlsberg’s half-year sales
Danish brewer Carlsberg posted a solid rise in half-year sales thanks to Asian markets, where consumers are trading up from mainstream beers to pricier premium brands, lifting its shares 5 percent on Thursday.