He coaches auditors to use action verbs such as "verify" and "confirm" and tells them to writebelow a 12th-grade reading level so it can be easily understood.
Not surprisingly, the differences between them and their American counterparts are vast and present both challenges and opportunities for global marketers. (In fact, the findings were so intriguing and vital to success in China that we decided to write a book.) What follows below are some of the key findings.
America's bail-out plan could even accelerate the pace of write-downs on structured credit if it sets a price below today's European valuations for nasty assets.
I've just left Libya but have been below the radar for almost a week after an unexpected detour to a Tripoli hospital - I'll write about that little adventure in the next day or so.