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06 GRAPHIC NEWS Finance fails to deliver how nance teams spend their time and quality of management information 08 JOBS NEWS Jobs news from around the world 10 NEWS ROUNDUP Global accounting and nance news

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22 BUILDING A BUSINESS EMPIRE Student Accountant speaks to ACCA entrepreneurs who have set up a wide variety of businesses to nd out how they did it, and how their ACCA training has helped them form successful companies 26 DEVELOPING ABILITIES Soul Patel outlines the third aspect of his AIDE principles for exam success 28 PREPARATION IS KEY ACCAs regional heads of education share their advice on the best way to approach exams

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14 STUDENT BOOK REVIEW Mind Maps for Business by Tony Buzan with Chris Grifths 16 SEVEN TOP TIPS Self-study 18 OBU RAP Period 18 review 19 TALKING TECHNOLOGY Microblogging 20 HOW TO Get headhunted

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Welcome to ISSUE 08/2010 of STUDENT ACCOUNTANT

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