By 2012, the analogue broadcast signals in most major television markets will have been entirely replaced by digital technology – a shift that has the potential to transform the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries forever. The theme for this digital ‘turn on’ will be more. More content and channels. More mobility. More choices and pricing options. More personalisation and interactivity. And ultimately, more consumption, offering the promise of more revenues.

To succeed in emerging markets, many manufacturers will need to rethink how they recruit, develop, deploy, and connect the skilled employees on which they rely. Once seen as an inexhaustible supply of low-cost labor, many emerging markets are now facing the same shortages of skilled labor that are all too familiar in developed countries.

Data cited in this report are based on a 15-country survey of mobile phone users around the world.

Agreeing to a review of the estate administration and to be bound by its outcomes, can leave limited options to a party.

In a shareholder class action, the plaintiff sought discovery of documents from the defendant partnership in relation to alleged statutory contraventions associated with its role as auditor of a company that had gone into liquidation.

The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Global Manufacturing Industry group’s 2012 outlook for the global aerospace and defense (A&D) industry is a tale of two industries.

Global manufacturers increasingly regard competing successfully in emerging markets as key to their corporate strategy. Identifying the opportunity these markets represent, however, is the easy part. The much more difficult task is determining what it takes to sustain profitable growth in these markets.

The .asia TLD will open in an incremental fashion over six phases before it goes 'live' in final form in 2008.

This article discusses international tax developments and has been prepared by professionals in the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

The concept of US discovery is foreign to Chinese parties, because the Chinese litigation process is far different.

2005 will see the media find new stability in the digital age. The music industry will be the first to emerge as a master of the internet. Legal downloading will flourish, and a concerted, coordinated and global effort to crackdown on pirates will see illegal activity take a significant blow.

The U.S. imposes income tax on the worldwide income of its citizens and green card holders even if they reside overseas. U.S. citizens and certain green card holders residing overseas are also subject to U.S. gift and estate tax on transfers of worldwide assets.

We live in times characterized by change and volatility, yet as businesses we need to make investment decisions that will equip us to serve markets and consumers as they will be in 10 years time and beyond.

Contents: Hong Kong - Court Rules on Source of Brokerage Company's Income, India - Tribunal Rules on Taxability of Service Fees under India-U.S. Treaty / AAR Rules on Application of India - U.A.E. Treaty, Japan - 2005 Tax Law Changes Affect Inbound Investment / New Law May Prohibit Japanese Branch Operations of Foreign Companies, Macau - Government Restricts Activities of Offshore Companies, Philippines - Corporate Tax and VAT Changes Enacted, Taiwan - MOF Issues Rulings on Taxation of Forei

CEOs of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies are even more confident than last year. Yet their actions and intentions, as well as external market factors, suggest a degree of caution may also be in order. While successful IPOs and big money acquisitions point to a market that is still heating up, growing economic uncertainty in Europe and rising interest rates in the United States point to a market that may be topping out.

The terms of reference and the review panel have been announced for the independent 'root and branch' review of the CCA.

2005 is set to be an incredibly diverse year in the world of technology, with several entirely new, global markets emerging. The single largest opportunity will derive from the smallest ever technology. Nanotechnology – the set of technologies that enables manipulation of structures and processes at the atomic level – is likely to become a large-scale commercial reality. At the other end of the scale, the vastness of space will become increasingly important to

This is the second year in which the Global Energy & Resources group of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited has published its power and utilities report for the year ahead

This article has been prepared by professionals in the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.