INTRO TEXT Sitting in an austere conference room at the Sonus Networks headquarters in Westford, Hassan Ahmed speaks with calmness and confidence, but his tone strains against an unnerving reality. The president and chief executive officer of Sonus, which makes equipment that allows voice telephone calls to be carried on data lines, has gone through […]
Stephen Hochbrunn
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Accounting scandal colors career option
A recent New Yorker cartoon says it all: A woman looks longingly at a man sitting at a bar and tells her friend, “Being an accountant gives him that extra aura of danger.” Thanks to Enron, accountants have become more than stodgy number-crunchers. But for those who try to attract much-needed new blood to the […]