A-list star Cameron Diaz gave students at Stanford University a huge shock on Thursday when she turned up unannounced to give a lecture on environmentally friendly design.

Cameron Diaz surprised a class at Stanford University when she helped lead a lecture on environmentally friendly design.

The US audit oversight board is set to begin its inspections of the "Big 4" accounting firms in May 2004, finishing them by October or November, according to its chairman William McDonough.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has used a September 11 commemoration speech to call on corporations to cut the pay of executives.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York used a September 11 commemoration speech to call on corporations to cut the pay of executives.