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South Korean Officials Put Away Their Putters: South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to put away their golf clubs, at least until the economy improves, because it sends the wrong signal to the public. [more]
Typo Fixers Get Probation: Two men traveling the United States on a mission to remove typographical errors from public signs have been banned from national parks for a year. [more]
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Compliance Alerts

A New Map of the GRC Universe: The Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) has released an updated version of its GRC Capability Model, aka the Red Book. [more]
Where Procurement Stands Now: Faced with the ongoing challenges of globalization and corporate responsibility -- not to mention the effects of the economic slowdown in North America -- procurement professionals have their work cut out for them. [more]
First Steps in FCPA Compliance: The SEC and the US Department of Justice have been stepping up their enforcement activities around the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. [more]
SEC Proposal: XBRL Mandatory Within 3 Years: Support for the SEC's decision to mandate the use of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) for some regulatory filings has been subdued, but the Commission will push ahead regardless. [more]
Survey: Audit Quality Has Improved: Audit committee members are pleased, overall, with the results of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to a study by the Center for Audit Quality. [more]
FASB Pushes for More Disclosure: Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No 161, is intended to provide investors with more transparency into an organization's financial standing, performance, and cash flows. [more]
SEC Slaps Infomercial Personalities with Fraud Suit: If you've ever seen those late-night infomercials where slick "trading experts" hawk their get-rich-quick workshops, you've probably wished the SEC would come down on them like ten tons of bricks. [more]
Spitzer Brought Down By Bank Rules: It looks like the Suspicious Activity Reports New York Governor Eliot Spitzer used to tackle Wall Street corruption have led to his own downfall. [more]
Audit Committees' Missing Link: The CAE: Audit committees are under pressure from increasing responsibilities, yet they often overlook an invaluable resource: their organization's chief audit executive. [more]
Updates for FAF, FASB, and GASB: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) and its two standard setting boards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), will undergo changes after a vote by FAF's board of trustees. [more]
Secrets of the Private Equity Masters: Despite the rising cost of debt, private equity is here to stay -- and for reasons that have nothing to do with commonly cited factors such as relative freedom from regulation. [more]
Executive Pay Disclosure Still Lacking: Less than a third of S&P 500 companies reveal targets or goals for executive compensation, despite SEC disclosure regulations to inform shareholders about pay and incentive programs. [more]
SEC Unveils XBRL Tool for Financials: If you want a glimpse of what extensible business reporting language (XBRL) can do for financial statements, look no further than the SEC's new Finance Explorer tool. [more]
Toward Better Reporting: A Talk with Robert Pozen: The SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting is scheduled to issue a report detailing its recommendations later this month. [more]
Court to Decide Whether Companies Have Minds: Can a company commit fraud even if none of its employees did? [more]
SEC and Emerging Markets' Regulators Join Forces: Brazil, China, South Africa, and South Korea attended the first Emerging Markets Conclave, hosted by the SEC, to collaborate on the growing securities markets' challenges. [more]
The Tally on Third Party Ethics: It is imperative to use a code of practice or conduct when addressing third party ethics and compliance issues, according to 95 percent of companies surveyed by The Conference Board and the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). [more]
Investment Governance Rewards: Achieving good governance makes a $10 million to $20 million impact per year on a $1 billion fund, according to "Best-Practice Investment Management: Lessons for Asset Owners". [more]
Subprime Investigations Heating Up: Subprime investigations are intensifying -- the FBI has opened criminal inquiries into 14 unidentified companies during its examination of the subprime mortgage crisis and the SEC has started formal investigations into UBS AB and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc’s mortgage security pricing. [more]
Insider Trading "Safe Harbor" Under Scrutiny: The SEC is stepping up its investigation of insider trading, and an important focus is 10b5-1 stock selling plans. [more]