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Black Lab Rattles After Eating Golf Balls: Oscar, a five-year-old black Labrador retriever, has a talent for finding golf balls -- but he doesn't retrieve them, he eats them. [more]
Son Ends Up in His Father's Old Dorm Room: Mike Robell, a freshman at Michigan State University, got a big surprise when he moved into his dorm room -- he found that it's the same room his father lived in three decades ago. [more]
Judge Throws Out Popcorn Case: Manhattan Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper has thrown out Steve Kaplan's case against AMC Theatres. [more]
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Giuliani Calls SOX an “Overreaction”: Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani criticized Sarbanes-Oxley at a meeting with the conservative anti-tax group Club for Growth in Washington. [more]
New PCAOB Guidance on AS5 for Smaller Companies: When the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its Auditing Standard No 5 in May, it promised to provide additional guidance later in the year for smaller organizations. [more]
Tackling the International Tax Challenge: The complexity of the global tax environment is a major headache for U.S.-based multinational companies. [more]
Internal Audit: Demands Exceed Staff: Internal auditors are being stretched thin -- in addition to the increased reporting and compliance demands in this age of accountability, they are also asked to examine fraud, contract, transaction and business performance risks. [more]
SEC Says Exec Compensation Still Not Clear: Many companies still aren’t properly explaining to investors how they are rewarding their executives, the SEC said earlier this week. [more]
The Right Way to Restate: On average, the filing time between the initial Form 8-K and the restated financial statement is seven weeks, according to a Huron Consulting Group study. [more]
Can Business Ethics Be Taught?: The accounting scandals of the early years of this decade demonstrated that when it comes to sustaining public confidence in the marketplace, few things are more important than ethical business practices. [more]
Paulson's Picks for Audit Industry Panel: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has announced the members of a new advisory committee that will examine the audit industry in the United States and suggest ways to improve it. [more]
SEC Completes XBRL Tags: SEC Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that extensible business reporting language (XBRL) tags have been created for the entire system of US generally accepted accounting principles. [more]
Interactive Financial Reporting Making Strides: More than 40 companies are participating in the SEC's voluntary interactive data filing program, and the combined market capitalization of those organizations has capped $2 trillion. [more]
A Winning Regulation Framework for the Market Landscape: The past decade has ushered in more change to the worldwide securities market than ever before, and the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity questions whether the self-regulation system has kept pace with the ever-evolving global economy. [more]
SEC Charges Auditors With SOX Violations: The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 69 audit firms and partners with violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by preparing and issuing audit reports on public companies’ financial statements while they were not registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). [more]
Capitalizing on Corporate Responsibility: Though they demand time, corporate responsibility programs can boost profitability, according to the executives surveyed by Grant Thornton LLP. [more]
World to U.S.: Get a Grip on Your Financial Markets: As the shockwaves of the US subprime crisis reverberate around the globe, investors in Asia and Europe are pushing for an international approach to oversight of US financial markets and institutions. [more]
Can Accountants Help Clients With FIN 48 Without Impairing Independence?: For companies struggling with the complexities of the FASB's latest rule on accounting for uncertainty in taxes, this announcement should come as good news. [more]
The Trend Toward Talk: The noticeable increase in shareholder proposal withdrawals this past year is the biggest indicator that companies and shareholders are choosing negotiation over confrontation. [more]
The High Cost of Lax Regulation: Who is accountable for the lack of oversight in Southern China, where dangerous and recalled pet food, toothpaste and toys are produced? [more]
Merge To Improve Audit Quality?: The UK's Professional Oversight Board suggests that small firms consolidate in an effort to improve audit quality, after new accounting rules for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have resulted in frustration and fewer audit registrations. [more]
Compliance, a Time Drain: Enterprise risk management (ERM) took up more time and energy in 2006 than ever before, according to 45 percent of directors and 48 percent of general counsel surveyed by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc. [more]
Teaming Up for Good Governance: The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and plan to collaborate on strategic directives and to establish professional practices frameworks. [more]