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Sarbanes-Oxley News & Developments
2006-07-31 | PCAOB Alerts Auditors on BackdatingEarlier this month, the SEC and the PCAOB had discussed delivering a one-two regulatory punch aimed at curbing backdating violations.
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2006-07-31 | Happy Birthday, Sarbox!With compliance costs moderating for bigger companies, the four-year-old Sarbanes-Oxley Act is starting to seem like less of a terror than it used to be.
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2006-07-11 | "NatWest Three" Head to US for TrialAfter futile efforts to fight extradition, three British bankers will fly to Houston this week to face fraud charges related to Enron. Their cause is creating a stir in British business and political circles.
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2006-07-11 | Cox, FASB Differ on TransparencyThe draft of the FASB new "conceptual framework" that would form the basis for public company accounting spells out a different theory of transparency than one described by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox.
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2006-07-07 | Feds Back Sarbox WhistleblowerDavid Welch, former CFO turned Sarbox whistleblower, now has the "flag and seal of the United States" on his side in his battle with Cardinal Bankshares, his attorney says.
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2006-07-07 | ABB Employees Settle Bribery ChargesA vice president of finance and three other ABB employees agree to settle SEC charges that they violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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2006-07-07 | Merrill Lynch Settles with EnronThe "MegaClaims" complaint involves claims that banks aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by the ill-fated energy company.
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