Audit & Accounting

The stock rose as much as 22% in Madrid on Friday after Spanish plasma maker published its annual consolidated accounts with an unqualified opinion from KPMG.

The unemployment rate increased two-tenths of a point to 3.9% and the BLS revised downward the job numbers for December and January, indicating some softening in the labor market.

The National Pipeline Advisory Group is collecting responses from college students and accounting professionals to better address the talent shortage.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, also known as COSO, is working with the National Association of Corporate Directors on developing a corporate governance framework.

Just as tired pilots and crew members pose risks to flight safety, auditors fatigued from excessive workloads compromise the quality and reliability of audits.

A divided Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new rule to require companies to provide climate-related disclosures, but scaled back the original proposal.

Experts believe this guidance will spur more institutions to embrace digital assets, as the rules for proper accounting are more clear-cut.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will force companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, but watered down a key requirement.

Short-term thinking by auditors may surrender strategic high ground to outside challengers.

The service-providing sector added 110,000 jobs for the month, including 5,000 in professional and business services such as accounting and tax preparation.