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The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, signed into law by President Bush last Friday, seems to have achieved its main goal of getting the European Union to lift $4 billion worth of sanctions on U.S. goods.
October 25 -
Nominations are open for CPA Wealth Provider's Second Annual Financial Planning Awards in the following three categories:
October 24 -
Telecommunications giant Qwest Communications International Inc. agreed to pay $250 million to settle fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
October 24 -
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has turned over the setting and promotion of financial planning standards abroad to a newly established nonprofit standards-setting body, so that it can focus its efforts on promoting and setting planning standards in the U.S.
October 24 -
Cynthia Cooper, the former WorldCom vice president of internal audit who exposed the $11 billion fraud at the telecommunications company, is among three CPAs who will be inducted this month into the 2004 American Institute of CPAs Business & Industry Hall of Fame.
October 20 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned KPMG LLP, two former partners and a current partner and senior manager for improper professional conduct in connection with audit failures involving licensing and advertising revenue in the past audits of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
October 20 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission stepped up to a formal probe its previous informal inquiry into accounting issues at mortgage giant Fannie Mae this week, the company disclosed in an SEC filing.
October 20 -
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients will see a 2.7 percent bump in their benefits starting in 2005 under a cost of living adjustment announced Tuesday.
October 19 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will provide its full inspection reports to states that agree to honor Sarbanes-Oxley confidentiality provisions, the board's chairman told state regulators this week.
October 19 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named former Andersen partner Julie A. Erhardt to serve as deputy chief accountant.
October 18