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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is considering changes in its approach to audit firm inspections and enforcement, according to PCAOB board member Jeanette Franzel.
May 5 -
Two years ago, the Supreme Court held in Lawson v. FMR that employees of contractors of public companies, including employees of accounting and audit firms, are protected under the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
May 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle charges with a Maryland firm and one of its partners that their surprise examinations of an investment advisor were inadequate.
April 29 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced penalties in two financial fraud cases Tuesday against companies and their former executives accused of various accounting failures that left investors without accurate depictions of company finances.
April 19 -
Approximately two-thirds of companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average reported non-GAAP earnings per share, according to a study last year, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to wonder if the trend has gone too far.
April 18 -
Toshiba Corp. is under investigation by the U.S. over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion in losses at its nuclear power operations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Shares plunged in Tokyo.
March 17 -
Mergers and acquisitions are prompting companies to take risky accounting maneuvers, warns a new report from Deloitte.
March 16 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Californias largest agricultural water district Wednesday with misleading investors about its financial condition as it issued a $77 million bond offering, with one of its managers bragging about using a little Enron accounting.
March 9 -
Its generally accepted that a lot of accounting isnt, well, generally accepted.
March 1 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Marrone Bio Innovations, a pesticide company, and its former chief operating officer, with inflating financial results to meet projections it would double revenues in its first year as a public company.
February 19