Public Oversight Board
The accounting profession has a unique responsibility in the United States. Regulators, investors, and the general public rely on certified public accountants to assure the inte...
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Revisions to a landmark 2002 anti-fraud law will include relaxing some rules for small public companies in a bid to curb what they say have been excessive costs related to audits, the Securities an...
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Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP appears to have signed off on some public-company audits without having sufficient evidence to support its opinion, according to a 2006 inspection rep...
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Since it was signed into law five years ago in the wake of scandals at Enron and WorldCom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had mixed results fighting corporate corruption.But despite criticism from many...
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