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Independent internal audit functions 'vital'...
- 19 Hours ago
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An independent internal audit function is vital for good corporate governance, businesses have been reminded. According to Allister Wilson, audit partner at Ernst & Young, although internal and external
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House Committee Approves Investor Protection Act
- 19 Hours ago
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The Act, which includes an amendment authorizing the SEC to allow shareowner votes on corporate directors, awaits final approval from the full House of Representatives. SocialFunds.com -- On November
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Pulling the teeth of Sarbanes-Oxley
- 11/6/2009
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It took just five weeks after the WorldCom accounting scandal erupted in 2002 for the U.S. Congress to pass, and President George W. Bush to sign, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It took three more years for
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Compliance: The new differentiator?
- 11/6/2009
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It has been far too easy to point the finger of blame at the finance sector as a whole for the current economic situation. With both government and public calling for tighter controls, it is inevitable
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SEC Blames Poor Governance For Quoted Firms Failure
- 11/6/2009
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Nigeria: Adibe Emenyonu Benin â?? Lack of interest in the management of public quoted companies by shareholders and poor corporate governance have been attributed to the failures experienced by most public
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Will Small Biz Get Sarbox Impunity?
- 11/4/2009
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A proposed investor-protection bill includes an exemption for small companies from the Sarbanes-Oxley auditor-attestation requirement. The House Financial Services Committee has passed a bill that would
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Corporate governance violated
- 11/5/2009
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KV3's Chair Sonn takes out ad with board 'permission' which he allegedly never got. JOHANNESBURG - A stand-off of humongous proportions over corporate governance violations continued at engineering firm
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Bill would exempt small firms from Sarbanes-Oxley
- 11/4/2009
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Republicans introduced a draft bill Tuesday that would permanently exempt small businesses from complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Securities and Exchange Commission has repeatedly extended the
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Risk and regulation in Europe
- 11/4/2009
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The economic crisis, proposed governance reforms and contingent commissions dominated the Ferma Directors' discussion As might be expected, the economic crisis dominated the first part of the discussion.
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Credit Unions Attend Workshop On Best Practices
- 11/4/2009
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Members of sixty Credit Unions in the Ashanti Region have attended a three-day workshop designed to reinforce best practices and efficiency in their operations. The 136 participants were taken through
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SEC: Small companies receive another SOX extension
- 11/3/2009
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Small public companies have been given another reprieve for complying with certain requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Last month, regulators amended a temporary rule issued in 2008 that let
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Column: Vote online for corporate governance
- 11/3/2009
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at 2245 hrs IST : In order to ensure greater investor participation in various decision making processes of a listed company and thus usher in better corporate governance, the National Securities Depository
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