Corporate Governance News

Reports that AIB is planning to appoint an executive chairman on a temporary basis have sparked political criticism.

This week, by a vote of 37-32, the House Financial Services Committee voted to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to permanently exempt companies valued at less than $75 million from the audit portion of that law.

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CBS News led the nominations for The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' the 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, which were announced today.

It took just five weeks after the WorldCom accounting scandal erupted in 2002 for Congress to pass, and President George W. Bush to sign, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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In the wake of last week's meeting of U.S. and international accounting standard setters, the SEC's Mary Schapiro gives a nod to the rulemakers' convergence efforts.

The House Financial Services Committee voted to exempt small and midsized public companies from Sarbanes-Oxley audit requirements.

As if they needed more stress, organizations are facing evolving and increasingly stringent compliance regulations from the Payment Card Industry, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others.

U.S. securities regulators are reviewing a proposed roadmap to move U.S. companies to international accounting rules, but are struggling with a lack of public consensus on how to get there, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday.

CBS and BBCA America were the leaders on the broadcast and cable side when it came to Emmy nominations for business and financial reporting Emmys.

Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

The agency that failed to catch Bernard Madoff's $65-billion Ponzi scheme would have its funding doubled under legislation approved by a key congressional committee on Wednesday.

The SEC is examining whether it should adopt rules to make sure some investors aren't voting more shares than their entitlement, Schapiro said today at a conference in New York.

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The White House is quietly working to undercut a key post-Enron reform, significantly weakening protection for everyday investors and threatening the administration's image as a champion for financial regulatory reform.

The SEC under new chief Mary Schapiro has gotten off to a slow start on the enforcement front, but attorneys expect a burst of energy in 2010.

Nov. 3 -- Stuart Pearce, chief executive officer and director of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about increased corporate-governance awareness in the Middle East.

Legislation to permanently exempt smaller public corporations from outside audits of their internal controls over financial reporting, a requirement that dates from the post-Enron Sarbanes-Oxley Act, was set to be approved Tuesday by a congressional committee.

Taking responsibility for audits has turned out to be an increasingly thorny issue.