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Neo Liberalism, Deregulation and Financial Reporting Abuses During the Last Two Decades in the United States (31 Jul 2006)

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN THE MARKETPLACE: ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES REPEATING HISTORY (31 Jul 2006)

Competition for Andersen’s Clients (31 Jul 2006)

Corruption takes its toll as public does not respect accountants (31 Jul 2006)

Options scandal grew out of 1990s strategy (31 Jul 2006)

US IRS Conducting Own Stock Options Investigations (31 Jul 2006)

London could be 'fraud honeypot' (31 Jul 2006)

EPISTEMOLOGICAL OBJECTIVITY IN FINANCIAL REPORTING: DOES INTERNET ACCOUNTING REQUIRE A NEW ACCOUNTING MODEL? (31 Jul 2006)

What Can Nonfinancial Measures Tell Us About the Likelihood of Fraud? (31 Jul 2006)

CEO Turnover Following Earnings Restatements (31 Jul 2006)

Evidence on the Role of Accounting Conservatism in Corporate Governance (31 Jul 2006)

NON-AUDIT SERVICES, CONSEQUENCE SEVERITY, AND JURORS’ JUDGMENTS ON AUDIT FAILURE (31 Jul 2006)

Financial services errors put Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.'s (PwC client) future in doubt (30 Jul 2006)

Backdating Stock Options Trips Up Two More: McAfee, American Tower announce restatements are likely (29 Jul 2006)

Hays raided as OFT puts staff agencies in spotlight (29 Jul 2006)

McAfee Shares Sink on Options Probe (29 Jul 2006)

SEC investigates Activision over stock options (29 Jul 2006)

SEC judge bans ex-auditor of Adelphia - Deloitte partner (29 Jul 2006)

Worldcom's ex-boss loses appeal (29 Jul 2006)

SEC's Positively Foolish Option Accounting Rules (29 Jul 2006)

When is Backdating Stock Options a Crime? (29 Jul 2006)

PCAOB Issues Audit Practice Alert Regarding Timing and Accounting for Stock Option Grants (29 Jul 2006)

SEC to Ban Adelphia's former Deloitte auditor for improper professional conduct (28 Jul 2006)

Latest state of the Companies Bill [Lords] (formerly known as Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]) (28 Jul 2006)

American Tower Says It Probably Backdated Options (28 Jul 2006)

A look at 2005’s record-breaking year for corporate restatements shows why investors can’t afford a return to pre-Enron securities regulation (28 Jul 2006)

Speculators' World: BAT's earnings boosted by currency gains (28 JUl 2006)

McAfee's stock plunges as stock option problems deepen (28 Jul 2006)

SEC settles with WorldCom executives (28 Jul 2006)

Ex-WorldCom Executive Settles SEC Lawsuit (28 Jul 2006)

Accountancy Fat Cats: A partner at KPMG will cost you up to £540 an hour (27 Jul 2006)

Read UK Parliamentary Report on the closure of MG Rover

Laptop With Armstrong Worker Data Stolen from a Deloitte employee (27 Aug 2006)

Sell-out: Why hedge funds will destroy the world (27 Jul 2006)

Take-Two Sued By Shareholder Over Stock Options (26 Jul 2006)

Accounting rules escalating NHS debt, warns watchdog (26 Jul 2006)

Money 'siphoned off' from Unwins stores (26 Jul 2006)

Ocean Grand Holdings and Ocean Grand Chemicals confirm that 842 million yuan (HK$820 million) is missing (26 Jul 2006)

Deloitte could not be held liable for any misleading unaudited financial statements, says US judge (26 Jul 2006)

China's Kelon, Deloitte to face 100 mln yuan lawsuit (26 Jul 2006)

Vector to pay $42M for accounting change (26 Jul 2006)

Parmalat class-action risk (26 Jul 2006)

Goldman Sachs , Merrill Lynch & Co. and other investment banks are paying $99 million to settle Global Crossing shareholder litigation (26 Jul 2006)

AIDB to investigate the conduct of members and member firms of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (26 Jul 2006)

Limited benefits of converting to IFRS but further efforts required by insurers to consolidate on progress (26 Jul 2006)

SEC Bars Ex-Conseco Execs From Auditing (26 Jul 2006)

Former Conseco Execs Barred by SEC (26 Jul 2006)

Sack follows arrest for BetonSports chief executive (26 Jul 2006)

Audit Commission awards new contracts for audit services - no mention of PwC or Ernst & Young (25 Jul 2006)

Professional Oversight Board publishes review of audit monitoring by the Recognised Supervisory Bodies for Audit in the UK (25 Jul 2006)

More than 2,000 companies appear to have used backdated stock options to sweeten their top executives' pay packages (25 Jul 2006)

Does backdating explain the stock price pattern around executive stock option grants? (25 Jul 2006)

Hong Kong liquidators to an allegedly fraudulent hedge fund are demanding compensation from HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Asia) and Ernst & Young (25 Jul 2006)

Former chief financial officer for HealthSouth Corp. will pay at least $6.9 million for his role in the health care company's $2.7 billion accounting fraud (25 Jul 2006)

IASB puts brakes on change (25 Jul 2006)

SEC to Address Stock Option Accounting in Final Rule (25 Jul 2006)

New Study Reveals 92% of Public Companies' Revenue Processes at Risk for Compliance Failures and Restatements (25 Jul 2006)

Rover collapse 'to cost UK £600m'(25 Jul 2006)

UK Taxpayers pick up £270m bill for MG Rover (25 Jul 2006)

Read UK Parliamentary Report

They have no shame: New PwC Japanese Firm Ready for Business (24 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 20 Jul 2006 - 21st Sitting (24 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 20 Jul 2006 - 20th Sitting (24 Jul 2006)

Auditors can't hide behind time barred claims: New York court judgement in Richard A. Williamson v PricewaterhouseCoopers (24 Jul 2006)

Backdating of share options was a client-driven strategy with the accounting firms saying it sounds OK to me (24 Jul 2006)

Stock options backdating scandal turns criminal (24 Jul 2006)

Executive share options: Dates from hell (24 Jul 2006)

Rethinking the Structure of Accounting and Auditing (23 Jul 2006)

Bielfeldt lawsuit against KPMG revived (23 Jul 2006)

Britain is a nation of beancouncters (23 Jul 2006)

Investors may sue over BetonSports (23 Jul 2006)

Investor revolt against Vodafone chief (22 Jul 2006)

Australian businessmen allegedly involved in a $305 million offshore tax evasion scam blamed their accountant (22 Jul 2006)

Legal eagles navigate options probe (22 Jul 2006)

Former Brocade Execs Charged in Stock Options Scandal (21 Jul 2006)

Accounting probe sends iSoft to new lows (21 Jul 2006)

iSoft investigates possible accounting irregularities (21 Jul 2006)

iSOFT shares slump on accounting probe (21 Jul 2006)

Hollinger: Lord Black finances in spotlight (21 Jul 2006)

Enron: NatWest Three cannot return to UK (21 Jul 2006)

NatWest Three forced to remain in US (21 Jul 2006)

Audits to be valueless as the UK government gives even more concessions to auditing firms (20 Jul 2006)

Southern Water in fraud probe (20 Jul 2006)

U.S. Attorney’s Office and SEC Separately Charge Former Brocade CEO and Vice President in Stock Option Backdating Scheme (20 Jul 2006)

SFO looks at whether Southern Water misled regulator (20 Jul 2006)

Endocare Inc to pay $750,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations of accounting fraud (20 Jul 2006)

KPMG trial postponed over tardy documents (20 Jul 2006)

Judge Postpones KPMG Tax Fraud Trial (20 Jul 2006)

Stock-option manipulation widespread, study finds (20 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 18 Jul 2006 - 19th Sitting (19 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 18 Jul 2006 - 18th Sitting (19 Jul 2006)

FASB Expected to Vote on Lease Project (19 Jul 2006)

Rambus to restate results after review of stock options (19 Jul 2006)

Beckman Coulter's Audit Committee Disputes Whistle-Blower's Claims (19 Jul 2006)

Lipper Judgement: Auditing firms must be vigilant (19 Jul 2006)

The Press as a Watchdog for Accounting Fraud (18 Jul 2006)

Labour MP demands end to Big Four monopoly (18 Jul 2006)

Police Investigate 'Malicious' Filing Case (18 Jul 2006)

Britain is a nation of beancounters: Accountancy firms snap up graduates (17 Jul 2006)

Bosses 'don't understand their finance chief's figures' (17 Jul 2006)

Austin Mitchell demands break-up of Big Four monopoly (17 Jul 2006)

Stricter governance 'does little to improve performance' (17 Jul 2006)

CEOs clueless on accounting standards (17 Jul 2006)

Citigroup request to move Parmalat case rejected by New Jersey Court (17 Jul 2006)

NY Crackdown on Bad Accountants Addresses Long-Term Concern (17 Jul 2006)

Lie uncovers stock option flaws (17 Jul 2006)

Executives given cut-price stock options in weeks after 9/11 (17 Jul 2006)

Outside directors may have spread the idea of backdating options (17 Jul 2006)

Enron: NatWest Three facing up to nine years in jail (17 Jul 2006)

UK legislators from all major parties table a motion calling for the break-up of the auditing cartel operated by the Big Four firms (16 Jul 2006)

Fraud officials move in on Severn Trent Water company (16 Jul 2006)

New York Speeds Accountant Disciplinary Process (16 Jul 2006)

The British should emulate the Americans' vigorous fraud-busting approach (16 Jul 2006)

Blairusconi's Britain - just a little Italy? (16 Jul 2006)

FBI points finger at options backdating (15 Jul 2006)

Enron: NatWest Three bailed by US court (15 Jul 2006)

After 9/11 as stocks sank, scores of US firms rushed to give millions in options to top execs (15 Jul 2006)

FASB Hoists Red Flags Higher for Taxman (15 Jul 2006)

Broadcom to Restate Results for 6 Years (15 Jul 2006)

Farce and reality of morality (15 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 13 Jul 2006 - 17th Sitting (14 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 13 Jul 2006 - 16th Sitting (14 Jul 2006)

KPMG faces lawsuit by former partners over illegal tax shelters case (14 Jul 2006)

Enron: NatWest three face awkward questions over $7m profit (14 Jul 2006)

Nicor Inc. will reportedly pay a $10 million fine to settle charges of deceptive accounting practices (14 Jul 2006)

FASB Issues Lease Accounting Guidance (14 Jul 2006)

Barclays’ CSR does not add up - by £1.5 billion (13 Jul 2006)

Air France-KLM CEO summoned before judge in money-laundering probe (13 Jul 2006)

Former KPMG employees suing firm (13 Jul 2006)

Ex-Partners Sue KPMG for Legal Fees (13 Jul 2006)

European Commission takes legal action against five member states for failing to comply with EU accounting rules (13 Jul 2006)

Enron: Friend of presidents, defrauder of millions: Texas elite bids farewell to 'Kenny boy' (13 Jul 2006)

Move for creditor protection puts Eurotunnel at risk of going bust (13 Jul 2006)

Enron affair appeared to offer opening for UK mid-tier firms (13 Jul 2006)

Procedures of UK second-tier audit firms under fire (13 Jul 2006)

Big Four audit rivals can count only on merger (13 Jul 2006)

Hollinger: Judge Skeptical Of Conrad Black's Accounting At Bond Hearing (12 Jul 2006)

UK audit quality must improve (12 Jul 2006)

Read the Regulator's Report

UK Regulator's report report proves mid-tier quality (12 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 11 Jul 2006 - 15th Sitting (Part II) (12 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 11 Jul 2006 - 15th Sitting (Part I) (12 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 11 Jul 2006 - 14th Sitting (12 Jul 2006)

VAT fraud costing Europe €50bn a year (11 Jul 2006)

Oil company falls out with Grant Thornton (11 Jul 2006)

EU: More Companies Should Pay for IASB (11 Jul 2006)

Option abuse puts auditors in spotlight once again (10 Jul 2006)

From AABA/TJN Workshop on Tax Avoidance (9 Jul 2006)

Tax Avoidance, Capital Flight and Poverty in Nigeria by Owolabi M Bakre

The India / Mauritius Double Taxation Treaty: A salutary tale by Chris Bratcher

Tax evasion, tax avoidance and development finance (paper) by Alex Cobham

Tax evasion, tax avoidance and development finance (Slides) by Alex Cobham

The Plato Index: a new international comparative measure of tax progressivity (abstract) by Valpy FitzGerald

The Plato Index: a new international comparative measure of tax progressivity (Slides) by Valpy FitzGerald

The impact of tax and corruption in Kenya : Views of young women (Paper) by Rose Otieno

The impact of tax and corruption in Kenya : Views of young women (Slides) by Rose Otieno

Estimates of Capital Movements from African Countries to the U.S. through Trade Mispricing (Abstract) by Simon J. Pak

Estimates of Capital Movements from African Countries to the U.S. through Trade Mispricing by Simon J. Pak

Financialisation: constructing shareholder value … for some by Alan Robb and Sue Newberry

The Tobin Tax in the 21st Century: Financing Development & Promoting International Financial Stability by Stephen Spratt

Financial Flows and Treasury Management Firms (paper) by Jim Stewart

Financial Flows and Treasury Management Firms (Slides) by Jim Stewart

Owning IFI tax proposals in developing countries (Abstract) by Miranda Stewart

Owning IFI tax proposals in developing countries (Slides) by Miranda Stewart

Hedge Fund Fraud Poses `Emerging Threat,' U.S. Regulator Says (9 Jul 2006)

Alleged abuse of options takes toll on confidence and financial results -- and on share prices (9 Jul 2006)

iSoft delays results as it looks to banks for help (8 Jul 2006)

Japan's Financial Services Agency issues business improvement orders to Big Four audit firms, condemning their insufficient internal control systems (8 Jul 2006)

UK Minister Jowell's husband must face tax trial with Berlusconi (8 Jul 2006)

Berlusconi to stand trial for fraud (8 Jul 2006)

Mills to stand trial on fraud charges (8 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 6 Jul 2006 - 13th Sitting (7 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 6 Jul 2006 - 12th Sitting (7 Jul 2006)

Rover bosses face new tax challenge (7 Jul 2006)

Merrill to pay $29.5m to settle Enron claim (7 Jul 2006)

Alpha sues its law firm for damages as third executive quits (7 Jul 2006)

Alpha Airports chairman quits after inquiry (7 Jul 2006)

Worries grow as iSoft haggles on loans (7 Jul 2006)

Risky days for outside directors (7 Jul 2006)

Shareholders sue Apple as executive share options scandal grows (6 Jul 2006)

US Regulators Probe Yale Accounting (6 Jul 2006)

Kelon (audited by Deloitte) fined for falsifying data (6 Jul 20060

Disgraced Enron boss Ken Lay dies at luxury ski chalet (6 Jul 2006)

Enron ex-chief Kenneth Lay dies (6 Jul 2006)

Landmark European insolvency ruling made (6 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 4 Jul 2006 - Eleventh Sitting (5 Jul 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 4 Jul 2006 - Tenth Sitting (5 Jul 2006)

SEC Looking at KPMG, First Union Relationship (5 Jul 2006)

Powerscreen directors rapped over accounting failings (5 Jul 2006)

Landwell rebranded as PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (5 Jul 2006)

Enron: NatWest 3 face jail in a week (5 Jul 2006)

Accountant at centre of laundering trial (5 Jul 2006)

What Options Scandal? (5 Jul 2006)

The ‘true and fair’ principle of company accounts is under threat by new EU rules (4 Jul 2006)

ICAEW pursuing self-interest over criminal record fears for auditors (4 Jul 2006)

COMPANY owned by the Countess of Wessex fined for failing to file its accounts on time (4 Jul 2006)

Enron links beyond the NatWest Three (4 Jul 2006)

US Government probes accounting at Yale University (4 Jul 2006)

Mid tier raise concerns over auditor liability changes (4 Jul 2006)

Refco Unit Reaches Pact With Customers (4 Jul 2006)

Profile of FTSE 100 CEOs (4 Jul 2006)

Italy's Consob says football scandal raise queries on clubs listing (4 Jul 2006)

Financial Liberalisation and Financial Fraud: Revisiting the 1990s (4 Jul 2006)

Neoliberal imperialism, corporate feudalism and the contemporary origins of dirty money (4 Jul 2006)

The 100 Worst Corporate Citizens (3 Jul 2006)

Japan oversight body urges four major accounting firms to improve controls (3 Jul 2006)

116 companies abandon PwC’s Japanese firm (3 Jul 2006)

Investors outraged over iSoft bosses (3 Jul 2006)

Relationship of KPMG, First Union scrutinized: SEC's investigation is focusing on auditor independence rules (3 Jul 2006)

SEC Wins Suit Against Waste Firm's Ex-CFO (3 Jul 2006)

US Auditors face scrutiny over stock options (3 Jul 2006)

Analysts work to pinpoint next share option scandal (3 Jul 2006)

Pensions- an accounting enigma? (3 Jul 2006)

Consultants milk the public sector: Pot of gold hiding in the public sector (2 Jul 2006)

ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers starts its partial penalty period (2 Jul 2006)

UK reconsiders principles of pensions accounting (1 Jul 2006)

Japan Accountancy Firms May Face Improvement Orders (1 Jul 2006)

Stock Options May Haunt Silicon Valley (1 Jul 2006)

JUNE 2006

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 29 June 2006 - Ninth Sitting (30 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 29 June 2006 - Eighth Sitting (30 Jun 2006)

Options scams put heat on auditors (30 Jun 2006)

Stock option trouble hits Apple (30 Jun 2006)

SEC Wins Waste Management Fraud Suit (30 Jun 2006)

Former Waste Management chief financial officer found liable for civil fraud and other securities violations (30 Jun 2006)

KPMG Tax Shelter Defendants' Unity Starts to Fray at the Edges (30 Jun 2006)

South Korean prosecutors have raided the offices of Korea Exchange Bank (30 Jun 2006)

Scrushy Faces More HealthSouth Trials (30 Jun 2006)

Dirty Secrets of the Temple (30 Jun 2006)

Consultants: How to milk the cash cow (30 Jun 2006)

ICAEW chief Anstee steps down (30 Jun 2006)

ICAEW chief executive resigns (29 Jun 2006)

Raytheon Co. paying a $12 million fine to settle charges of accounting violations (29 Jun 2006)

US: KPMG Can Be Sued in Fraud Case (29 Jun 2006)

NJ high court rules KPMG can be sued in fraud case (29 Jun 2006)

UK mid-tier firms support transaprency on audit quality (29 Jun 2006)

UK Top 50 firm income and analysis (29 Jun 2006)

Chinese Accounting firms reposition for international business (29 Jun 2006)

Computer Associates Seeks Return of Executive Pay (29 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 27 June 2006 - Seventh Sitting (28 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 27 June 2006 - Sixth Sitting (28 Jun 2006)

US Options scams put heat on auditors (28 Jun 2006)

FSA drops Deloitte as auditor (26 Jun 2006)

Japan: Takeda Pharm Denies Not Reporting Income (28 Jun 2006)

Take-Two gets subpoenas over Hot Coffee issue (28 Jun 2006)

UK accounting firms enjoy £1bn bonanza in wake of Enron (28 Jun 2006)

Top 60 Uk accountancy firms have UK fees of £7.7 bn (28 Jun 2006)

FSA chiefs net more than £1m in pay and perks (28 Jun 2006)

US grand jury investigates X-rated videogame (27 Jun 2006)

Half of U.S. companies now use "continuous auditing" techniques (27 Jun 2006)

Recent developments in UK professional negligence law (27 Jun 2006)

Exchange chief says Japan faces ‘necessary evil’ of anti-fraud war (27 Jun 2006)

Enron UK three face trial in US (27 Jun 2006)

Judge: US at fault in pressuring KPMG partners over tax shelters case (27 Jun 2006)

AIDB to investigate the conduct of Langbar accountant (26 Jun 2006)

Pushing the Limits: How Auditor Liability Cap Would Operate in the UK (26 Jun 2006)

UK Directors' Remuneration Report Disclosure Requirements (26 Jun 2006)

Backdating Executive Options Woes Beg Question of Auditors' Role (26 Jun 2006)

US Companies Disclosing Liability Caps with Auditors (26 Jun 2006)

IASB comes under pressure from NGOs to increase corporate accountability (26 Jun 2006)

Read AABA submission (26 Jun 2006)

Read Tax Justice Network submission

Britain's Wealth Explosion by Stewart Lansley (25 Jun 2006)

Gender Bias in Tax Systems: The Example of Ghana by Bianca Pfeuffer and Sören Weißert (25 Jun 2006)

Stock Options – Accounting Treatments – The Impact on Policy, Practice and Performance by David Ewers (25 Jun 2006)

Accounting for (In)Visibilities: Resistance, Gender and Control by Roger Johnston and Orthodoxia Kyriacou (25 Jun 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers at it again as Britannia face £20m bill after UK tax swoop (25 Jun 2006)

Home Depot Discloses SEC Options Inquiry (25 Jun 2006)

Tops employees' personal data stolen from Deloitte (24 Jun 2006)

Investigator claims he was fired for hedge fund inquiry (24 Jun 2006)

KPMG agrees to dismiss legal fight with Diligence (24 Jun 2006)

Accounting problems with Maple Leaf Distillers (24 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 22 June 2006 - Fifth Sitting (23 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 22 June 2006 - Fourth Sitting (23 Jun 2006)

Insurance companies urge new EU accounting rules (23 Jun 2006)

Ex-Homestore CEO Guilty in Accounting Fraud Trial (23 Jun 2006)

Business upset at failure on UK company law issue (23 Jun 2006)

Backdating Stock Options Woes Beg the Question Of Auditors' Role (23 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Bill and half-baked discussion on cakes (23 Jun 2006)

They have no Shame: PwC's New Japanese Firm Ready for Business (23 Jun 2006)

Deficient UK audit firms may be called to account (23 Jun 2006)

Read the Consultation Document

MEPs hit out at regulators over Equitable Life (23 Jun 2006)

EU Equitable inquiry faces delay (23 Jun 2006)

Langbar shareholders snub rescue strategy (22 Jun 2006)

Bank of England Governor lambasts civil law system after BCCI case   (22 Jun 2006)

Carrefour Sues PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Exxel for Fraud on Sale   (22 Jun 2006)

Highams Systems Services Group Plc asked to revise its financial statements (22 Jun 2006)

Governments for Sale: Accountancy firms give $500,000 to campaign funds that support California Governor and get what they want (22 Jun 2006)

California Governor Accused of Pandering to Accountants (22 Jun 2006)

California bought for $500,000 by accountancy firms as the State moves to roll back post-Enron reforms (22 Jun 2006)

Former Computer Associates International executive attempted to buy customers' silence over a company accounting scandal (22 Jun 2006)

Former software executive pleads guilty to bribery (22 Jun 2006)

POBA consults on publishing UK audit inspection Reports (22 Jun 2006)

Read the Consultation Document

Pressure mounts for the ICAEW to deliver on Durgan probe (22 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 20th June 2006 - Third Sitting (21 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Standing Committee Proceedings: 20th June 2006 - Second Sitting (21 Jun 2006)

Carrefour suing PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Agrentina, alleging fraud (21 Jun 2006)

Managing director of Gwynedd business agency Cymad charged with false accounting (21 Jun 2006)

Lying to auditors should be a crime, says Deloitte chief but silence on lying auditors (21 Jun 2006)

UK economic elites complain about the regulatory burden but silent on abuses (21 Jun 2006)

Fannie regulator says accounting scandal cost $30B (21 Jun 20060

Ex-KAMCO CEO Detained Over Hyundai Scandal (21 Jun 2006)

Probe into timing of option grants could lead to earnings restatements (21 Jun 2006)

Former SEC Chairman Pitt Flays Options Back-Dating (21 Jun 2006)

Backdating US executive share options scandal expands (21 Jun 2006)

Four arrested in Spurs ticket scandal on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the club of ticket sales revenue and false accounting (21 Jun 2006)

Balance Sheet: Punching the bully (21 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill could be 'half-baked'   (20 Jun 2006)

Five years after Enron, culture of greed is back (20 Jun 2006)

Federal Reserve Governor Mark W. Olson Named to Chair of US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (20 Jun 2006)

Federal Reserve Governor to Direct US Accounting Regulator (20 Jun 2006)

Ruling for Whistleblower Law Orders CFO Reinstated (20 Jun 2006)

AG wins battle over Liquidators' fees (20 Jun 2006)

Enron: Sentencing of Lay and Skilling delayed until October (20 Jun 2006)

Langbar investors formalise action over missing funds (19 Jun 2006)

Inquiry Into Stock Option Pricing Casts a Wide Net (19 Jun 2006)

UK VAT fraudsters are being helped by a small number of qualified tax advisers (19 Jun 2006)

US Inquiry Into Stock Option Pricing Casts a Wide Net: Deloitte Implicated (19 Jun 2006)

Sir Philip Green of Arcadia- the rewards of tax avoidance (19 Jun 2006)

SEC ruling drives demand for SOX auditors (19 Jun 2006)

KPMG senior partner: don’t blame us for being in Big Four (19 Jun 2006)

Judge Gives Go-Ahead to Suit Against Tyco, PwC (19 Jun 2006)

Enron and WorldCom already forgotten: California to roll back tough post-Enron standards (19 Jun 2006)

UK company law bill descends into farce (18 Jun 2006)

Accounting system is failing us (18 Jun 2006)

Australia: Reform of company liability under fire (18 Jun 2006)

Founder lives the high life as iSoft slumps (18 Jun 2006)

Ethics training needed at business schools (18 Jun 2006)

Bartercard calls for probe of former executives (17 Jun 2006)

Accounting principles should be Nortel's principal concern (17 Jun 2006)

Anonymous US companies undermine OECD transparency (17 Jun 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill [Lords] in Standing Committee D First Sitting (16 Jun 2006)

The Revised UK Company Law Reform Bill

House of Commons Research Paper on the Company Law Bill

Explanatory Notes for the UK Companies Bill

Former HealthSouth exec gets 8 years for fraud (16 Jun 2006)

Senior Fannie Mae executives were precisely managing earnings per share (EPS) to the one-hundredth of a penny to maximize their bonuses (16 Jun 2006)

UK companies paying 15% more in audit fees as FTSE-100 auditors collect £326m (16 Jun 2006)

Survey of FTSE 100 audit fees

Number of Russian cos using IAS methods grows to 16% in 2006 (16 Jun 2006)

“Accounting Irregularities at Fannie Mae” (16 Jun 2006)

Auditor jail bill goes ahead (16 Jun 2006)

US$3.5 billion of net assets wiped off airline balance sheets under IFRS (16 Jun 2006)

Bank of Japan governor has apologised for his links to a fund manager arrested for insider trading (15 Jun 2006)

Calls for greater diversity in Big Four-dominated audit market (15 Jun 2006)

More GAAP-Tax Disclosure Recommended (15 Jun 2006)

U.S. Senate Finance Committee said executives who manipulated stock- option grants should be prosecuted (15 Jun 2006)

Insurers' body boosts smaller UK auditors (15 Jun 2006)

Congress, FASB Grappling with Pensions (15 Jun 2006)

Convergence in Five Years: IASB Chairman (15 Jun 2006)

Ex-accounting manager at Toyota Tsusho busted for embezzlement (14 Jun 2006)

Former shareholders of Tyco can sue the company and PricewaterhouseCoopers (14 Jun 2006)

Ex-Tyco Shareholders May Proceed With Suit (14 Jun 2006)

iSoft chief quits after accounting fiasco (14 Jun 2006)

SEC proves toothless in accountant censure (14 Jun 2006)

Masters of the Universe: Ernst & Young ready for big China push (14 Jun 2006)

They have no shame: PwC Sets Up New Auditing Company in Japan (14 Jun 2006)

New PwC Japanese firm ready for business (14 Jun 2006)

EU Company law: New Directive on Statutory audits of annual   (14 Jun 2006)

Westpoint exposes soft side of auditing (13 Jun 2006)

US Public Company Accounting Oversight urged to give auditors some guidance on the emerging stock option backdating probe (13 Jun 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers under scrutiny for role in Uchumi Supermarkets in Kenya (13 Jun 2006)

Short sellers: The good, the bad and the ugly Some have exposed fraud; others become the scandal themselves (13 Jun 2006)

Intuit Part of SEC Options Probe (13 Jun 2006)

Airlines write off $3.5bn of net assets under IFRS (13 Jun 2006)

Avoiding another Enron (13 Jun 2006)

Big Four maintain FTSE stranglehold (13 Jun 2006)

Enron's legal advisers unscathed so far   (13 Jun 2006)

Another act in Enron show: Filing in massive shareholder suit to take aim at legal advisers (13 Jun 2006)

PKF Hawaii accused in fraud case (12 Jun 2006)

Will FASB Ever Issue Good Lease Accounting Principles? (12 Jun 2006)

Tighter controls won't end corporate fraud (11 Jun 2006)

Caribbean accountants should develop their own professional qualification (11 Jun 2006)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing possible civil charges against Aspen Technology over accounting issues (10 Jun 2006)

Erinaceous subsidiary boss charged with conspiracy to steal while another division is battling a £10m fraud claim (10 Jun 2006)

Bank of America seeks OK to press Parmalat claims (10 Jun 2006)

American Italian Pasta to restate reports (10 Jun 2006)

Oversight of US rogue accountants has been inconsistent (10 Jun 2006)

AABA Tribute to an Accounting Great: Will Baxter dies aged 99 (9 Jun 2006)

Freddie Mac spent $10 million on political consultants (9 Jun 2006)

Isoft hits low as accounting policy change wipes out profit (9 Jun 2006)

U.S. May Seek Bonuses From Fannie Mae Execs (9 Jun 2006)

Xilinx directors sued over stock options (9 Jun 2006)

Cyberonics downgraded on stock options (9 Jun 2006)

Mannesmann retrial set in October (9 Jun 2006)

It's business as usual despite Enron decision (9 Jun 2006)

Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is a front for big accountancy firms (8 Jun 2006)

U.S. investigation into corporate stock option timing abuses is expanding to look at the role of outside auditors (8 Jun 2006)

China to promote rivals to ‘big four' accountancy firms (8 Jun 2006)

China to grow its own global audit firms (8 Jun 2006)

China to encourage growth of national accounting firms (8 Jun 2006)

GM faces investor criticism over accounting issues (8 Jun 2006)

BCCI battle ends after Deloitte agrees to pay (8 Jun 2006)

House of Commons Second Reading of the UK Company Law Reform Bill (7 Jun 2006)

Bank of England has won costs of £73.6m ($136.9m) from Deloitte, the liquidators of BCCI (7 Jun 2006)

Will Enron probe spawn further criminal cases? (7 Jun 2006)

Ernst & Young lax on deterring breaches of computer security (7 Jun 2006)

Laidlaw Settles Accounting Error for $10 Mln (7 Jun 2006)

Cognos Probe Delays Reports (7 Jun 2006)

ICAEW audit registrations drop below 5,000 (7 Jun 2006)

Same old rubbish: Cloud cuckooland ICAEW launches new code of ethics (6 Jun 2006)

Read the pious statements which are never matched by action

Austrian bank in $675 million Refco settlement (6 Jun 2006)

United Technologies Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay $283 million to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Defense Department over accounting practices (6 Jun 2006)

SEC targets 7 ex-Delphi officials: Former executives, employees under scrutiny are notified of charges in accounting fraud investigation (6 Jun 2006)

Number of UK audit firms continues to fall (6 Jun 2006)

Insolvencies: US Judge OKs $41M in Fees for Delta Lawyers (6 Jun 2006)

SEC Accountant Fines Largely Go Unpaid (6 Jun 2006)

General Motors accounting errors painted rosy outlook (6 Jun 2006)

Global accounting firms outsourcing work to India (6 Jun 2006)

FASB Tackling Lease Accounting Is Overdue (6 Jun 2006)

Bush administration asks judge to overturn the anto Sarbanes-Oxley lawsuit (6 Jun 2006)

Australian Securities & Investments Commission has confirmed that it is investigating KPMG, Westpoint's former auditor (5 Jun 2006)

The guilty men of Enron (5 Jun 2006)

Ernst & Young laptop theft exposes Hotels.com data (5 Jun 2006)

Working for a fast buck: Big Four helping companies move offshore (5 Jun 2006)

'Big Four' accountancy firms are working with large corporations to shift their base offshore (5 Jun 2006)

Big accounting firms hurt public (4 Jun 2006)

243,000 Hotels.com customers at risk after information was stolen from an Ernst & Young auditor (4 Jun 2006)

US Judge Approves $154 Million KPMG Tax Settlement (3 Jun 2006)

US Judge OKs settlement in KPMG tax case (3 Jun 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers to appeal a Jamaica Supreme Court ruling ordering it to pay more than US$14 million (euro10.14 million) (3 Jun 2006)

Shareholders await $13,849,000 in a law suit brought against auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and filed in 1998 (3 Jun 2006)

Deloitte knew of Micrel stock options deal (3 Jun 2006)

Anti-corruption detectives are examining documents detailing the client accounts of ISC Global (UK) on alleged bribes (2 Jun 2006)

Charities press their case to IASB (2 Jun 2006)

Options Backdating: Will Your Stocks Pay the Price? (2 Jun 2006)

BDO Stoy Hayward paid £4.1m for investigation into MG Rover (2 Jun 2006)

Fannie Mae May Face Enron-Like Scrutiny (2 Jun 2006)

Enron Broadband Executive Convicted (2 Jun 2006)

KPMG denies blame for Westpoint (2 Jun 2006)

Enron's Last Mystery (2 Jun 2006)

Baker Tilly vindicated over Sanctuary audit (2 Jun 2006)

US Tax Time Will Be More Taxing (2 Jun 2006)

Pensions: UK accounting board seeks to amend FRS17 (2 Jun 2006)

Charities press their case to IASB (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW membership resignations top 800 this year (1 June 2006)

Accountancy firm disclaim everything, validate little and waste a lot of time (1 Jun 2006)

CA's 'material weakness' leads to more accounting woes (1 Jun 2006)

Westpoint: Australian Securities & Investments Commission may sue KPMG (1 Jun 2006)

Findings of the Financial Reporting Review Panel in respect of the accounts of Inveresk Plc for the year ended 31 December 2004 (1 Jun 2006)

FTSE 100 narrative reporting under fire (1 Jun 2006)

Deloitte knew of Micrel stock options deal (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW president-elect resigns: Media blamed after conflict of interest concerns (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW ex-president-elect sets out position - president responds, Durgan's resignation letter (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW confirms embarrassing Durgan exit (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW leadership candidate withdraws (1 Jun 2006)

ICAEW chief forced to surrender top job (1 Jun 2006)

MAY 2006

Incoming ICAEW president steps down (31 May 2006)

Caribbean Steel has won a Jamaican Supreme Court judgment against its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (31 May 2006)

PwC's Japanese arm set to lose £100m (31 May 2006)

South Africa: 'Big Four' Object to New Audit Proposal (31 May 2006)

Facts on Fannie's fraud (31 May 2006)

Fannie Mae: US investigating the practice of backdating stock-option grants to senior corporate executives (31 May 2006)

Daewoo boss Group sentenced to ten years in jail, convicted of a 20 trillion won (£11.2 billion) accounting fraud and other financial crimes (31 May 2006)

EU moves to improve transparency of company accounts (31 May 2006)

Genghis Khan's kin is accountant (31 May 2006)

Descendant of Genghis Khan is an accountant (31 May 2006)

Reputation of ICAEW at stake, says CIMA chief (31 May 2006)

Corporate Vampires: Management consultants, including KPMG and Deloittes cost public sector £3bn (30 May 2006)

CIMA slams ICAEW recruiting tactics (30 May 2006)

Daewoo boss gets 10 years in jail for embezzlement and accounting fraud (30 May 2006)

Daewoo Founder Sentenced to Prison Term (30 May 2006)

South Africa: Big Four auditing firms object to prohibition on providing tax advisory services to audit clients (30 May 2006)

FTSE100 companies 'have 15,000 subsidiaries' (30 May 2006)

The corporate maze: Almost half of the more than 15,000 incorporated companies within FTSE 100 groups are dormant (30 May 2006)

Closing Another Door on Accounting Scandals? (30 May 2006)

It's the Enron Effect (30 May 2006)

Fannie Mae: Yet another financial scandal (30 May 2006)

Audit jackpot for the Big Four in Scotland (30 May 2006)

Collapse of Accounting: Causes and Cures (30 May 2006)

Auditor Liability Reforms in UK and US: Who Benefits? (30 May 2006)

The accounting and auditing profession – what’s happening around the globe (29 May 2006)

Non-audit services: How it affects the independence of the auditor (29 May 2006)

PwC told not to ‘repackage' Japanese firm (29 May 2006)

The Enron verdicts: corruption and American capitalism (29 May 2006)

UK Insolvencies are 'mis-sold' (28 May 2006)

Sanctuary is still under investigation by the Financial Reporting Review Panel (28 May 2006)

Sparks fly in UK accountants' bust-up (28 May 2006)

Stock for top executives' pay is sparking changes (28 May 2006)

Fannie Mae woes rooted deep in culture (28 May 2006)

US Congressmen move to water down Sarbanes-Oxley Act (28 May 2006)

Enron duo are facing life in jail (28 May 2006)

Corporate Governance and Disclosure Reforms in the Post-Enron World: An Institutional Theory Perspective (28 May 2006)

Governments for Sale: US Congress and the accounting wars (28 May 2006)

ENRON'S COLLAPSE: THE LOBBYING Auditing Firms Exercise Power In Washington (28 May 2006)

'Corporate corruption is not over' (27 May 2006)

Former head of Brazil's Banco Santos arrested on suspicion of committing fraud (27 May 2006)

Former Livedoor Chief Financial Officer pleaded guilty to falsifying the financial statements (27 May 2006)

Livedoor executives admit to scandal that shook Japan (27 May 2006)

Judge to rule on settlement in KPMG Tax suit (27 May 2006)

Sanctuary sacks chief executive over accounts (27 May 2006)

FSA to take look at Sanctuary's accounts set-up (27 May 2006)

Sanctuary auditors reveal £16m understated pre-tax loss (27 May 2006)

Alpha's crash landing (27 Mar 2006)

Enron verdict turned on the crime of misleading   (27 May 2006)

Plaintiff Says Incentives Were Offered in KPMG Tax Case (26 May 2006)

Executives of Livedoor have gone on trial charged with breaking stock market rules and falsifying accounts (26 May 2006)

Livedoor Exec Admits Doctoring Co.'s Books (26 May 2006)

Corporate scandals have filled the US courts (26 May 2006)

Recent US SCANDALS (26 May 2006)

CEOs in the courtroom (26 May 2006)

Enron Founder Lay 'Shocked' at Conviction (26 May 2006)

Enron: Q & A: A look at Enron (26 May 2006)

Enron: School for scandal (26 May 2006)

Enron bosses convicted, but still off the hook for fleecing state (26 May 2006)

Enron crooks wiped out billions of dollars in equity and nearly 6,000 US jobs (26 May 2006)

Bad business at Enron (26 May 2006)

Downfall of the men who made Enron a byword for corporate corruption (26 May 2006)

Enron execs going away, but fraud is here to stay (26 May 2006)

Despite Enron verdict, accounting reforms, white-collar crime thriving (26 May 2006)

Have CEOs learned nothing from the Enron scandal? (26 May 2006)

Enron endgame: guilt and reform (26 May 2006)

Enron bosses guilty (26 May 2006)

A chronology of Enron Corp (25 May 2006)

Enron bosses found guilty (25 May 2006)

Enron founder convicted on all 6 counts (25 May 2006)

Former Enron bosses found guilty on fraud, conspiracy and other charges (25 May 2006)

Three banks in $6.6B Enron settlement (25 May 2006)

Not-for-profit groups launch IFRS campaign (25 May 2006)

US Federal Jury Convicts Former Enron Chief Executives Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling On Fraud, Conspiracy And Related Charges (25 May 2006)

Tax Avoidance rewards could compromise auditor independence (25 May 2006)

Japan: Clients of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers are switching to rival outfits (25 May 2006)

PCAOB to Consider Rules for Periodic Reporting by Registered Accounting Firms (25 May 2006)

PCAOB Proposes Rules for Periodic Reporting (25 May 2006)

Jail for scandal-hit Skandia boss (25 May 2006)

Ex-Skandia CEO sentenced to prison (25 May 2006)

Accounting tricks helped Fannie Mae execs get bonuses (24 May 2006)

After three years a $400 million fine for Fannie Mae's accounting (24 May 2006)

Fannie Mae is found corrupt (24 May 2006)

Fannie Mae fined $400M (24 May 2006)

Indictment of US law firm fuels debate over white-collar crime (24 May 2006)

Deloitte partner loses divorce battle (24 May 2006)

Divorced Deloitte partner to pay £250,000 for life (24 May 2006)

Fannie Mae to Pay $400 Million Penalty for Accounting Fraud (23 May 2006)

Fannie Mae manipulated accounting   (23 May 2006)

Canada Banks, Deloitte settle ADF auditing dispute (23 May 2006)

Enron: Lay 'too busy' to spot law break (23 May 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers steering clients to new Japan firm   (23 May 2006)

Do accounting firms discriminate against Arabs? (23 May 2006)

Dutch Prosecution Office may appeal Ahold sentences as seen too lenient (22 May 2006)

Ahold execs escape with discount sentences (22 May 2006)

Ex-Ahold bosses guilty of fraud (22 May 2006)

Former Ahold CEO, CFO convicted of fraud (22 May 2006)

Ahold ex-executives found guilty of fraud by Amsterdam court (22 May 2006)

PriceWaterhouseCoopers setting up new Japan auditing firm (22 May 2006)

PwC to set up new firm in Japan (22 May 2006)

Japan leans on auditors to be more independent (22 May 2006)

PCAOB Defends Itself, Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit (22 May 2006)

BCCI & Barings: Bank Resolutions Complicated by Fraud and Global Corporate Structure (21 May 2006)

Companies embroiled in backdating stock option grants scandal (21 May 2006)

US Law firm's indictment may mirror Arthur Andersen's (21 May 2006)

SEC Says SOX Is Here to Stay, for Everyone (21 May 2006)

The taxing question of avoidance (21 May 2006)

Virgin Blue's A$70 million GST tax avoidance scheme (designed by Ernst & Young) crashes to earth (20 May 2006)

US Judge Kaplan Has KPMG, Prosecutors, and Thompson Memo Under a Microscope (20 May 2006)

US Lawyers accused of $11m kickbacks in class actions (20 May 2006)

Top US law firm faces fraud charges (20 May 2006)

Indictment May Cripple US Law Firm (20 May 2006)

US prosecutors charge high-profile law firm with conspiring to pay $11 million in kickbacks (19 May 2006)

HealthSouth Corp., which already has agreed to pay $870 million to settle claims over a $2.7 billion accounting fraud will pay another $3 million (19 May 2006)

EU must 'urgently' address fears of collapse of a big 4 accounting firm (19 May 2006)

Conflict of interest fears over ICAEW accountancy contracts (19 May 2006)

A Look at Those Involved in Enron Scandal (19 May 2006)

ICAEW chief's qualifications were misrepresented on website (18 May 2006)

Law Society fined over solicitor complaints but no focus on accountants (18 May 2006)

Probe into training contracts given to ICAEW president-elect's company (18 May 2006)

Mid-tier bosses hit back at UK Big Four’s superiority complex (18 May 2006)

PwC splits work in Japan (17 May 2006)

Rover creditors to receive up to 10p in the pound this year (18 May 2006)

PCAOB Announces Plan to Improve Auditors' Rules (18 May 2006)

UK firms' hopes over Sarbanes-Oxley (18 May 2006)

No Sarbanes-Oxley break for small US companies   (18 May 2006)

African bank and Deloitte clash over accounts (18 May 2006)

EU-China cooperation on Accounting and Auditing (18 May 2006)

Next ICAEW president embroiled in training controversy (17 May 2006)

FRC Publishes Discussion Paper on Choice in the UK Audit Market (17 May 2006)

Read the FRC Report

Bosses quit suspended Alpha amid accounting investigation (17 May 2006)

Vitesse Semi ousts top execs amid widening probe (17 May 2006)

Trouble on the Line for Nortel? (17 May 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill: House of Lords Report Stage (16 May 2006)

Alpha Airports duo quit amid audit concerns (16 May 2006)

Auditors need to escape the Prisoner's Dilemma (16 May 2006)

Enron bosses 'stole to pump egos' (16 May 2006)

Enron Prosecutor: 'Do not let them get away with it' (16 May 2006)

Hyundai chairman indicted for his alleged role in a bribery and embezzlement scandal (16 May 2006)

Japan's Regulators Get Tough (16 May 2006)

Auditing system needs shake-up (16 May 2006)

Japanese companies dump PwC (16 May 2006)

Embarrassment for E&Y in China loans report (16 May 2006)

Ernst & Young withdraws China bank NPL report after acknowledging errors (16 May 2006)

Ernst & Young denies that it pulled debt data to mollify China (16 May 2006)

Big Four under Japanese scrutiny (15 May 2006)

Regulator hits out at Japan's Big Four auditors (15 May 2006)

Japanese regulator says main auditors lack system to find fraud (15 May 2006)

Thames Water launches probe into its charges (15 May 2006)

Baker Tilly responds to Wiggins case (15 May 2006)

Wiggins Auditor Kidsons fined for approving financial statements which overstated profits by £40 million over 5 years (15 May 2006)

UnitedHealth may restate results over options accounting   (14 May 2006)

IKEA: Flat Pack Accounting (14 May 2006)

Wiggins Auditors fined for overstated profits (14 May 2006)

Wiggins auditor is fined £445,000 (14 May 2006)

Auditors face stiff penalties over £40m Wiggins claim (14 May 2006)

Mapeley paid no tax last year (14 May 2006)

Sunrise details accounting issues (14 May 2006)

Ex-Tyco boss to pay $21 mln in tax case (14 May 2006)

How KPMG and other consultants add to NHS problems (13 May 2006)

NHS cuts consultants KPMG paid £700,000 (13 May 2006)

Shiseido to Drop PricewaterhouseCoopers' Japan Unit as Auditor (13 May 2006)

UnitedHealth says may restate for stock options (13 May 2006)

Another Restatement for Bausch & Lomb (13 May 2006)

Wells Fargo fesses up to data loss (13 May 2006)

PwC puts £70m into pensions   (13 May 2006)

UK Accountancy Bodies Have No future (12 May 2006)

The Cartel Brothers: Rivals warned off PwC in pain (12 May 2006)

KPMG investigates claims of fraud at Peter Walker (12 May 2006)

China: PricewaterhouseCoopers sued over missing money (12 May 2006)

Shanghai Waigaoqiao sues PricewaterhouseCoopers, claims negligence in 2003, 2004 audit (12 May 2006)

Benjys faces lawsuit from franchisees (12 May 2006)

Does ACCA Have A Future in China (12 May 2006)

Equitable Life break-up begins (12 May 2006)

IKEA: Flat-pack accounting (11 May 2006)

Censured ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers faces fight to survive (11 May 2006)

Equitable close to £4.5bn deal (11 May 2006)

KPMG Judge Questions Legality of Tactics (11 May 2006)

Former Gemstar Exec Ordered to Pay $22M (11 May 2006)

SEC Contemplates Auditorless World (11 May 2006)

UK Watchdog draws up plan for Big Three (11 May 2006)

Auditors reveal ‘distinct lack of accounting at Livingston’ (11 May 2006)

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS RESPONSE TO SANCTIONS AGAINST CHUO AOYAMA IN JAPAN (11 May 2006)

PwC in Japan suspended for two months (11 May 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill: House of Lords (10 May 2006)

Japan slaps suspension order on PwC unit (10 May 2006)

Enron: A long, dull trial with fun moments (10 May 2006)

Boss of CBI facing iSoft furore fallout (10 May 2006)

Bausch & Lomb investigation into accounting irregularities could spark a $19bn (£11bn) writedown of 2000-2004 results (10 May 2006)

US receiver accuses Man Group under racketeering law (10 May 2006)

Strategic bankruptices exploit labour: Delphi demands end to labour deal (10 May 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill: House of Lords (9 May 2006)

ACCA gives up on David Mond case (9 May 2006)

Japan: Regulator set to issue a business suspension order to ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers (9 May 2006)

Japan: Regulator will order ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers to suspend part of its operations in connection with accounting fraud at Kanebo (9 May 2006)

Australia flags charges for Westpoint directors and auditor KPMG (9 May 2006)

US Attorneys Spar Over KPMG Payment of Legal Fees (9 May 2006)

Enron verdict will hinge on Lay, Skilling testimony, experts say (9 May 2006)

Enron amnesia (9 May 2006)

Ex-CFO of HealthSouth Faces Resentencing (9 May 2006)

KPMG's role part of ASIC Westpoint probe (9 May 2006)

KPMG's role part of ASIC Westpoint probe (9 May 2006)

Revealed: the £5bn-a-year UK tax fraud (9 May 2006)

Fannie Mae discovers two new accounting errors (9 May 2006)

Zale Puts CFO on Ice (9 May 2006)

Man's US arm denies hedge fund fraud (9 May 2006)

Former Ahold CEO defends actions (9 May 2006)

Profit reporting still lax process: Companies can easily manipulate cost of employee stock options (8 May 2006)

KPMG chief called to testify (8 May 2006)

How KPMG planned to conquer the world through tax avoidance (7 May 2006)

Enron: a master class in hubris and raging greed (7 May 2006)

SEC Accountant Warns About Structured Transactions (6 May 2006)

Accounting Expert Endorses Enron Moves   (5 May 2006)

ECG unsecured creditors left high and dry by KPMG (5 May 2006)

Creative accounting’ is indeed an art form, but it is one that leads to trouble (5 May 2006)

KPMG (Yes, them!!) to probe Baker Tilly work at Sanctuary (5 May 2006)

Creditors not pursuing Deloitte over BCCI (5 May 2006)

Cartels and Big firms take charge of auditing regulation (4 May 2006)

PCAOB: Auditor Judgment Under Scrutiny (4 May 2006)

Conflict looms over IAS39 auditor frustrations (4 May 2006)

Accountants: Enron financials correct (4 May 2006)

Skilling's shift of Enron funds defended by former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner (4 May 2006)

Former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner backs Enron's accounting practices (4 May 2006)

FRRP concerned about oil and gas industry non-compliance (4 May 2006)

Revised Companies Bill cluase “for Liability of directors for false or misleading statements in reports (4 May 2006)

New UK company law reforms to protect businesses (4 May 2006)

NEW CLAUSES FOR THE UK COMPANY LAW REFORM BILL (4 May 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill: Current Position (4 May 2006)

Auditor independence - could it come back to haunt the Big Four? (3 May 2006)

Fears for iSoft as value crashes by 75% (3 May 2006)

Enron fraud trial hears Lay admit to mistakes (3 May 2006)

U.S. securities lawsuits fall, payouts soar (3 May 2006)

Bank of America wins on Parmalat (3 May 2006)

Deloitte Italy sues Parmalat (3 May 2006)

A misguided quest for covergence of accounting (3 May 2006)

Filling In The GAAP (3 May 2006)

No Big Four split, says FRC (3 May 2006)

US Judge Lets Charges Stand in KPMG Tax Shelter Case (2 May 2006)

Sea Containers on rocks as it delays accounts (2 May 2006)

PwC partners against global convergence (2 May 2006)

PwC opposes IASB proposals (2 May 2006)

Comverse CEO resigns amid accounting probe (2 May 2006)

Lay says Enron collapse no crime, blames others (2 May 2006)

Lay defends accounting at Enron as 'aggressive' (2 May 2006)

Settlement value surges as US securities suits drop (1 May 2006)

Enron boss 'ignored staff fears' (1 May 2006)

No one fooled by accounting’s ‘sexy’ image (1 May 2006)

APRIL 2006

Australian Government has launched an unprecedented investigation into the independence and business ethics of auditors (30 Apr 2006)

Isoft accounts under fire (30 Apr 2006)

Isoft accused by analyst of accounting ‘discrepancy’ (30 Apr 2006)

Ingles Markets charged with accounting fraud (29 Apr 2006)

WorldCom whistleblower discusses her audit of telcom giant (29 Apr 2006)

Woman who uncovered WorldCom scandal speaks (29 Apr 2006)

Accounts and sex are strange bedfellows (29 Apr 2006)

Masters of the Universe: Nine accountancy bodies form global alliance (28 Apr 2006)

The Ten Worst Corporations of 2005 (28 Apr 2006)

Ingles settles SEC accounting fraud claims (28 Apr 2006)

Warrant issued for Hyundai arrest (20 Apr 2006)

Sanctuary restates results (28 Apr 2006)

FRRP looks into Sanctuary accounts (28 Apr 2006)

Accounting Questions Raise Lay's Hackles (28 Apr 2006)

Hyundai head faces arrest over slush fund (28 Apr 2006)

KPMG Settles Tax Shelter Lawsuit, Though 55 Opt Out (28 Apr 2006)

Securities and Exchange Commission has charged auto-parts maker HLI Operating Co. and four former executives with fraudulent accounting (27 Apr 2006)

Ace to Pay $80M to Settle Accounting Probe (27 Apr 2006)

ACCA under fire over controversial subscription plans (27 Apr 2006)

PwC chief rounds on Oxera report (27 Apr 2006)

EU directive ushers in the era of tickbox and mechanical auditing (27 Apr 2006)

Prosecutors seek Hyundai arrest (27 Apr 2006)

SEC may sue Ashland over accounting (27 Apr 2006)

Aussies join world accounting alliance (27 Apr 2006)

Computer Associates chief pleads guilty (26 Apr 2006)

Two former executives of Computer Associates plead guilty to eight counts each of securities fraud and obstruction of justice (26 Apr 2006)

Former Computer Associates executives admit role in $2.2bn accounting fraud (26 Apr 2006)

Australian Securities and Investments Commission grills KPMG over Westpoint accounts (26 Apr 2006)

UK Financial services industry to debate pull of big four (26 Apr 2006)

Enron 'relied on auditors' (26 Apr 2006)

Lay blames media storm for Enron downfall (26 Apr 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 13 (25 Apr 2006)

SEC Approves PCAOB Independence Rules for Auditors (25 Apr 2006)

Alpha shares grounded as deal probed (25 Apr 2006)

Alpha suspended as auditors withdraw approval (25 Apr 2006)

Alpha Airports halts dealings after auditors query 2005 results (25 Apr 2006)

Pinsents threatens to sue Baker Tilly after UK Revenue probe (25 Apr 2006)

South Africa: Kebble fraud casts pall over PwC (25 Apr 2006)

Former Enron chief tells court of his 'American nightmare' (25 Apr 2006)

Shell companies and easy formation of corporations poses risks (25 Apr 2006)

Read the 77 page GAO Report

Lawyers, dentists, accountants, and restaurant owners have been caught laundering money in Iceland (24 Apr 2006)

Hyundai chief faces prosecutors (24 Apr 2006)

Hyundai Motor Chairman Grilled in Corruption Scandal (24 Apr 2006)

Lay 'devastated' by Enron failure (24 Apr 2006)

US details fraud case on KPMG tax shelters ( 24 Apr 2006)

Deloitte fights $60m action (24 Apr 2006)

Deloitte firms face lawsuit (24 Apr 2006)

NEW US rules on auditor independence and sale of tax services (24 Apr 2006)

SEC Approves PCAOB Rules on Auditor Ethics, Independence and Tax Services (24 Apr 2006)

Sarbanes-Oxley Has Been an Accountant's Bonanza (24 Apr 2006)

US groups cash in on accounting rules (24 Apr 2006)

Second tier UK accounting bodies to discuss qualifications merger (24 Apr 2006)

Enron: Skilling's testimony could hurt him (23 Apr 2006)

New York State is suing Qwest and Arthur Andersen on behalf of the state's retirement fund for overstating its revenues for three years (23 Apr 2006)

OfficeMax makes list of Calpers' laggards (23 Apr 2006)

Ex-CEO of World Health accused of fraud: Shareholder lawsuit claims he manipulated books on taxes, number of shares (22 Apr 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Heartland settlement (22 Apr 2006)

U.S. Judge Backs I.R.S. Ruling Invalidating Tax Shelter, Possibly Aiding U.S. Criminal Case against KPMG (22 Apr 2006)

Balance Sheet: Solutions that are not (21 Apr 2006)

Freddie Mac Settles Suit for $410 Million (21 Apr 2006)

Tax Shelters: Judge's Order to Keep KPMG Papers Private (21 Apr 2006)

PWC told to pay £1m over BCCI auditing (21 Apr 2006)

Puny UK Regulator imposes £975,00 fines and costs on PricewaterhouseCoopers for BCCI audits (20 Apr 2006)

Read the JDS Report on PricewaterhouseCoopers and BCCI

THE BCCI COVER-UP

Liquidators stick with PR firms despite judge's BCCI outburst (20 Apr 2006)

UK Investors fire warning shot on audit competition report (20 Apr 2006)

BCCI: UK High Court judge slates "lamentable" lawyers (19 Apr 2006)

United Kingdom: Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Review (19 Apr 2006)

Skilling defends Enron share sale (18 Apr 2006)

Deloitte sues Parmalat for damages in US (18 Apr 2006)

Enron backed firm run by boss's former girlfriend (18 Apr 2006)

Deloitte sues Parmalat for damages in US (18 Apr 2006)

Judge Slams BCCI Case Against Bank Of England (17 Apr 2006)

Lord Wakeham brushed aside Enron crisis warnings, board papers show (15 Apr 2006)

Ex-CFO of Dollar General to Pay $1.2 Million (15 Apr 2006)

US Auditors, Clients Square Off over 404 Exemption (15 Apr 2006)

BCCI: MP demands Pollock inquiry (14 Apr 2006)

BCCI: It looks Bleak for Deloitte as judge says case was a load of Pollock (14 Apr 2006)

SEC settles a case against U.K. accouting firm PKF for its "highly unreasonable" audit of AremisSoft (14 Apr 2006)

Enron defendant accuses analyst (14 Apr 2006)

Claim on auditor switch: Prosecutors suggest Computer Associates wanted to keep payout details quiet (14 Apr 2006)

Hyundai-Kia Diverted Taxpayers' Money (14 Apr 2006)

Ex-Law Society president on forgery charge (14 Apr 2006)

FASB Pension Rule Could Spur Loan Woes (14 Apr 2006)

Key Facts and Figures for the UK Accountancy Profession (13 Apr 2006)

Skilling denies knowledge of secret side deals at Enron (13 Apr 2006)

Hollinger International agrees to pay bulk of Black's legal bills (13 Apr 2006)

Corporate undertakers: Deloitte clocks up £4.5m on Rover (13 Apr 2006)

BCCI: After 256 days in court, the judge's verdict: a hopeless, incoherent farce (13 Apr 2006)

BCCI: Deloitte's drubbing will not be forgotten (13 Apr 2006)

BCCI: Deloitte's 12-year case puts Woolf reforms in question (13 Apr 2006)

BCCI: Rude’ Deloitte lawyer taken to task (13 Apr 2006)

KPMG 'knew of Westpoint problems' (13 Apr 2006)

South Korea Accounting CEO Arrested for Kickback (13 Apr 2006)

UK Auditors sucked into iSoft chaos (13 Apr 2006)

Zale Faces SEC Inquiry over Severance Payout (13 Apr 2006)

China: Deloitte faces punishment for Kelon audit work (13 Apr 2006)

THE UK dominance of the Big Four accounting firms is not healthy for competition (13 Apr 2006)

Second-tier firms hope for challenge to UK Big Four (12 Apr 2006)

Delphi, The Terminator, and the Misuse of Bankruptcy Law (12 Apr 2006)

The Big Four accountancy firms have a stranglehold on the UK auditing sector that brings high prices and little choice (12 Apr 2006)

UK study finds mid-level audit firms face 'high barriers' to FTSE companies (12 Apr 2006)

The Big Four firms: FRC and DTI Publish Study, Competition and Choice in the UK Audit Market (12 Apr 2006)

Read the 167 page Full DTI/FRC Report

Dollar General former CFO settles SEC accounting fraud charges (12 Apr 2006)

Enron never used illegal cash reserves to disguise massive trading profits or cover earnings shortfalls, says former chief (12 Apr 2006)

Judge calls BCCI case a 'farce' (12 Apr 2006)

Additional accounting issues revealed at Navistar (12 Apr 2006)

Ernst & Young sued over failed tax shelters (12 Apr 2006)

Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers Raided in Hyundai-Kia Probe (12 Apr 2006)

Ernst & Young sued over tax shelters (11 Apr 2006)

SEC looking into Zale's accounting practices (11 Apr 2006)

FSA to consult on ending audit requirements for small firms (10 Apr 2006)

Top audit firms' UK dominance studied (10 Apr 2006)

UK Law Society drops Deloitte as auditor (10 Apr 2006)

Big Four global regulation moves closer: Twelve national regulators agree basis for cooperation (10 Apr 2006)

Ofwat: There may be more UK water frauds (9 Apr 2006)

I willfully aided and abetted the evasion of taxes, Says former KPMG partner (9 Apr 2006)

South Africa: Regulator to probe PricewaterhouseCoopers (9 Apr 2006)

Kebble fraud: PwC faces probe (9 Apr 2006)

New problems uncovered at Severn Trent (8 Apr 2006)

Balance sheet: Auditing on the brink (8 Apr 2006)

SeraCare received subpoenas from the Securities and Exchange Commission (8 Apr 2006)

Navistar fires Deloitte & Touche and will Restate Results Back to 2002 (8 Apr 2006)

ACCA MEMBERS URGED TO OPPOSE SUBSCRIPTION INCREASE WITHOUT PRIOR MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL (7 Apr 2006)

ACCA FAT CATS (7 Apr 2006)

Severn Trent admits misleading Ofwat again (7 Apr 2006)

Credibility GAAP: Skilling's accountants will bless Enron's financials -- if the judge lets them (7 Apr 2006)

Law firm danced around Enron issues (7 Apr 2006)

Rover staff welfare fund in danger over £50m law suits (7 Apr 2006)

Questions about the solvency of Phoenix Venture Holdings - parent company of crashed carmaker MG Rover (7 Mar 2006)

Kenya Trust Bank depositors allowed to sue KPMG for alleged negligence (7 Apr 2006)

China Court snubs shareholder suit versus Deloitte (7 Apr 2006)

Nortel finds more accounting problems (7 Apr 2006)

Nortel Networks says more revenue needs to be restated (7 Apr 2006)

UK Investors pick new audit fight ( 6 Apr 2006)

Accounting errors’ at UK off-licence enterprise (6 Apr 2006)

TransTec's ex finance head faces jail after pleading guilty to fraud (6 Apr 2006)

Deloitte Touche were paid £4.5m for advice ahead of Rover collapse (6 Apr 2006)

UK companies don't want regulators to be tipped off about dodge accounts (6 Apr 2006)

MG Rover faces tax questions (6 Apr 2006)

US Judge Won't Grant Separate KPMG Trials For The Largest Criminal Tax Fraud Case In History (6 Apr 2006)

Witness: Enron Law Firm Probed Complaints (6 Apr 2006)

Italy's constitutional court has ruled dairy firm Parmalat can claim 7.5bn euros (£5.2bn) from certain creditors (6 Apr 2006)

Watchdogs, Lapdogs or Retrievers?: Liability and the Rebirth of the Management Audit (6 Apr 2006)

Political Lobbying on Accounting Standards – National and International Experience (6 Apr 2006)

Dutch supermarket Ahold executives could face jail (5 Apr 2006)

Enron's Kazillion Dollar Bash (5 Apr 2006)

Fraud, embezzlement and accounting irregularities charges against Baugur revived (5 Apr 2006)

Billing scandal costs Severn Trent £10.6m (5 Apr 2006)

Auditing cartel to mount ECJ challenge to French restrictions on selling non-auditing services to audit clients (5 Apr 2006)

EC to consider new audit rules for large firms (5 Apr 2006)

Tycoon found murdered on eve of fraud charges hearing (5 Apr 2006)

Solicitors may face action over payouts to former miners (5 Apr 2006)

Langbar hearing in secret after threats (4 Apr 2006)

And they advise others: UK financial watchdog slaps £750,000 fine on Deloitte & Touche for serious compliance failings (4 Apr 2006)

ECJ challenge looms for French conduct rules on auditor independence (4 Apr 2006)

Trio of Former KPMG Auditors Charged in Tenet Scandal (4 Apr 2006)

South Carolina settles tax shelter case with KPMG partner (4 Apr 2006)

SEC broadens Biovail probe with subpoena (4 Apr 2006)

Accounting standards to come under EU scrutiny (4 Apr 2006)

FASB: Put Pension Status on the Balance Sheet (4 Apr 2006)

IFAC Issues Paper on Accrual Accounting (4 Apr 2006)

Key Enron witness 'lied in court' (3 Apr 2006)

Malawi: Minister warns accountants on money laundering (3 Apr 2006)

Cheshire Building Society has been the victim of a £10m fraud (3 Apr 2006)

Living in cloud cuckoo-land: Get rid of accounting rules, ICAS says (3 Apr 2006)

SEC Charges Three Former KPMG Auditors for Altering Audit Working Papers of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (2 Apr 2006)

China stock market regulator may probe Deloitte (2 Apr 2006)

Big Four firm split over OFR (1 Apr 2006)

FASB proposes rule on pensions and retirement benefits (1 Apr 2006)

Bank of America to sue Parmalat (1 Apr 2006)

Administrators say MG Rover enters into liquidation (1 Apr 2006)

Ex-KPMG Auditors Settle Tenet Charges (1 Apr 2006)

Yukos to face fraud allegations (1 Apr 2006)

March 2006

Ethics and the Accounting and Auditing Professions in the 21st Century (31 Mar 2006)

IFRS update spring 2006 - French resistance (31 Mar 2006)

Enron Still Matters (31 Mar 2006)

Deloitte faces double trouble in China (31 Mar 2006)

Deloitte sued over Kelon scandal in China (31 Mar 2006)

SEC settles with ex-KPMG auditors: Tenet auditors engaged in "highly unreasonable" conduct (31 Mar 2006)

Lawyer Accuses U.S. of Pressuring KPMG in Tax Case (31 Mar 2006)

Ex-KPMG Tax Partner Helped Wealthy People Dodge Millions in Taxes (31 Mar 2006)

Accountants helped fake Livedoor figures (31 Mar 2006)

Scandals of Accounting (31 Mar 2006)

THE NETHERLANDS: COURT BLAMES CFO FOR AHOLD´S ACCOUNTING SCANDAL (31 Mar 2006)

BASS INSTINCT: How accountancy firms abused Barrie Chapman (31 Mar 2006)

Auditors and the Rhetoric of Risk: A Post-Enron Analysis (31 Mar 2006)

SEC ends Goodyear investigation   (30 Mar 2006)

Big four firms fail in 'French Sarbox' bid to challenge auditor independence rules (30 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 12 (30 Mar 2006)

3 former ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants plead guilty in Kanebo window-dressing case (30 Mar 2006)

PwC settles dotcom fraud case (30 Mar 2006)

KPMG to Settle Targus Lawsuit (30 Mar 2006)

Computer-case maker Targus agrees to settle a suit against KPMG after the auditor failed to detect embezzlement by the company's CFO (30 Mar 2006)

China's Guangdong Kelon minority shareholder sues Deloitte (30 Mar 2006)

US auditors get extension on new rules (30 Mar 2006)

Laying the blame for Enron (30 Mar 2006)

The Other Side of the Coin: The UK and Corruption in Africa (82 page PDF File) (29 Mar 2006)

PwC settles investors' claims over E-District (29 Mar 2006)

The Accounting Cartel: Big Four accounting firms failed in their challenge to French government proposals restricting their rights to offer advisory and assurance services. to audit clients (29 Mar 2006)

Defendant Makes a Deal in KPMG Tax Case (29 Mar 2006)

Partner at accounting giant KPMG pleaded guilty to helping fabricate $11.2 billion in fake tax shelters (29 Mar 2006)

KPMG to pay an undisclosed amount to settle a $50 million malpractice lawsuit brought by Targus Group International Inc (29 Mar 2006)

Ex-Raytheon CEO to Settle Accounting Inquiry (29 Mar 2006)

Refco boss facing Austrian arrest (29 Mar 2006)

"I knew that the losses should not have been claimed on the tax return," "I signed opinion letters knowing them to be false", says KPMG partner (28 Mar 2006)

Top accountancy firms fail to halt French restraints on auditor independence (28 Mar 2006)

Hyundai chief faces fraud probe (28 Mar 2006)

ACCA members urged to boycott 2006 council elections (28 Mar 2006)

AUDIT CLIENT ACCEPTANCE AND RETENTION POLICIES AND THE MARKET FOR “BAD APPLES” (28 Mar 2006)

Anatomy of a 'bribe' (28 Mar 2006)

Audit-engagement liability provisions raise queries (28 Mar 2006)

Former Melbourne-based KPMG partner investigated over $2m fraud (28 Mar 2006)

Ex-KPMG partner pleads guilty in US tax case (28 Mar 2006)

Former KPMG tax partner pleads guilty (28 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 11 (28 Mar 2006)

Smoking Causes the Highest Mortality Rate in the US, Accounting for 440,000 Deaths (28 Mar 2006)

Ex-Raytheon CEO to Settle Accounting Inquiry (28 Mar 2006)

Instruments of Detachment, Instruments of Control:The Rise of the Modern Tax Haven in the International Economy (28 Mar 2006)

The Citizens' Initiative and Referendum: Direct Democracy in 5 Countries of Europe (28 Mar 2006)

Exchange of Tax Information (28 Mar 2006)

Why the dominance of the big four is alarming regulators (27 Mar 2006)

Ex-Kanebo execs sentenced for false information (27 Mar 2006)

GM to Fix Accounting Errors Within Days (27 Mar 2006)

Massive fraud trial opens in Monaco against a US entrepreneur accused of cheating investors out of millions of euros (27 Mar 2006)

Flat Tax: Soak the Poor, says ACCA (27 Mar 2006)

Enron: 'God bless and good luck' (27 Mar 2006)

"The object of the conspiracy was to help wealthy taxpayers significantly and illegally reduce their tax liability", says ex KPMG partner (27 Mar 2006)

"I knew that the losses should not have been claimed on the tax forms", says exa KPMG partner (27 Mar 2006)

"I signed opinion letters knowing them to be false, in order to mislead the IRS,'' says ex KPMG partner (27 Mar 2006)

CSK Auto finds accounting irregularities   (27 Mar 2006)

Sarbanes Speaks Out Against SOX Rollback (27 Mar 2006)

Earnings: It's Still Apples And Oranges (27 Mar 2006)

Why did Grant Thornton quit as advisers to Hanover Capital Group (26 Mar 2006)

Irresponsibles of the World Unite: UK Accountancy bodies back more director protection (25 Mar 2006)

Law Society to drop big four giant for BDO in accounting shake-up (25 Mar 2006)

'People sort through lots like conspirators in a black market' - welcome to the end of MG (25 Mar 2006)

£11 million black hole in the accounts of TransTec was kept "secret" (24 Mar 2006)

Sarbanes chides critics of corporate accounting law (24 Mar 2006)

Enron executive's testimony provides window on government tactics (24 Mar 2006)

US Companies restate the numbers, over and over (24 Mar 2006)

Balance Sheet: Setting free the auditors (24 Mar 2006)

A very French auditing revolution on auditor independence (24 Mar 2006)

EC finds another route to influence IFRS (23 Mar 2006)

KPMG discloses revised pact on tax shelters (23 Mar 2006)

US Judge Lets Air out of Goodyear Lawsuit (23 Mar 2006)

Lax accounting marks end of GM as paragon (23 Mar 2006)

PCAOB: Big Four Inspections Will Stay Private (23 Mar 2006)

US audit board finds big four addressed audit concerns (23 Mar 2006)

SEC investigate Mills Corp. over accounting practices (23 Mar 2006)

Audit Quality and Audit Liability – a Musical Vignette (22 Mar 2006)

Audit Fees, Non-audit Fees, and Auditor Reporting on UK Stressed Companies (22 Mar 2006)

US banker is granted new trial as US loses fight against white-collar crime (22 Mar 2006)

''Goodwill Games'' at Enron?   (22 Mar 2006)

Lax accounting marks end of GM as paragon (22 Mar 2006)

PAC to probe PwC Rover fees (21 Mar 2006)

CBI deputy stands down over Severn Trent water company row (21 Mar 2006)

Poachers and Gamekeepers: E&Y auditor joins US watchdog (21 Mar 2006)

Former accountant testifies in Enron trial (21 Mar 2006)

Accountants: Enron kept key data from auditors (21 Mar 2006)

US judge says former chairman and chief executive of Gemstar committed securities fraud and misled investors by inflating revenue (21 Mar 2006)

Mills shares sink on new concerns over accounting (21 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 10 (20 Mar 2006)

Accountants Face Grilling in Enron Trial (20 Mar 2006)

Bristol-Myers Squibb ditches PwC (20 Mar 2006)

Grant Thornton and Deloitte must defend Parmalat lawsuit, says judge (19 Mar 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers may face Severn Trent Water inquiry (19 Mar 2006)

Accounting error raises GM's loss (19 Mar 2006)

Debunking the Supposed Link Between Rules and Accounting Scandals (18 Mar 2006)

Canada: Civil Liability And Auditors’ Consents (18 Mar 2006)

Pampering the Big Four: UK Auditors may escape criminal sanctions (17 Mar 2006)

How Nortel (audited by Deloitte & Touche), auditor became joined at hip (17 Mar 2006)

AIG cannot rule out further accounting adjustments (17 Mar 2006)

Capita fined for £328,000 fraud (17 Mar 2006)

Capita Financial Administrators Limited finedfor poor anti-fraud controls over client identities and accounts (17 Mar 2006)

Curse of the Consultants: UK Watchdog slams the DTI for failing to keep track of advisory fees (17 Mar 2006)

Lessons seen learnt as Enron, Parmalat trials start (17 Mar 2006)

They want fees but no responsibility: Director liability should be capped, PwC CEO (16 Mar 2006)

Big Four challenge French government over non-audit services (16 Mar 2006)

H&R Block sued for fraudulent marketing of retirement plans (16 Mar 2006)

Many Canadian firms restating financial results (16 Mar 2006)

Livedoor shareholder to sue firm (16 Mar 2006)

Enron whistleblower condemns Lay (16 Mar 2006)

UK Accountants are in the money (15 Mar 2006)

US auditors face tax services ban (15 Mar 2006)

US IRS suggests publicizing corporate tax returns   (15 Mar 2006)

CVS Corp. Subject of SEC Probe (15 Mar 2006)

What’s New with the Accounting Shell Game? More Shells (15 Mar 2006)

US seeks more control over Fannie Mae (15 Mar 2006)

Little comfort for auditors liability in Lords debate (15 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 9 (15 Mar 2006)

Pension misery for millions: Adair Turner’s report on the pensions crisis fails to address the question of redistribution (14 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage Day 8 (14 Mar 2006)

Lone Star faces KEB deal probe (14 Mar 2006)

What About PwC's Role in Kebble Saga? (14 Mar 2006)

South Carolina settles with 2 men accused of pitching KPMG's bogus tax shelters (14 Mar 2006)

More accounting errors disclosed by Fannie Mae (14 May 2006)

Key Enron witness 'duped bosses' (14 Mar 2006)

Former Enron boss lays blame on finance chief (14 Mar 2006)

Lying Fastow duped Enron bosses - defence (14 Mar 2006)

The Dark Matter at the Heart of Enron (14 Mar 2006)

Langbar accuses two ex-directors of 'conspiracy to defraud' (14 Mar 2006)

Langbar sues over missing £365m (14 Mar 2006)

Langbar is pursuing a £29m legal claim against its founder (14 Mar 2006)

LEADING accountancy firm has defied a recommendation by the Financial Ombudsman Service to pay compensation (14 Mar 2006)

No Accounting for Nortel Woe's (13 Mar 2006)

Justice prevails over Severn Trent (13 Mar 2006)

Japan's securities commission has filed a criminal complaint against five former Livedoor executives over alleged falsifying of accounts (13 Mar 2006)

UK Accountant crook brought to book (12 Mar 2006)

Livedoor's former boss and other executives could be charged with falsifying financial results (12 Mar 2006)

Former executives of Severn Trent Water at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation (12 Mar 2006)

Survival fight for Cheshire Building Society (12 Mar 2006)

Bosses in love with claptrap and blinded by ideologies (12 Mar 2006)

Transfer pricing woes of Nortel (12 Mar 2006)

The changing structure of international trade linked to global prodction systems: What are the policy implications? (11 Mar 2006)

Compass faces $125m claim by competitor over bribery allegations (11 Mar 2006)

Compass sued over UN fraud allegations (11 Mar 2006)

Compass to defend £72m suit over UN contracts (11 Mar 2006)

Accounting Error could spark Nortel default (11 Mar 2006)

SEC Subpoenas Lear Corp. for General Motors' Accounting Records (10 Mar 2006)

Nortel Still Haunted by Accounting Woes (10 Mar 2006)

US Judge Blasts Credibility of Ex-KPMG Exec (10 Mar 2006)

KPMG Exec Free on $25M Bail with electronic monitoring until his trial (10 Mar 2006)

Enron case struggles to tie chief to 'Global Galactic List' (10 Mar 2006)

£10m fraud at Cheshire Building Society (10 Mar 2006)

Labour played wild on Rover (10 Mar 2006_

UK Government criticised over Rover crisis (10 Mar 2006)

UK Government intervention in MG Rover collapse could cost £250m (10 Mar 2006)

Rover loan 'was election bribe' (10 Mar 2006)

Read the UK National Audit Office Report: The closure of MG Rover

Microsoft to hide Irish Tax Haven data of subsidiaries that have saved it billions of dollars in US taxes (9 Mar 2006)

Enron's former boss lied about the state of the firm's finances (9 Mar 2006)

I was very greedy, says Enron trial's star witness (9 Mar 2006)

UK Treasury 'forced through' scrapping of OFR (9 Mar 2006)

Legal worries put brakes on Rover accounts (9 Mar 2006)

Accounting is a dirty job, germ researchers discover (8 Mar 2006)

Severn Trent washes dirty laundry (8 Mar 2006)

Severn Trent Water ordered to cut bills by £42m after overcharging (8 Mar 2006)

Enron bosses 'hid massive losses' (8 Mar 2006)

Enron finance man's 'juice-it-up' mission (8 Mar 2006)

Doubling of restatements by U.S. companies shows that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is working (7 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill - House of Lords Report Stage (7 Mar 2006)

U.S.-listed securities filed 1,295 financial restatements in 2005 (7 Mar 2006)

Audit-engagement provisions raise queries (7 Mar 2006)

Kroger Restates Due to Tax Accounting (7 Mar 2006)

US says KPMG defendants' papers ignore allegations (7 Mar 2006)

Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland used improper tax shelters sold by the KPMG (7 Mar 2006)

NBA owner used tax shelter: Ex-U.S. ambassador also on list released in suit against KPMG (7 Mar 2006)

Severn Trent admitted it had been deliberately fiddling its books to increase customer bills (7 Mar 2006)

The Canadian Public Accountability Board Isn’t (6 Mar 2006)

Insider tells tales of Wall Street dishonesty and corruption (6 Mar 2006)

Cayman Islands appoints Kroll liquidator of PAAM (6 Mar 2006)

Trial of Former Ahold CEO Set to Start (6 Mar 2006)

False Consciousness: Everybody Loved Enron (6 Mar 2006)

Former Aerosonic (audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers)auditor suspended by SEC (6 Mar 2006)

US points finger at Royal Bank over Enron fraud case (6 Mar 2006)

Wall Street analysts still acting like stenographers (6 Mar 2006)

Companies can't delay in putting future environmental liabilities on the books (6 Mar 2006)

Britain's biggest companies using accounting rules to make part of their pension deficits disappear (5 Mar 2006)

Severn Water braced for false accounting reprimand (5 Mar 2006)

Fannie Mae Report details influence of fallen chairman (5 Mar 2006)

Former Vice President of Baptist Foundation of Arizona On Trial For Investor Fraud (5 Mar 2006)

Audit report on Rover rounds on DTI (4 Mar 2006)

SITEL Reviewing Irregularities At Foreign Subsidiary (4 Mar 2006)

Enron witness says chief backed accounting shift (3 Mar 2006)

Witness recalls 'odd' Enron accounting practice   (3 Mar 2006)

No tax please, we're rich! (2 Mar 2006)

Super-rich paid in wine and hay (2 Mar 2006)

Deutsche knocks £1.3bn off T-Mobile (2 Mar 2006)

Laptops Stolen From Auditors, Firms (2 Mar 2006)

KPMG case to US state court? (2 Mar 2006)

Sanctuary investor rebellion threatens to reopen audit row (2 Mar 2006)

Kelon ex-chairman sued for misusing funds (2 Mar 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 6 (1 Mar 2006)

Familiarity is a danger for auditors (1 Mar 2006)

SEC Lesson to Individual White-Collar Defendants: Just Hold OUt and We will Settle for Peanuts (1 Mar 2006)

KPMG partners face £88m pensions bill (1 Mar 2006)

Enron `Tended to be pretty fast and loose with our rules' (1 Mar 2006)

Enron regularly used money from its reserves to manipulate profits (1 Mar 2006)

February 2006

FASB, IASB Sign Another Agreement on Road to Convergence (28 Feb 2006)

Proportionate liability ‘inappropriate’ for auditors, says PIRC (28 Feb 2006)

Enron testimony tells how results were padded (28 Feb 2006)

Vodafone in £28bn goodwill write-off (28 Feb 2006)

Vodafone writedown shock (27 Feb 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 5 (27 Feb 2006)

Milking students: ACCA has 260,000 students and many will never pass (27 Feb 2006)

Money for old ropes: UK Revenue & Customs consultants charge £1000 a day (27 Feb 2006)

Watchdog's Equitable Life report delayed again (27 Feb 2006)

Enron case should also reckon with lax accounting standards (27 Feb 2006)

CRE Slams DTI for Race 'Complacency' (27 Feb 2006)

Ernst & Young loses four more laptops (27 Feb 2006)

Another security breach reported Stolen laptop had clients' private data, says Ernst & Young (27 Feb 2006)

Ernst & Young fails to disclose high-profile data loss (26 Feb 2006)

HealthSouth (audite dby Ernst & Young) to pay out $445 million for accounting fraud (26 Feb 2006)

KPMG investigates missing cash at Unwins (26 Feb 2006)

Ernst & Young fails to disclose high-profile data loss (26 Feb 2006)

Deloitte & Touche Loses Data on Thousands of McAfee Employees (26 Feb 2006)

McAfee Mauled By Deloitte And Touche (26 Feb 2006)

Auditors need to be reformed, says Canadian Think Tank (26 Feb 2006)

Officers didn't object to Enron scam (25 Feb 2006)

Enron Balance sheet: The limits of outrage (25 Feb 2006)

SEC to distribute $250 million to Qwest shareholders (25 Feb 2006)

SEC Expands Citigroup Argentina Probe (25 Feb 2006)

Fannie Mae Review Blames Top Management for Accounting Fraud (25 Feb 2006)

There should be no liability concession for auditors, says Labour's own think tank (25 Feb 2006)

HealthSouth agrees to $445 million in accounting fraud settlement (24 Feb 2006)

UK accountants make money from dilution of money laundering rules (24 Feb 2006)

Global accounting system is "politically and culturally impossible", says former SEC chief (24 Feb 2006)

Havel warns young managers of confusing economics with accounting (24 Feb 2006)

US judge approves US$6.7 billion civil settlement by three Enron banks (24 Feb 2006)

Livedoor Scandal heightens pressure for tough corporate control (24 Feb 2006)

Bank of America Restates Due to Hedge Accounting (24 Feb 2006)

Former leaders at Fannie Mae faulted on bonuses and other issues (24 Feb 2006)

Fannie Mae probe points to top execs (24 Feb 2006)

Fannie Mae Chronology (24 Feb 2006)

The corporate scams that aid terrorist money launderers (23 Feb 2006)

SEC bid to exempt firms from audits draws fire (23 Feb 2006)

4 Defendants in KPMG's Xerox Case Settle (23 Feb 2006)

Livedoor boss rearrested on accounts charges (23 Feb 2006)

Deloitte chief cleared in disciplinary hearing (23 Feb 2006)

FASB Issues Final Standard on Hybrid Instruments (22 Feb 2006)

Oddbins cries 'foul' over Unwins deal (22 Feb 2006)

Four Current or Former KPMG Partners Settle SEC Litigation Relating To Xerox Audits (22 Feb 2006)

Read background to KPMG audits of Xerox

What did you expect: Deloitte chairman cleared on Capital charges (22 Feb 2006)

Clampdown after UK firms trip up on IFRS (22 Feb 2006)

Life after Enron for Andersen's ex-staffers (22 Feb 2006)

Think tank wants stiffer regulation of auditors in Canada (22 Feb 2006)

European court backs UK's fight against VAT 'avoidance' (22 Feb 2006)

Enron trio lose extradition fight (21 Feb 2006)

SEC Charges KPMG Auditors in Ahold Scandal (21 Feb 2006)

SEC: KPMG Auditors Ignored 'Red Flags' (21 Feb 2006)

WPP unravel 'Benatti Spaghetti' mess (21 Feb 2006)

UK will not impose criminal sanctions on company directors publishing crooked financial statements (20 Feb 2006)

UK government will not ask companies to publish their tax computation (20 Feb 2006)

Mid-tier firms at risk from UK company law reforms (20 Feb 2006)

Severn Water admits accounts scandal (19 Feb 2006)

Livedoor 'told firms to fake data' / Advertising data 'doctored' by ValueClick to make cooked books tally (18 Feb 2006)

You can't count on a chartered accountant (17 Feb 2006)

Why don’t the accounts of the FTSE 50 add up? by Richard Murphy (17 Feb 2006)

KPMG auditors missed Ahold 'red flags' (17 Feb 2006)

SEC Charges KPMG Auditors in Ahold Scandal (17 Feb 2006)

Australia: AWB inquiry hears of 'shady accounting' (17 Feb 2006)

UK government refuses to reveal the composition of various task forces and interests of their members (16 Feb 2006)

UK government will not curb the Big Four auditing cartel (16 Feb 2006)

UK DTI continues its BCCI cover-up (16 Feb 2006)

UK government will not ask the FRC to publish full report on the audit deficiencies of major firms (16 Feb 2006)

Transfer pricing is the biggest method for laundering money but the UK government opposes disclosures (16 Feb 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 4 (16 Feb 2006)

EU investigation into Equitable Life (16 Feb 2006)

Class action lawsuit sought over ProQuest accounting (16 Feb 2006)

UK requirement for companies to file a copy of their audit contract (16 Feb 2006)

UK government will not break up the big four accountancy firms (16 Feb 2006)

UK government not concerned about long-standing abuses by insolvency practitioners (16 Feb 2006)

UK government has no idea of the impact of Caparo judgement on audit quality (16 Feb 2006)

UK government does not care about racial discrimiation in the UK accountancy profession (16 Feb 2006)

Wait for MG Rover accounts lengthens (15 Feb 2006)

Ex-Enron chief 'misled investors' (15 Feb 2006)

HVB to pay $29.6m in tax fraud settlement (15 Feb 2006)

Langbar assets may be as little as £2m (15 Feb 2006)

Langbar prepares £100m lawsuits blitz (15 Feb 2006)

UK dilutes accountants money laundering duties (14 Feb 2006)

Livedoor boss charged with falsifying accounts (14 Feb 2006)

Wall St 'knew Enron was heading for the rocks' (14 Feb 2006)

The money game: Everybody does it (13 Feb 2006)

Love of money: Ex-Andersen partners launch consulting firm (13 Feb 2006)

Conditions still ripe for ... another Enron? (12 Feb 2006)

Enron figures become subjects of bets, wagers (12 Feb 2006)

Sleight of hand rewrites Enron history (12 Feb 2006)

Investigators probing a Swiss bank linked to alleged frauds at WPP Italy (12 Feb 2006)

KPMG probes money transfers before Unwins collapse (12 Feb 2006)

New mystery over Unwins cash (12 Feb 2006)

Parmalat judge allows some claims vs. Bank of America (11 Feb 2006)

KPMG Still Negotiating Tax Shelter Deal with Investors (11 Feb 2006)

KPMG Tax Shelter Deal May Be Revised (11 Feb 2006)

Cendant fraud case ends in mistrial (10 Feb 2006)

USA: Pricewaterhouse charged with misconduct over audit of three Lipper Holdings hedge funds (10 Feb 2006)

Ernst & Young joins Big Four billionaires (10 Feb 2006)

Mystery after dark in WPP's Italian job (10 Feb 2006)

Insurer AIG in $1.6bn settlement (10 Feb 2006)

AIG apologises for fraud with $1.6bn settlement (10 Feb 2006)

Compass bosses face 'corruption' questions (10 Feb 2006)

AIG to Pay $800 Million to Settle Securities Fraud Charges by SEC (9 Feb 2006)

SEC & EU Chairmen Affirm Commitment To Eliminating Reconciliation Between IFRS and GAAP (9 Feb 2006)

Is Caparo still good law? (9 Feb 2006)

Why the UK abolished Operating and Financial Review (OFR) (9 Feb 2006)

Nortel pays $2.5bn to settle accounts scandal (9 Feb 2006)

Newspapers scandal: Follow the Hollinger money (8 Feb 2006)

Australia: Westpoint flak hits KPMG (8 Feb 2006)

Nortel Nears $2.5 Billion Settlement (8 Feb 2006)

KPMG loses £88m pensions court case (8 Feb 2006)

KPMG partners liable for £60m pension deficit (8 Feb 2006)

September date for Mayflower tribunal (8 Feb 2006)

Anti-tax group challenges US Sarbanes-Oxley law (8 Feb 2006)

The PCAOB, More than the Sum of Unconstitutional Parts (8 Feb 2006)

Who Watches Accounting's Watchdog? (8 Feb 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 3 (7 Feb 2006)

Why consult on auditor liability, only to ignore the outcome? (7 Feb 2006)

Jim Cousins MP links Big Four secondees with liability law (7 Feb 2006)

UK government signals climbdown over liability cap fears (7 Feb 2006)

The New Ethics Enforcers (7 Feb 2006)

Defining the Role of Ethics Monitor (7 Feb 2006)

Calling the Ethics Cops (7 Feb 2006)

WPP Italian probe to spark more sackings (7 Feb 2006)

KPMG partners face £88m pension fund call (7 Feb 2006)

Curse of the consultants: Have accountants been ever trained to build railway stations? (6 Feb 2006)

The opening up of accounting standards have left LLPs with the difficult choice (6 Feb 2006)

WPP: Our top staff fixed up 'phoney' deals (6 Feb 2006)

AIG 'close' to £1.5bn settlement (6 Feb 2006)

AIG Nears A Minimum $1.5 Billion Accounting Fraud Settlement (6 Feb 2006)

PCAOB steps up foreign inspections (6 Feb 2006)

Enron's political helpmates (5 Feb 2006)

US regulator finds deficiencies in Grant Thornton audits (4 Feb 2006)

Read the US Regulator's Report on Grant Thornton

Livedoor 'used Swiss accounts to cook books' (4 Feb 2006)

4 US federal indictments in AIG probe (4 Feb 2006)

The truth about Enron that most Americans don't want to hear (4 Feb 2006)

Grant Thornton liquidates scandal trusts (3 Feb 2006)

Warring accounting firms cast shadow over Sanctuary's recovery (3 Feb 2006)

Royal Dutch Shell’s Accounting Policies Destroyed $2.9 billion in Shareholder Value in 2005 (3 Feb 2006)

Ex-Gen Re and AIG executives on fraud charges (3 Feb 2006)

Japan after livedoor: Saving it from the shadows (3 Feb 2006)

Enron: On the record: "It is not about accounting. It is about lies and choices (3 Feb 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 2 (2 Feb 2006)

BearingPoint Lays Out the Bad News (2 Feb 2006)

Story of Rover's crucial year still unclear as Phoenix delays again (2 Feb 2006)

OFR back on the agenda after UK government u-turn (2 Feb 2006)

Compass UN food scandal inquiry finds 'irregularities' (2 Feb 2006)

UK watchdog warns firms over accounting gaffes (2 Feb 2006)

Livedoor Finance tied to stock scam (2 Feb 2006)

SEC probes Dana accounting errors (2 Feb 2006)

Ex-Wal-Mart boss stole from firm (2 Feb 2006)

Enron boss 'tried to stifle critical voices' (2 Feb 2006)

Enron duo 'cooked the books' (2 Feb 2006)

Enron chiefs 'involved in fraud' (2 Feb 2006)

Story of Rover's crucial year still unclear as Phoenix delays again (1 Feb 2006)

Rover inquiry looks into accounts of Phoenix Four wives (1 Feb 2006)

Compass UN probe finds 'serious irregularities' (1 Feb 2006)

Compass investigation finds 'serious irregularities' (1 Feb 2006)

Compass finds UN 'irregularity' (1 Feb 2006)

Receiver Deloitte & Touche on hook for fees (1 Feb 2006)

Put the Politicians in the Enron Docket (1 Feb 2006)

Enron case is simply about lies, prosecutors tell court (1 Feb 2006)

At the least, former Enron chiefs are guilty of moral bankruptcy (1 Feb 2006)

What's at heart of Enron case, accounting or 'lies and choices'? (1 Feb 2006)

UK Judge backs Bank of England on BCCI costs (1 Feb 2006)

January 2006

Corporations rule not OK (31 Jan 2006)

UK Companies Bill 2006: House of Lords Committee stage - Day 1 (31 Jan 2006)

Troubled Tinsley is hit by cash crisis (31 Jan 2006)

Connect the Dots: KPMG, Hollinger, Breeden (31 Jan 2006)

Bank of England rejects £73m BCCI costs offer (31 Jan 2006)

Liquidators of BCCI pay £73m to Bank of England and ask for settlement (31 Jan 2006)

Deloitte and Lovells duck costs showdown on BCCI (31 Jan 2006)

Enron bosses deny 42 charges as complex fraud trial begins (31 Jan 2006)

How The Media Missed Enron (31 Jan 2006)

Alpha Airports hit by fraud (30 Jan 2006)

WPP (audited by Deloitte) looks into fraud allegations over Italian deals (30 Jan 2006)

Bank of England to launch massive costs claim against BCCI liquidators (30 Jan 2006)

UK High Court to decide BCCI costs (30 Jan 2006)

United Rentals Lets Execs Go in Accounting Investigation (30 Jan 2006)

Sanctuary posts £142m loss (30 Jan 2006)

Sanctuary unveils £110m survival plan (30 Jan 2006)

Enron Is Back! (29 Jan 2006)

American Airlines boss attacks Chapter 11 law (29 Jan 2006)

Lawyers probe Italian job at Sorrell’s WPP (29 Jan 2006)

PwC blamed over failing Rover deal (27 Jan 2006)

Five Steps to Increased Choice and Competition for Public Companies and Auditors (27 Jan 2006)

Major accounting firms feel no shame for misconduct (27 Jan 2006)

United Rentals Disciplines Finance Execs over accounting problems (27 Jan 2006)

KPMG quietly ploughs a nice furrow in IT advisory work (26 Jan 2006)

American Italian Pasta Company's stock price amidst accounting allegations (26 Jan 2006)

Accountancy firms run the world (26 Jan 2006)

ASB faces opposition over approach to standards (26 Jan 2006)

Ernst & Young audit costs too much (26 Jan 2006)

State of the Auditing Industry's Reputation (26 Jan 2006)

Does your heart bleed for millionaire and incompetent accountancy firm partners (26 Jan 2006)

Calling Enron’s bosses to account (25 Jan 2006)

Enron scandal names piling up (26 Jan 2006)

Hollinger drops KPMG claim (26 Jan 2006)

WebMD Executive pleads guilty to accounting fraud (25 Jan 2006)

Isle of Man and Guernsey: Cable & Wireless on the brink of settling its £40m court case over allgeations of siphoning off £80m in reinsurance premiums (25 Jan 2006)

Golden Wonder payment concern (25 Jan 2006)

U.K. Regulator Sees Big Four Audit Dominance As Major Concern (24 Jan 2006)

PCAOB Critiques Its Own Work (24 Jan 2006)

Big Four accounting firms flex their PR muscle to erode their liabilities (24 Jan 2006)

Read the highly partisan report but don't shed tears for them

Kelon (audite dby KPMG) executives embezzled US$73 million (24 Jan 2006)

The state, the economy and the politics of fear (23 Jan 2006)

Eight, take away four, equals 2000 very rich partners (23 Jan 2006)

Irish Businessman convicted of forging company accounts (23 Jan 2006)

UK Company law reforms spark director litigation warnings (23 Jan 2006)

Audit reports are not worth the paper they are written on: Big Four firms want even more liability concessions (23 Jan 2006)

UK Shareholders ignored over director pay (23 Jan 2006)

How chief executives quietly enrich themselves for mediocrity (23 Jan 2006)

Livedoor CEO arrested (23 Jan 2006)

ASB adopts US approach to operating segments (23 Jan 2005)

FASB on Recalculating Leveraged Leases (23 Jan 2006)

Bank of England demands up to £80m for BCCI legal costs (22 Jan 2006)

Four former Enron workers weigh in on trial (22 Jan 2006)

Former chairman of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Co, allegedly embezzled 592 million yuan (US$73 million) (22 Jan 2006)

Livedoor execs admit falsifying financial data (22 Jan 2006)

Livedoor chief denies wrongdoing (22 Jan 2006)

Lawsuit claims American Italian Pasta wanted to "cook the books" (21 Jan 2006)

KPMG has record year - makes paying fines easier (21 Jan 2006)

Livedoor accounting, M&A execs questioned (21 Jan 2006)

Audit is now worthless as firms demand even more liability concessions (20 Jan 2006)

Livedoor director quits as inquiry starts (20 Jan 2006)

Corporate elites would continue to be unaccountable: FRC consults on UK Combined Code of Corporate Governance (19 Jan 2006)

APB goes through the motions of Consulting on its Work Programme for 2006/2007: Don't expect any change or anything useful (19 Jan 2006)

IASB Publishes Exposure Draft on Operating Segments (19 Jan 2006)

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Issues AIG Companies Consent Order (19 Jan 2006)

AIG Insurer wins battle over liquidated funds (19 Jan 2006)

EU probe on Equitable Life (19 Jan 2006)

UK MPs will hold inquiry into ministers' role in failed MG Rover rescue mission (18 Jan 2006)

Former UK ministers and Phoenix Four face new Rover inquiry (18 Jan 2006)

Nike French unit is placed under investigation for fraud probe (18 Jan 2006)

Livedoor group doctored audit papers in stock-swap deal (18 Jan 2006)

Second Livedoor probe reportedly opened (18 Jan 2006)

Japan's Livedoor window dressed yr to Sept 2004 parent result (18 Jan 2006)

Allegations of fraud at internet firm Livedoor spark Tokyo stockmarket panic (18 Jan 2006

Canada: Judge appoints independent counsel to review KPMG's fees in Portus case (18 Jan 2006)

Pension D-Day near for KPMG partners (18 Jan 2006)

KPMG boss takes £3m despite tax scandal (17 Jan 2006)

Ex-KPMG Executives Challenge Tax Shelter Prosecutors (17 Jan 2006)

Canada; Firms fail to meet new audit rules (17 Jan 2006)

AIG Could Pay $1.5B to Settle Accounting Charges (17 Jan 2006)

Unwins boss to sue Grant Thornton for alleged accounting errors (16 Jan 2006)

Former Unwins chief to sue auditors (16 Jan 2006)

UK Law lords consider KPMG pension battle (16 Jan 2006)

Raiding the Public Purse: KPMG expands its public sector consultancy (16 Jan 2006)

Fears subside over US accounting for stock options (16 Jan 2006)

That Uncertain Something: FASB and Taxes (16 Jan 2006)

How UK plc stays ahead of the taxman (15 Jan 2006)

Top FTSE companies avoid paying tax to tune of £20bn (15 Jan 2006)

Read the Full Report: Mind the Tax Gap

Read the Summary of Mind the Tax Gap

Creditors turn on Unwins directors (15 Jan 2006)

UK MPs demand tougher Company Bill (15 Jan 2006)

The Trouble with Tyco (14 Jan 2006)

Scotland's 16 FTSE-350 companies paid their auditors £21m in audit fees and £25m for additional services (14 Jan 2006)

UK is a nation of beancounters (13 Jan 2006)

Defendants File a Flurry of Motions Challenging the KPMG Tax-Shelter Case (13 Jan 2006)

No shame as KPMG engages in spin (13 Jan 2006)

US insurance giant AIG expected to pay more than $1 billion to settle regulatory claims (13 Jan 2006)

SEC upgrades its investigation of accounting practices at IBM (13 Jan 2006)

SEC investigates IBM (13 Jan 2006)

Former Sumbol executive says firm's managers discussed falsifying revenues to match projections (13 Jan 2006)

Tenon accountancy plans in tatters (13 Jan 2006)

UK Company Law Reform Bill: Second Reading in the House of Lords (12 Jan 2006)

ACCA censured over data delay (12 Jan 2006)

International standard may replicate OFR red tape (12 Jan 2006)

SEC Eyes Home Depot Vendor Charges (12 Jan 2006)

Enron's final chapter: Ex-officials Lay, Skilling heading to trial in corruption case that symbolizes the era of corporate scandals (11 Jan 2006)

Illusions of Trust: A comparison of corporate annual report executive letters before and after SOX (11 Jan 2006)

The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Early Evidence From Earnings Management (11 Jan 2006)

Scandal-ridden Bermuda based Tyco considers breaking-up (11 Jan 2006)

Shell Investors Sue over Accounting Scandal (11 Jan 2006)

Langbar shareholders ponder legal action against brokers (10 Jan 2006)

Tangled web behind £365m lost at Langbar (10 Jan 2006)

KPMG and PricwaterhouseCoopers sued for false and misleading statements over Shell reserves (10 Jan 2006)

Shell sued by Dutch pension funds (10 Jan 2006)

More cosmetic measures: APB issues Exposure Draft of Ethical Standard for Reporting Accountants (10 Jan 2006)

Conflicts of Interest and the Case of Auditor Independence: Moral Seduction and Strategic Issue Cycling (10 Jan 2006)

Auditor Independence and Audit Risk in the UK: A Reconceptualisation (10 Jan 2006)

Software Maker McAfee Settles with SEC for $50M (10 Jan 2006)

Brussels to bolster EU shareholder rights (9 Jan 2006)

US accounting scandals persist (9 Jan 2006)

Mills Corp. to restate 5 years of earnings (8 Jan 2006)

Colonial BancGroup restates earnings from 2002 onwards to reflect accounting change (8 Jan 2006)

Unintended Consequences of Earlier Reforms Bite Market Hard (7 Jan 2005)

Ex Symbol Exec - Fraud OK'D (7 Jan 2006)

McAfee fined for accounting scam (8 Jan 2006)

BearingPoint Settles Probe Into Overbilling (6 Jan 2006)

Auditing the meaning of principles (6 Jan 2006)

State of the Accounting Industry's Reputation (6 Jan 2006)

KPMG faces challenges to tax shelter settlement (6 Jan 2006)

Refco's Collapse Reveals Decades of Quarrels With Regulators (6 Jan 2005)

Judge sentences 2 ex-Dynegy executives (6 Jan 2006)

Cendant jurors told to keep deliberating (6 Jan 2006)

Maiden to report an operating loss, due in part to "ongoing litigation" (6 Jan 2005)

China: Seventy-three accountancy firms closed down because they have been involved in various illegal activities (5 Jan 2006)

UK taxman gives £827m insolvency write-offs for the benefit of banks and accountants (5 Jan 2006)

Firms Settle Federal US Travel Charge Claims (5 Jan 2006)

KPMG Compliance Program Didn't Meet Thompson Memo Criteria (5 Jan 2006)

SEC Announces Guidelines for Fining Cos. (5 Jan 2006)

SEC fines Applix (5 Jan 2006)

SEC Charges McAfee, Inc. with Accounting Fraud; McAfee Agrees to Settle and Pay a $50 Million Penalty (5 Jan 2006)

SEC slaps standards on corporate fines (5 Jan 2006)

Do big fines really work for corporate misconduct? (5 Jan 2006)

Big Four Firms bank 15% UK audit fee increase (5 Jan 2006)

The Last Straw: Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen (5 Jan 2006)

THE STRUCTURAL ORIGINS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION (5 Jan 2006)

SEC Charges Six Former Officers of Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company with Defrauding Clients of $4 Million (4 Jan 2006)

Cost of MG Rover probe spirals to £2.1 million (4 Jan 2006)

Read the UK government statements

SEC Accuses 6 Ex-Putnam Execs of Fraud (4 Jan 2006)

Sarbanes-Oxley Disclosures Matter To Investors (4 Jan 2006)

Ernst & Young and three other firms pay $25.5 million to settle overbilling lawsuits (4 Jan 2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers settles Heartland Advisors Inc lawsuit (4 Jan 2006)

Panalpina loses CEO after accounting blunders (4 Jan 2006)

Panalpina CEO steps down after misconduct by manager leads to 33 mlnSFR loss (4 Jan 2006)

Prosecutors seize Samsung Group accounting records (4 Jan 2006)

Former Enron chief executive will face insider trading charges (4 Jan 2006)

Bearingpoint, Inc.; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.; Ernst & Young, LLP; and KPMG, LLP have each settled lawsuits concerning false claims allegedly submitted to various agencies of the United States in connection with travel reimbursement (3 Jan 2006)

The Sad History of the Sidewardly Mobile Corporate Financial Report (3 Jan 2006)

More fees for corporate undertaker: Kookai goes into administration (3 Jan 2006)

Wake up to segregation and discrimination in UK Universities (3 Jan 2006)

Figures on the ethnicity of students in higher education show a disturbing racial divide among UK universities (3 Jan 2006)

Black students failing to get into top UK universities (3 Jan 2006)

Delphi Names Ernst & Young as Auditor For 2006 (2 Jan 2006)

Delphi, Deloitte Face Suit over Third-Party Deals (2 Jan 2006)

Delphi Investors Seek to Boot Deloitte (2 Jan 2006)

Delphi Sued over Inventory Deals (2 Jan 2006)

When Auditors Fail To Measure Up To Mark (2 Jan 2006)

The Accident Group: SPENDING LIMIT FOR AXE BOSS (1 Jan 2006)

The Accident Group: Judge freezes tycoon's assets (1 Jan 2006)

Accused Enron boss prays for a ‘wave of truth’ (1 Jan 2006)

City calls for swift end to Merlin probe (1 Jan 2006)

State of the Accounting Industry's Reputation (1 Jan 2006)

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