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DECEMBER 2010

Tui drops KPMG after it found £117m hole in accounts (31 Dec 2010)
Yukos US GAAP Accounts Seen as Proof of Fraud, Lawyers Says (31 Dec 2010)
No Bark, No Bite: PricewaterhouseCoopers Rolls Over To Beat Fraud Cases (31 Dec 2010)
KPMG partner is knighteded even though the firm is at the centre of global tax avoidance and disgraced by HBOS, BAE Systems and other debacles (31 Dec 2010)
The Shadow Banking System: A Third Of All The Wealth In The World Is Held In Offshore Banks (31 Dec 2010)
Revealed: Whitehall's massive £150million outsourcing spending spree (31 Dec 2010)
US companies lobby for tax holiday on offshore earnings (31 Dec 2010)
TUI Travel and KPMG split over £88m accounting write-off (30 Dec 2010)
Tui Travel ditches its auditors over £117m black hole (30 Dec 2010)
Tui Travel changes auditors to PwC (30 Dec 2010)
New IFRS rules could shake investor supremacy (30 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young sued over Lehman: Going for the auditors (30 Dec 2010)
AMD Shifts GlobalFoundries Accounting Method (30 Dec 2010)
AMD changes accounting method for spun-off unit (30 Dec 2010)
Jersey accountant in Australian court on fraud charge (30 Dec 2010)
SEC files insider trading lawsuit after Martek sale (30 Dec 2010)
US Bank Failures at Highest Level Since 1992 (30 Dec 2010)
Citigroup India Says Employee Forged Documents to Lure Investors (30 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young's Liability For Lehman Larger Than Claimed (29 Dec 2010)
Accounting regulator peeved at India Inc U-turn on IFRS regime (29 Dec 2010)
Ex-Lehman Workers Revive Suit Over Retiree Plan (29 Dec 2010)
Audits must not be rubber stamps (29 Dec 2010)
2011 Will Bring More de Facto Decriminalization of Elite Financial Fraud (29 Dec 2010)
Lighthouse project charity management cleared of deliberate financial misuse (29 Dec 2010)
50 Best Business Professor Blogs (28 Dec 2010)
Either Ernst & Young Knew What Was Up At Lehman Or They Were Quite Ignorant (28 Dec 2010)
Is Any Other Audit Firm Vulnerable Besides Ernst & Young? (28 Dec 2010)
JJB 'may be forced to seek further funds' (28 Dec 2010)
Alcatel-Lucent S.A. and Three Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $92 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation (28 Dec 2010)
Accountant to Entertainers Accused of Bilking Clients (28 Dec 2010)
Rok creditors left £360m out of pocket (27 Dec 2010)
Who will be able to audit banks now?: it is questionable whether a bank audit is worth the paper it is written on (27 Dec 2010)
US Regulator Approves Eight Public Company Auditing Standards on Risks (27 Dec 2010)
SEC okays new auditing standards to help investors assess fraud risks (27 Dec 2010)
Why Cash Incentives for Whistleblowers are so Useful against Control Frauds (27 Dec 2010)
Banks set to pay lower taxes than UK consumers (27 Dec 2010)
Bank shareholders may get vote on size of bonus pools (27 Dec 2010)
Have audit rules been subtly rewritten? Three questions for the Big 4 (24 Dec 2010)

The Case Against Ernst & Young: NY AG Cuomo Sues Over Lehman (24 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young charges highlight grey area in leverage accounting (24 Dec 2010)
Analysis: Ernst faces risks in fighting Lehman lawsuit (24 Dec 2010)
Bringing auditors to book (24 Dec 2010)
Accountants, Texas board still at odds over Enron (24 Dec 2010)
New Chairwoman Is Named for the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (24 Dec 2010)

Spitzer: the accounting trick called Repo 105 (23 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young Is Nuts to Say Lehman Was Clean (23 Dec 2010)
Private-Company GAAP: Another Set of Standards to Ignore? (23 Dec 2010)
Anglo Irish indigestion, off-balance sheet (23 Dec 2010)
Role of Auditors In Crisis Gets Look (23 Dec 2010)
American Apparel Probing Deloitte's Claims That Statements Were Withheld (23 Dec 2010)
American Apparel investigating claims by former auditing firm Deloitte (23 Dec 2010)
Q+A-Bank balance sheet massaging (23 Dec 2010)
Shadow Banking (23 Dec 2010)
Good With GAAP: A Preview of Ernst & Young's Lehman Legal Defense? (23 Dec 2010)
Australia Watchdog slams poor quality corporate reports and off balance sheet accounting (23 Dec 2010)
Ex-UBS Banker Poteroba Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading-Scheme in New York (23 Dec 2010)
Ex-Banker for UBS Pleads Guilty in Tax Case (23 Dec 2010)
Free Market Fraud (23 Dec 2010)
Banks and Innocent Fraud (23 Dec 2010)
The Economics of Innocent Fraud, By John Kenneth Galbraith (23 Dec 2010)
After the 1929 crash the SEC wanted to set auditing standards (23 Dec 2010)
Compendium of Illustrative Auditor's Reports on United Kingdom Private Sector Financial Statements for periods ended on or after 15 December 2010 (23 Dec 2010)
Broken Anglo spends €100m on external advisers (23 Dec 2010)
UK Government Departments spent £1bn on consultants (23 Dec 2010)
The FT gives a thumbs up to country-by-country reporting (22 Dec 2010)
Charlie Munger: ‘Getting accounting integrity right has huge implications for future of mankind’ (22 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young sued, accused of covering up Lehman Brothers decline (22 Dec 2010)

Read the New York state Lehman lawsuit against Ernst & Young (22 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young 'sat by silently' as Lehman Brothers tried to hide financial troubles, lawsuit alleges (22 Dec 2010)
Factbox: NY case alleges Ernst & Young fraud as Lehman auditor (22 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young: Too big to fail (22 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young: Highlights from the Lehman Investigation (22 Dec 2010)
No sympathy for auditors in Lehman case (22 Dec 2010)
FACTBOX-Major lawsuits against accounting firms (22 Dec 2010)
Lehman Bankruptcy Tab: $1.07 Billion and Counting (22 Dec 2010)
US Press Release: DEUTSCHE BANK TO PAY MORE THAN $550 MILLION TO RESOLVE FEDERAL TAX SHELTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION (22 Dec 2010)
Ivy League Rocket Science Analysis: Why CFOs Cook the Books (22 Dec 2010)
Bell, California, Accounting Firm Audits `Rubberstamp,' Controller Says (22 Dec 2010)
SEC Probes Chinese Firms Doing`Reverse Mergers' and Their US Auditors (22 Dec 2010)
The Big 4 – time for the resumption of the exercise of judgement (21 Dec 2010)
NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SUES ERNST & YOUNG FOR ASSISTING LEHMAN BROTHERS IN FINANCIAL FRAUD (21 Dec 2010)
THE LEHMAN LAWSUIT: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - against - ERNST & YOUNG LLP (21 Dec 2010)
Ernst and Young faces lawsuit over Lehman Brothers' accounts (21 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young threatened with legal action over Lehman collapse (21 Dec 2010)
No sympathy for auditors in Lehman case (21 Dec 2010)
Lehman Brothers Whistleblower Matthew Lee Again in Spotlight (21 Dec 2010)
Neary tells inquiry Ireland banks put 'gloss' on accounts (21 Dec 2010)
Ernst & Young's Anglo Irish audit role probed by regulators (21 Dec 2010)
SEC Fines Audit Firm Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer & Torbet LLP , Bars Partner Over China Energy Fraud (21 Dec 2010)
SEC probes many Chinese cos listed on US bourses (21 Dec 2010)
BAE Systems fined $775000 in Tanzania radar case (21 Dec 2010)
Accountant found naked in bed with Chinese mistress surrounded by cash (21 Dec 2010)
Details of secret bank auditor talks revealed (21 Dec 2010)
US embassy cables: US diplomats' early doubts about Allen Stanford (21 Dec 2010)
US embassy cables: Allen Stanford fraud accusations and electoral violence brew up Antigua's 'perfect storm' (21 Dec 2010)
American diplomats told to avoid contacting or being photographed withAllen Stanford (21 Dec 20100
Lehman Europe Loses London Swap Ruling, Can't Demand Payments (21 Dec 2010)
Big Four warned Darling of banking collapse risk (21 Dec 2010)
Country by Country reporting - new web page (20 Dec 2010)

Ernst & Young Said to Face Fraud Lawsuit Over Lehman Audits (20 Dec 2010)
Lehman suit shreds auditors' teflon coating (20 Dec 2010)
US Prosecutors to Charge Ernst & Young With Fraud (20 Dec 2010)
BAE systems learns of its Tanzania fate over 'accounting errors' (20 Dec 2010)
BAE Systems Faces 'Unlimited Fine' for UK Accounting Charge (20 Dec 2010)
BAE plea deal in danger of collapse (20 Dec 2010)
Public sector accountants battle against competing interests (20 Dec 2010)
Allied Irish Banks moves £7.9bn property loans to country's 'bad bank' (20 Dec 2010)
The new UK bank deposit compensation limit will increase from £50,000 to £85,000 per person, per authorised firm, from 31 December 2010 (20 Dec 2010)
OpenCorporates: why we're crying out for this database of companies (20 Dec 2010)
FSA publishes revised Remuneration Code (20 Dec 2010)
FRC wants better investor engagement in 2011 (20 Dec 2010)
Hong Kong Accounting Rule Change Draws Heat (20 Dec 2010)
Arrested in bed with a madame called Ping Ping, the 'respected' accountant who turned his home into a brothel (20 Dec 2010)
California Church Accountant Who May Have Stolen $2 Mil Pleads Not Guilty (20 Dec 2010)
Pontin's future in more doubt as developers bid to bulldoze sites (19 Dec 2010)
Lloyds chief promises 'greater transparency' (19 Dec 2010)
Another Failed Policy: Auditors to be sent to the front line of financial system defence (19 Dec 2010)
If we don't rein in Big Finance, the economy will never recover (19 Dec 2010)
ABP expects 'millions' from TimeWarner lawsuit (19 Dec 2010)
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase Questioned on Home Loans (19 Dec 2010)
£1.3billion BP sale of Canadian assets (19 Dec 2010)
Computer Associates Should Pay Fees in Lawsuit, Ex-CEO Wang Says (19 Dec 2010)
KPMG partners are counting their good fortunes on pay (18 Dec 2010)
Wikileaks reveals US concerns over PwC Yukos audits (18 Dec 2010)
Lloyds Banking Group admits £4.3bn of losses on Irish loans (18 Dec 2010)
Lloyds writes off half of Irish loans (18 Dec 2010)
Madoff beneficiary to return billions (18 Dec 2010)
US embassy cables: ICC prosecutor alleges Bashir secret fortune of $9bn (18 Dec 2010)
Support Tax Avoidance Protests: Saturday December 18th is Pay Day (17 Dec 2010)
Banks face an extra £80bn of bad debts (17 Dec 2010)
Police to charge 14 after inquiry into Anglo Irish Banks (17 Dec 2010)
Findings of the Financial Reporting Review Panel in respect of the accounts of Hot Tuna (International) PLC for the year ended 30 June 2009 (17 Dec 2010)
Mortgage-Bond Math Means Everyone Is a Winner (17 Dec 2010)
UK Audit watchdog tightens non-audit rules (17 Dec 2010)
BP's guessing games continue as it fails to plug the cost of its well disaster (17 Dec 2010)
SEC Charges Lawyer To Adviser Starr With Aiding Fraud (17 Dec 2010)
Country-by-country reporting – TJN submission to the European Union (16 Dec 2010)
Should we trust BP's oil spill accounting? (16 Dec 2010)
Scottish Equitable ordered to pay £60m compensation for 'serious failings' (16 Dec 2010)
FSA opens 48 fraud cases against mortgage brokers (16 Dec 2010)
The Madoff fraud: An affair to remember (16 Dec 2010)
The great tax heist: To service Britain's terrifying debt, the middle classes are paying ever more tax. Yet a group of the country's biggest firms are moving offshore - and denying the UK exchequer hundreds of millions (16 Dec 2010)
Is PwC Conspiring To Evade Liability For Frauds In Iceland and India? (15 Dec 2010)
PCAOB's First Disciplinary Action Against Ernst & Young: Audit Falsification (15 Dec 2010)
PCAOB Gives Ernst & Young Manager the Charlie Rangel Treatment (15 Dec 2010)
ORDER INSTITUTING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS In the Matter of
Jacqueline A. Higgins, CPA, - the Ernst & Young link (15 Dec 2010)
Chartered accountants fined and banned for assisting multi-million pound boiler room share scam (15 Dec 2010)
UK government support for banks 'has halved' to only £512 billion (15 Dec 2010)
Supporting bailed-out banks 'costs UK taxpayer £1.5bn a year' (15 Dec 2010)
Banking bailout bill is set to rise (15 Dec 2010)
UK Taxpayer Support for Banks to Last `For Years,' Spending Monitor Says (15 Dec 2010)
NAO Report - Maintaining the financial stability of UK banks: Update on the support schemes (15 Dec 2010)
Auditors can run amok: New rules to stop auditors from offering indepth restructuring help (15 Dec 2010)
FRC steers clear of auditor rotation call (15 Dec 2010)
FRC takes aim at capital disclosures (15 Dec 2010)
EFRAG warns IASB on insurance clash (15 Dec 2010)
PCAOB Proposes Interim Inspection Program For Broker-Dealer Audits and Broker and Dealer Funding Rule (15 Dec 2010)
Mark Madoff suicide 'will not stop investigations into his role' (15 Dec 2010)
Flying a Questionable Flag Liberia’s Lucrative shipping industry (15 Dec 2010)
Profit & loss 'reversal' at RBS (14 Dec 2010)
RBS 'deceived' Highland Capital over collateralised debt obligation (14 Dec 2010)
WikiLeaks cables: RBS chairman said directors 'failed to live up to their duties' (14 Dec 2010)
AIG's Insurers Will Pay $90 Million Settlement of Investor Suit (14 Dec 2010)
The Difficulty of Proving Financial Crimes (14 Dec 2010)
Nissan, Yahoo, Chiquita – many multinational companies are moving their European headquarters to Switzerland. The international holdings have privileges that not even Swiss firms enjoy (14 Dec 2010)
RGI International 'used as personal bank for chairman and chief executive', claims shareholder (14 Dec 2010)
ASB says more informative disclosures about capital management are needed (14 Dec 2010)
Allen Stanford: Brokers face charges (14 Dec 2010)
Accounting Firms Plan to Take More School-Leavers, Times Says (14 Dec 2010)
We'll bypass graduates and hire straight from schools: Top accountancy firms (14 Dec 2010)
Ex-Mazars partners sues for unpaid expenses (14 Dec 2010)
Young accountants shun Big Four firms (13 Dec 2010)
Chinese Accountants: No Cause for Panic? (13 Dec 2010)
FRC urges capital boost for auditors (13 Dec 2010)
Anything to Avoid Day of Reckoning: Deloitte chief appeals to David Cameron on audit reform (13 Dec 2010)
Abraham Briloff on "A History of Accounting Scandals" (12 Dec 2010)
PwC accused of negligence in Iceland (12 Dec 2010)
Punch directors face anger over possible £2.6bn bond default to cut debt burden (12 Dec 2010)
FSA warned over Crown Currency by Cheshire Police in 2006 (12 Dec 2010)
HK opens door to Chinese accounting standards (12 Dec 2010)
Icelandic banks 'broke the rules' before UK deposits (12 Dec 2010)
Former Vitesse Execs Charged In Alleged Fraud Scheme (12 Dec 2010)
Firm will review auditor that overlooked Bell corruption (12 Dec 2010)
Pennsylvania, Michigan Banks Shut as 2010 US Failures Climb to 151 (12 Dec 2010)
Accounting change could have huge impact on real estate leasing (12 Dec 2010)
Re-defining the role of auditors (12 Dec 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers criticised in Landsbanki crash report (11 Dec 2010)
Landsbanki's Accounts Gave the Wrong Picture (11 Dec 2010)
What if Accounting Firms Had Their Own Version of WikiLeaks? (11 Dec 2010)
They are only in it for money: UK Auditor Challenges Ban in EU's Proposed Accounting Rules (11 Dec 2010)
Bank of England to require regular meetings with bank auditors (11 Dec 2010)
Madoff trustee files claims against accountants (11 Dec 2010)
Founder of Parmalat is sentenced to 18 years (11 Dec 2010)
Madoff Trustee Sues Medici Bank, Kohn for $59 Billion (11 Dec 2010)
Bernard Madoff's son Mark found hanged (11 Dec 2010)
Grant Thornton call in lawyers to Asil Nadir case(11 Dec 2010)
ICAEW wants to explore joint-audit option (11 Dec 2010)
Forget Everyone Else: Why Aren't Auditors Answering For Financial Crisis? (10 Dec 2010)
IASB release new hedge accounting proposals (10 Dec 2010)
“AUDIT POLICY: LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS” – FRC has learnt nothing (10 Dec 2010)
Why do we need auditors: Auditors Should Be Able to Do Consulting, Tax Work, FRC Says (10 Dec 2010)
Chancellor seeks scrutiny of government-auditor talks (10 Dec 2010)
Ex-Parmalat Owner Calisto Tanzi Sentenced To Jail (10 Dec 2010)
Ex-Parmalat Owner Sentenced to Prison (10 Dec 2010)
Who really benefits from IFRS implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in India is set to bring more revenues for audit firms (10 Dec 2010)
HK Exchange To Let China Companies Use Mainland Accounting Rules, Auditors (10 Dec 2010)
SEC: Auditors Responsible for Catching Bad Brokers (10 Dec 2010)
Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and AIG (10 Dec 2010)
Jewels of former HealthSouth chief Scrushy's wife sold (10 Dec 2010)
Fees income falls again for most Scottish law firms (10 Dec 2010)
Insolvency: Hatfield Colliery owner Powerfuel enters administration (10 Dec 2010)
Semtech To Pay $20M To Settle Options-Backdating Case (9 Dec 2010)
SEC Charges Banc of America Securities With Fraud in Connection With Improper Bidding Practices Involving Investment of Proceeds of Municipal Securities (9 Dec 2010)
IASB framework for management commentary (9 Dec 2010)
HMV feels the blues as first-half losses widen (9 Dec 2010)
Madoff Trustee Sues Citigroup, 6 Other Banks for $1 Billion (9 Dec 2010)
Call to overhaul Australia auditors' duties following KPMG suspension (9 Dec 2010)
Banks charged extra £1bn for PFI schemes (9 Dec 2010)
Rip-Off; UK Treasury paid £1bn to struggling banks for public projects (9 Dec 2010)
Financing PFI projects in the credit crisis and the Treasury's response (9 Dec 2010)
Securities Attorney and Former Stock Broker Each Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for $43 Million Pump-and-Dump Stock Manipulation Scheme (9 Dec 2010)
Ex-accountant ordered to stand trial in murder-for-money case (9 Dec 2010)
IASB prepares to release hedge accounting proposals (8 Dec 2010)
Madoff Lawsuit Says Greed Blinded HSBC to Fraud (8 Dec 2010)
Madoff's UK directors sued (8 Dec 2010)
Battle over Madoff fraud shifts to UK as new lawsuit names London directors (8 Dec 2010)
Regulation call after Crown Currency Exchange crash (8 Dec 2010)
Auditor's £750k pay-off 'secret' (8 Dec 2010)
David Sproul named new chief executive of accountants Deloitte (8 Dec 2010)
Call to overhaul auditors' duties (8 Dec 2010)
BDO's global fee income jumps 5% (8 Dec 2010)
Contingency needed against Big Four collapse, say FDs (8 Dec 2010)
The accounts of multinational companies should be subject to the lie detector test (7 Dec 2010)
A confused economy: multinationals, tax havens and embezzlement (7 Dec 2010)
More taxwash from the City of London and PricewaterhouseCoopers (7 Dec 2010)
Police arrest two former directors of the collapsed foreign exchange company Crown Currency Exchange (7 Dec 2010)
Crown Currency arrests after victims lose £20m (7 Dec 2010)
JAILED chartered accountant
ordered to hand over almost £450,000 or face a further three years behind bars (7 Dec 2010)
Accountant worth €10m is 'refusing to pay' Anglo debt (7 Dec 2010)
Compass chief executive Richard Cousins rejects secrecy claims (7 Dec 2010)
HSBC in the line of fire over Madoff (7 Dec 2010)
HSBC 'failed to act on Madoff fears' (7 Dec 2010)
One big fraud, several lawsuits: Bernard Madoff timeline (7 Dec 2010)
NZ KPMG partner censured for ethics breach (7 Dec 2010)
Schapiro Aims to Expand Accounting Oversight of Broker-Dealers (7 Dec 2010)
SEC Considers New Auditing Rules For Brokers Who Carry Customer Funds (7 Dec 2010)
Money to Burn: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants expand Glasgow offices (7 Dec 2010)
Australia Regulator suspends senior KPMG auditor over A$1.9 bn error at Alco Finance Group audit (6 Dec 2010)
KPMG Auditor suspended over Allco bungle (6 Dec 2010)
Lease Accounting Rules Spell Commercial Trouble (6 Dec 2010)
Banks and their auditors (6 Dec 2010)
SEC Considers Former Insiders to Head Audit-Industry Watchdog (6 Dec 2010)
Madoff trustee sues HSBC for $9bn (6 Dec 2010)
Allied Irish Bank bondholders to sue Irish government(6 Dec 2010)
Madoff Suits Show Banks Open to Liability (6 Dec 2010)
The Last Major Irish Bank Failure: Lessons for Today? (6 Dec 2010)
Rethinking UK's pension provision (5 Dec 2010)
Asil Nadir: 'I have been a victim of an unlawful arrest' (5 Dec 2010)
Utilities fear extra costs from Coalition Green Deal' plan (5 Dec 2010)
Madoff Trustee Picard Sues JPMorgan, Claims Bank Was `Blind' to the Fraud' (5 Dec 2010)
How Crown Currency left victims penniless (5 Dec 2010)
Directors to sue HBOS over fees for small firms (5 Dec 2010)
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrested for alleged breach of bail conditions (4 Dec 2010)
Asil Nadir held over bail breach (4 Dec 2010)
E&Y offer qualified support for lease accounting proposals (4 Dec 2010)
Deloitte: Insider-trading case reaches from SF to Britain (4 Dec 2010)
Creditors call in hit squad at outsourcing firm Mouchel (4 Dec 2010)
Insolvent accountants must pay costs to the ICAEW (4 Dec 2010)
Why ask PWC about RBS? (3 Dec 2010)
Australia Court ruling forces switch in Centro (audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers) case (3 Dec 2010)
And Another gimmick: KPMG Names Three Directors for 'Public Interest' Panel (3 Dec 2010)
JJB set to breach bank loan terms (3 Dec 2010)
Delphi's 2000 outlook probed in fraud trial (3 Dec 2010)
Accountant pleads guilty to NZ$2m fraud charges (3 Dec 2010)
Bernard Madoff trustee sues JP Morgan for $6.4bn (25 Dec 2010)
Carrefour Prompts Brazil Accounting Review in Wake of Panamericano Probe (3 Dec 2010)
The ultra-rich could solve this financial crisis: Surely it is far better to inconvenience 1,000 of the country's richest people than destroy millions of lives (2 Dec 2010)
Given its desire to airbrush recent financial history, PwC should never have been allowed to ‘investigate’ RBS (2 Dec 2010)
Landsbanki administrators accuse auditor (PwC) of negligence (2 Dec 2010)
Directors of currency exchange group Crown Currency Exchange overstated accounts, backdated reports and traded insolvently for up to two years before (2 Dec 2010)
Crown Currency 'traded insolvently' (2 Dec 2010)
JJB Sports shares plunge as it expects to breach loan terms (2 Dec 2010)
FASB to Negotiate on Fair-Value, New IASB Head Tells Les Echos (2 Dec 2010)
Coalition scraps gender pay disclosure plans (2 Dec 2010)
GM sought huge warranty claims payments from Delphi, ex-CEO says (2 Dec 2010)
UK banks borrowed more than £640bn ($1 trillion) from US Federal Reserve (2 Dec 2010)
Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining companies are not interested in Africa's development (2 Dec 2010)
SEC Goes After Fraud by Local Hedge Funds (2 Dec 2010)
The Big Risks of Little GAAP (2 Dec 2010)
SEC Charges Deloitte Partner and Wife in International Insider Trading Scheme (1 Dec 2010)
Big Four accountancy firms under scrutiny over audits (1 Dec 2010)
Pension Accounting Change Could Make Company Profits Less Predictable (1 Dec 2010)
Ireland Supreme Court disqualifies Traynor auditor (1 Dec 2010)
Cisco CEO Seeks Relief for Profits Shifted Overseas (1 Dec 2010)
Fat Cats: Accountants to share £1.3bn bonus pot (1 Dec 2010)
Europe's biggest companies sitting on £445bn cash (1 Dec 2010)
Hutton Fair Pay Review calls for cap on private-sector bosses' earnings (1 Dec 2010)
Report on public sector pay backs linking executive salaries to lowest pay (1 Dec 2010)
Ex-Delphi exec says boss didn't make accounting decisions (1 Dec 2010)
Satyam scam: Court records statements of two more bankers (1 Dec 2010)
Revolving Doors: Ex-ABN Amro CFO joins KPMG audit quality committee (1 Dec 20100

NOVEMBER 2010

On the need for improved deferred tax accounting (30 Nov 2010)
Likely to be bailed-out? Then it's a 'going concern' (30 Nov 2010)
Auditors Asleep in the UK but CIPFA and NAO join forces to boost auditing in developing world (30 Nov 2010)
Can the next tier pick up Big Four audit baton? (30 Nov 2010)
Accountancy watchdog launches investigation into PwC's Connaught audit (30 Nov 2010)
PwC inevstigated over accounts of collapsed Connaught (30 Nov 2010)
US Justice Department conducting 'very serious' investigation into insider trading (30 Nov 2010)
Nigeria EFCC summons Shell, Halliburton chiefs, 15 others over $420m bribery (30 Nov 2010)
Accountant fiddled firm's payroll for NZ$10000 rise (30 Nov 2010)
Philip Green to be target of corporate tax avoidance protest (30 Nov 2010)
Costain in talks over Belvedere power plant after key contractor files for insolvency (30 Nov 2010)
BAE: How Prince Andrew's foul-mouthed tirade at 'idiocy' of UK fraud squad shocked U.S. Ambassador at raucous brunch (30 Nov 2010)
Sorting out the twisted knickers: questions arising from Marks & Spencer’s tax (29 Nov 2010)
Auditors knowingly propped up bad banks (29 Nov 2010)

AADB announces investigation in connection with Connaught plc and Pricewaterhousecoopers (29 Nov 2010)
Accounting rules exacerbate Spain's property market crash (29 Nov 2010)
PWC, supporting the pretence that tax is paid when it isn’t (29 Nov 2010)
Brewer SABMiller accused of depriving poor countries of millions in revenue (29 Nov 2010)
Calling Time: WHY SABMILLER SHOULD STOP DODGING TAXES IN AFRICA (29 Nov 2010)
Flashmob blockades Top Shop in support of UCL antiCuts Occupation (29 Nov 2010)
Confident Tesco hits back over vouchers (28 Nov 2010)
Senior manager of PM Onboard Limited found guilty of insider dealing and money laundering (28 Nov 2010)
Court backs mis-selling claim against Inside Track (28 Nov 2010)
FSA commences action against firms offering unauthorised satellite television warranties (28 Nov 2010)
Lloyds and RBS under pressure to disclose boardroom pay (28 Nov 2010)
Highly paid bank staff will get loans to help meet tax bills (28 Nov 2010)
Northwest Pipe details accounting woes (28 Nov 2010)
Crisis of accounting's double standards (27 Nov 2010)
Accounting issues raise big red flag over reborn General Motors (27 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Balls Brothers goes into administration (27 Nov 2010)
Fonterra criticised over how it calculates debt (27 Nov 2010)
Big 4 Bombshell: “We Didn’t Fail Banks Because They Were Getting A Bailout” (26 Nov 2010)
Nestle to Change Sales Recognition Policy in Line With IFRS (26 Nov 2010)
The Financial Reporting Review Panel announces priorities for 2011/12 - Commercial property, Insurance, Support services and Travel (26 Nov 2010)
Eighteen months jail for National Finance accountant (26 Nov 2010)
Barristers legal aid pay revealed (26 Nov 2010)
How tax havens lay at the core of the Greek crisis (26 Nov 2010)
Understanding Financial Interconnectedness (26 Nov 2010)
Governor of Bank of Ireland Patrick Honohan attacks 'unsatisfactory' accounting rules for banks (25 Nov 2010)
FSA: Five Charged With 17 Counts Of Insider Dealing (25 Nov 2010)
FSA charges five former Blue Index staff with 'insider dealing' (25 Nov 2010)
The Big Zero: The fantasy and fiction of accounting (25 Nov 2010)
EU aid for Africa ends up in tax havens, watchdog claims (25 Nov 2010)
Hit and run development: Some things the EIB would rather you didn’t know about its lending practices in Africa, and some things that can no longer be covered up (25 Nov 2010)
UK Lawmakers attack auditors over bank statements (24 Nov 2010)
House of Lords slams Big Four auditors for role in banking crisis (24 Nov 2010)
Lords accuse auditors of deceiving investors (24 Nov 2010)
Big Four knew government would prop up banks (24 Nov 2010)
FSA 'may probe' building group Rok's fall (24 Nov 2010)
Administrators sue UBS for $2bn for 'enabling' Bernie Madoff's fraud (24 Nov 2010)
UBS in $2bn Madoff fraud lawsuit (24 Nov 2010)
BAE Systems in court over alleged accounting flaws (24 Nov 2010)
CDI Corporation Settles False Claims Act Allegations, Pays $1.95 million: Allegedly Mischarged Labor Costs Under Military Aircraft Engine Contracts (24 Nov 2010)
Former Comverse CEO Agrees to $53 Million Settlement of Stock Options Backdating Charges (24 Nov 2010)
US Securities and Exchange Commission probes Wipro auditor (KPMG India) independence (24 Nov 2010)
Auditors Akintola Willaims Deloitte under fire over Nigeria Exchange accounts (24 Nov 2010)
What Sarbanes-Oxley, Lawyers and Auditors Really Mean for IT (24 Nov 2010)
Ex-partners sue Mazars for £140000 (24 Nov 2010)
Staggering admissions by the Big 4 (23 Nov 2010)
BAE Systems Admits Guilt in UK Accounting Case, Faces December Hearing (23 Nov 2010)
RSM Robson Rhodes LLP and Mr Glyn Williams : Investigation into the Audits of iSOFT Group Plc (23 Nov 2010)
iSoft's former auditors face allegations of 'misconduct' (23 Nov 2010)
Big Four defends auditors' role during crisis (23 Nov 2010)
Law firms fail to produce accurate financial statements (23 Nov 2010)
Refco Can't Sue Insiders for Assisting in Fraud (23 Nov 2010)
FBI raids 3 hedge funds in widespread insider-trading probe (23 Nov 2010)
Investors are losing out by chasing performance, according to a new study (23 Nov 2010)
House of Commons Treasury panel chief to drop Rugby Estates NED role (23 Nov 2010)
Andrew Tyrie to quit as Rugby Estates director (23 Nov 2010)
Auditors to iSoft face disciplinary hearing (22 Nov 2010)
Robson Rhodes faces iSOFT tribunal (22 Nov 2010)
Fight Over Fair Value in Global Finance Making Volcker Rue FASB Dissonance (22 Nov 2010)
BAE Systems to Face UK Accounting Charge as Prosecutors Test Plea Powers (22 Nov 2010)
BDO targets public sector (22 Nov 2010)
Dolce & Gabbana execs accused of $1.4B tax fraud (22 Nov 2010)
Osborne won't force banks to declare £1m bonuses (22 Nov 2010)
Ireland bailout: who will fund it, which countries are most exposed - and who will be next? (22 Nov 2010)
Diamonds and disappearing tax revenues (22 Nov 2010)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Accounting Issues Over? (22 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency payout decision likely (22 Nov 2010)
BDO revenues fall 7% (22 Nov 2010)
Deloitte, Delphi, and GM: Duped or Duplicitous? (21 Nov 2010)
HBOS to be sued over its rogue arm (21 Nov 2010)
Rok builders cut 235 further jobs (21 Nov 2010)
Insider trading ring to come to court (21 Nov 2010)
US in Vast Insider Trading Probe (21 Nov 2010)
Berger drops Deloitte merger plans (21 Nov 2010)
Top US banks face $100bn Basel equity shortfall (21 Nov 2010)
An obscure accounting practice is making the millions of barrels of excess crude that have flooded the oil market disappear (20 Nov 2010)
Refco Trustee Can't Sue Advisers, Appeals Court Says (20 Nov 2010)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters reports new accounting errors (20 Nov 2010)
Three US Banks Fail; Year's Total at 149 (20 Nov 2010)
The Fannie Mae Accounting Scam Promoted by the Chairman of the SEC: A Case Study (20 Nov 2010)
Satyam scam: Special court records statements of two bankers (20 Nov 2010)
Balfour Beatty to buy parts of collapsed building group Rok (20 Nov 2010)
UK Government spending millions on auditing firms – who also do other work:Possible conflict of interest as PwC and Deloitte paid for auditing and for research and consultancy in same departments (19 Nov 2010)
KIRSCHNER v. KPMG LLP (19 Nov 2010)
2 Former Madoff Aides Are Indicted (19 Nov 2010)
Bernard Madoff employees charged with fraud (19 Nov 2010)
Waiting for the Next Act in the Madoff Inquiry (19 Nov 2010)
AUDIT AND THE BIG FOUR are under the microscope in a House of Lords inquiry. The man setting the tone of the questioning is Lord Nigel Lawson, former chancellor and long-time scourge of bank auditors (19 Nov 2010)
Wells Fargo to Pay Citi $100 Million in Settlement Over Wachovia (19 Nov 2010)
Chinese clean-technology firm Rino International Corp said its auditors had found problems with its accounting (19 Nov 2010)
Former Grant Thornton Hong Kong Partner Is Arrested (19 Nov 2010)
SEC Proposes New Swaps Rules (19 Nov 2010)
Ex-Grant Thornton Partner Gabriel Azedo Arrested in Spain (18 Nov 2010)
Fugitive accountant arrested in Spain after stealing over $11 million (18 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Fees dispute ruling means IPs must tread carefully (18 Nov 2010)
FASB fair value rules 'undermine stability' (18 Nov 2010)
Is Accounting Rule Anarchy a Good Idea? (18 Nov 2010)
Lords want return to 80s-style banking regulation (18 Nov 2010)
Bank of America's Lehman asset grab 'brazen' (18 Nov 2010)
Collapsed builder Rok cuts further 1800 jobs as buyers lose interest (18 Nov 2010)
Management, not accounting, to blame for crisis: King (18 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Police probe Crown Currency Exchange (17 Nov 2010)
insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange customers dealt fresh blow (17 Nov 2010)
Big Four expect a grilling from Lords audit inquiry (17 Nov 2010)
Shorter US Agenda for IFRS Convergence (17 Nov 2010)
Kingston Smith to face former partner in court (17 Nov 2010)
New Report Finds Illicit Capital Flight out of India US $462 Billion (17 Nov 2010)
U.S. Sets 50 Bank Probes (17 Nov 2010)
Taylor Wimpey agrees £950m financing terms (17 Nov 2010)
KPMG signs deal with Thomson Reuters (17 Nov 2010)
Nigeria Court restrains SEC, others from publishing forensic report (17 Nov 2010)
Icelandic investigators raid offices of ex-Baugur chief Jon Asgeir Johannesson (17 Nov 2010)
Profs urge users to question IFRS (16 Nov 2010)
US and UK market regulators discuss audit firm oversight (16 Nov 2010)
Panamericano Bonds Extend Week-Long Rout as Accounting Fraud Probe Deepens (16 Nov 2010)
What's in a brand? (16 Nov 2010)
Barclays Profit Hit by Big Loss at Investment Banking (16 Nov 2010)
HSBC has hired auditing firm Deloitte to help review the internal transactions of its US unit in connection to a money laundering probe (16 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Santander denies pushing Pontin's into administration (16 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange customers dealt fresh blow (16 Nov 2010)
Jim Quigley Would Really Like It if the Big 4 Could Audit in India (16 Nov 2010)
Jaguar tells managers relocate to China or risk promotion (16 Nov 2010)
Auditors called to account (15 Nov 2010)
Mazars executive fired after applying for top job sues for £1m (15 Nov 2010)
Former Mazars partner seeks £1m at sex discrimination tribunal (15 Nov 2010)
Vodafone ordered to deposit £344m in Indian tax case (15 Nov 2010)
FSA and SEC hold Strategic Dialogue meeting (15 Nov 2010)
Satyam fiasco affected business, says PwC chief (15 Nov 2010)
US Accountant Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Fraud and Obstruction of Justice (15 Nov 2010)
Britain could face £10bn bill to bail out Irish economy (15 Nov 2010)
Bribery and Corruption: Greece set to issue arrest warrant for Siemens executive (15 Nov 2010)
UAE central bank issues new provisioning rules (14 Nov 2010)
Buyers pick over Bernie Madoff's assets at auction as ponzi schemer rots in jail (14 Nov 2010)
Carillion suppliers facing axe (14 Nov 2010)
PwC threat to sue media over use of girls' photos (14 Nov 2010)
Accountant scammed firm out of £450K, court hears (13 Nov 2010)
Pontin's goes into administration (13 Nov 2010)
Insolvency: Pontin's faces administrators after suffering during downturn (13 Nov 2010)
Insolvency Currency Currency Exchange company claims top £16m (13 Nov 2010)
Russia Launches Criminal Probe Of Daimler Bribery (13 Nov 2010)
Shifting sands: Christian Aid shows that the tide is turning towards country by country reporting (12 Nov 2010)
Can “mark-to-market” accounting lead to the financial meltdown? (12 Nov 2010)
Now KPMG under fire as sexist email surfaces (12 Nov 2010)
FRC chair calls for separate markets regulator (12 Nov 2010)
Stock Option Backdating Scandal Ends With a Whimper (12 Nov 2010)
WestLB Loses London Trial Over $22.3 Million Lehman Claim Against a Nomura Unit (12 Nov 2010)
Professional privilege battle reaches Supreme Court (12 Nov 2010)
Panamericano Brazil (audited by Deloitte) Accounting Probe May Cover Four Years as Shares Sink (11 Nov 2010)
Brazil Central Bank To Probe Panamericano Problems (11 Nov 2010)
Regulators have neutered accounting rules says CIMA chief (11 Nov 2010)
Take account of co-operatives (11 Nov 2010)
Bank loan rules likely to be re-exhibited (11 Nov 2010)
Goldman Sachs Fined $650000 for Failing to Disclose SEC Probe (11 Nov 2010)
Ex-Kmart CEO settles SEC fraud case for $5.5 mln (11 Nov 2010)
Bribery and Corruption: U.S. Settles Lawsuits Against Hewlett-Packard and Intervenes Against its Business Partners for Violating FCC Competitive Bidding Rules in Texas (11 Nov 2010)
Co-op reps lobby against IASB dividend overhaul (11 Nov 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers staff rate female colleagues in 'viral' email (11 Nov 2010)
MPs announce inquiry into Audit Commission abolition (11 Nov 2010)
FRC defends accounting rules in lead-up to crisis (10 Nov 2010)
MPs launch inquiry into Audit Commission abolition (10 Nov 2010)
Regulators failed to watch over Big Four during crisis, say Lords (10 Nov 2010)
Lords rap audit regulators for being ‘asleep on the job’ (10 Nov 2010)
FSA seeks more auditor swaps (10 Nov 2010)
Panamericano Sinks After $1.5 Billion Rescue Prompts Probe (10 Nov 2010)
Frankenstein’s ETFs for hedge funds (10 Nov 2010)
Put Your Money Where Your Money Is: The Auditors and the US Midterm Elections (9 Nov 2010)
Tax is now the focus of reputational risk (9 Nov 2010)
Shock at speed of Rok collapse (9 Nov 2010)
Between Rok and a hard place (9 Nov 2010)
Fat Cats: Barclays bonuses rise to £2.2bn despite 'challenging markets' (9 Nov 2010)
Lawsuits swirl amid growth of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (9 Nov 2010)
What In The World Is Going On Inside Bank Of America? (9 Nov 2010)
Satyam trial begins, first witness examined (9 Nov 2010)
HSBC and JP Morgan accused of manipulating silver market (9 Nov 2010)
Japan: C&Group chairman indicted on embezzlement, fraud charges (9 Nov 2010)
Threat to 3800 jobs as builder Rok enters administration (8 Nov 2010)
Rok heads for administration, puts 5000 building jobs at risk (8 Nov 2010)
Regulators to face Lords audit inquiry (8 Nov 2010)
Lords query lack of audit competition (8 Nov 2010)
FTSE 100 companies could be forced to ensure boards consist of 40% women (8 Nov 2010)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: Strachan to leave FSA for Deloitte (8 Nov 2010)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: BP Names Ex-US Navy Admiral Bowman, Ex-KPMG Partner Nelson as Directors (8 Nov 2010)
First witnesses due in India's Satyam fraud trial (8 Nov 2010)
Time to end long reign of the Big Four (7 Nov 2010)
Connaught in property query (7 Nov 2010)
Insolvency - KPMG: Only 400 Threshers shops sold (7 Nov 2010)
Fair-value accounting may be coming for real estate (7 Nov 2010)
RBS bank accounts just don't add up (6 Nov 2010)
RBS chief says accounting obscures improved performance (6 Nov 2010)
RBS makes loss, but its bankers' bonuses rise (6 Nov 2010)
Connaught owes £7m to staff and thousands to Red Cross (6 Nov 2010)
IFRS Foundation's Future Strategy Open for Discussion (6 Nov 2010)
Forensic accountant explains why 'cheats and cons' prosper in Canada (6 Nov 2010)
The Louis Berger Group: It May Be a Crook But At Least Its Our Crook (6 Nov 2010)
The Unaccountable Setter of Accounting Standards (5 Nov 2010)
Connaught owes £57m to suppliers, according to administrators KPMG (5 Nov 2010)
Jersey Accountant loses extradition appeal (5 Nov 2010)
Baker Tilly unit probed on Tanfield accounts (5 Nov 2010)
SEC Proposes New Rule to Prevent Fraud in Connection with Security-Based Swaps (5 Nov 2010)
18 months for SMEs to grasp new accounting standards (5 Nov 2010)
SEC Charges Seven Oil Services and Freight Forwarding Companies for Widespread Bribery of Customs Officials (5 Nov 2010)
Shell Bribes Among 'Culture of Corruption,' Panalpina Admits (5 Nov 2010)
Panalpina Pays $81.9M To Settle US Justice Corruption Probe (5 Nov 2010)
RBS back in red despite big fall in bad loans (5 Nov 2010)
RBS back in red with £1.4.bn loss but taxpayers still forking out for bonuses (5 Nov 2010)
RBS back in red with £1.4bn loss (5 Nov 2010)
RBS falls to £1.4bn loss (5 Nov 2010)
Let's Set the Record Straight on Bank of America: Open the Books! (5 Nov 2010)
US rulemaker FASB proposes change in repo accounting (4 Nov 2010)
FASB Exposure Draft Seeks Input on Transfers and Servicing: Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements (4 Nov 2010)
Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board has launched an investigation under its Accountancy Scheme into the conduct of Members and of Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP as auditors to Tanfield Group plc (4 Nov 2010)
Audit Commission's demise may see Big Five emerge (4 Nov 2010)
Watchdog launches Baker Tilly probe (4 Nov 2010)
Profession's disciplinary body under pressure (4 Nov 2010)
WHO WILL LEAD THE FIGHT WHEN THE AUDIT COMMISSION IS AXED? (4 Nov 2010)
The Familiar Story of Wall Street Fraud-And Failed Regulation (4 Nov 2010)
Fat Cats: Santander UK chief to join Lloyds on £8m-a-year pay package (4 Nov 2010)
Review on the cards for Focus (4 Nov 2010)
Former PwC partner to be ASB interim chairman (3 Nov 2010)
India: ICAI raises pitch against KPMG, Ernst & Young (3 Nov 2010)
'Institutional prejudice' restricting audit market (3 Nov 2010)
TalkTalk faces £139m fine for bogus bills (3 Nov 2010)
Ready but Not Eager for IFRS (3 Nov 2010)
Accounting Standards Board hires IFRS 'architect' Roger Marshall despite rule controversy (2 Nov 2010)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: PwC partner Graham Ward worms his way to a government appointment (2 Nov 2010)
BDO wants root and branch audit overhaul (2 Nov 2010)
Lords query lack of audit competition (2 Nov 2010)
Global firms KPMG and Ernst & Young could be headed for trouble in India (2 Nov 2010)
Law firms bring non-executives on board ahead of legal changes (2 Nov 2010)
India not to follow IFRS on agricultural accounting norms (2 Nov 2010)
Blaw to ACCA Predatory policies: Singapore to have own accountancy qualification to help grow industry (2 Nov 2010)
BP oil spill costs to hit $40bn (2 Nov 2010)
Will Ernst & Young Ever Be Held Accountable for the Lehman Failure? (1 Nov 2010)
Private groups face new accounting rules (1 Nov 2010)
Concerns over divergent accounting and capital standards (1 Nov 2010)
UK Accounting Standards Board Announces Adoption of Highly Criticized IFRS Rules (1 Nov 2010)
Controversy Continues over IFRS Costs (1 Nov 2010)
Auditors concerned by inability to tackle fraud (1 Nov 2010)
US tests standard setter's independence (1 Nov 2010)

OCTOBER 2010

Banks get a dose of debt reality as accounting methods set to change (31 Oct 2010)
Royal Bank of Scotland will be first bank 'in the dock' (31 Oct 2010)
No US decision on world accounting before 2011 (31 Oct 2010)
Focus DIY chain calls in bankers for possible sale as debts pile up (31 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: MGM agrees deal with creditors (31 Oct 2010)
UK to extend use of 'flawed' IFRS accounting rules (30 Oct 2010)
SEC Staff Publishes Progress Report on Work Plan for Global Accounting Standards (30 Oct 2010)
SEC Releases Update on IFRS Plan (30 Oct 2010)
Hollinger: Appeals court upholds Conrad Black's conviction on fraud, obstruction charges (30 Oct 2010)
Hollinger: US court upholds two charges against Black (30 Oct 2010
Hollinger: Conrad Black faces possible return to jail (30 Oct 2010)
Crown Currency boss had sentence for theft (30 Oct 2010)
Through good and bad, accounting is a necessity (30 Oct 2010)
JJB Sports fined £445000 by FSA (30 Oct 2010)
BP faces up to further £1.9bn hit on Gulf of Mexico spill (30 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: MGM agrees deal with creditors (30 Oct 2010)
Government dishonesty about state of the banking system is a form of tyranny (29 Oct 2010)
FASB and IASB Rejigger Convergence Plans (29 Oct 2010)
Dot Earth: World Bank Pushes to Include Ecology in Accounting (29 Oct 2010)
The Future of Financial Reporting in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (29 Oct 2010)
Even more financial reporting problems and solutions (29 Oct 2010)
Behind Vodafone's Multi-Billion Dollar Tax Flap (29 Oct 2010)
IASB's Additions to IFRS 9 Address "Own Credit" Problem (29 Oct 2010)
Findings of the Financial Reporting Review Panel in respect of the accounts of Sabien Technology Group Plc for the year ended 30 June 2009 (29 Oct 2010)
Glaxo blames profits fall on cost-cutting governments and diabetes drug ban (29 Oct 2010)
New SME accounting will cost businesses £80m (29 Oct 2010)
Insolvency Service should make bankruptcy decisions (29 Oct 2010)
US Senator Baucus Calls for More Tools to Fight Tax Evasion by Networks of Businesses (29 Oct 2010)
US IRS Can Improve Efforts to Address Tax Evasion by Networks of Businesses and Related Entities (29 Oct 2010)
Funky accounting tricks and Wall Street implosion causing $500B pension shortfall (29 Oct 2010)
India Supreme Court cancels bail for Raju, five others in Satyam fraud case (29 Oct 2010)
Lord Lawson calls for review of IFRS accounting 'fiasco' (28 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young aide gets 30 months for embezzling (28 Oct 2010)
Getting a grip on Big Four's perilous dominance (28 Oct 2010)
Warm response for KPMG investigation (28 Oct 2010)
Accounting Rules to Curb Gains From Revaluing Debt, IASB Says (28 Oct 2010)
Dot Earth: World Bank Pushes to Include Ecology in Accounting (28 Oct 2010)
The great hunger lottery (28 Oct 2010)
Betting on Hunger: Banks are earning huge profits from using derivatives and betting on food prices in unregulated financial markets (28 Oct 2010)
Curse of the Derivatives - The Great Hunger Lottery: How banking speculation causes food crises (28 Oct 2010)
Audit firm division should be explored (28 Oct 2010)
Santander profits hit by bad debt rules (28 Oct 2010)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET AND SERVICES PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REPORTING BY MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES (27 Oct 2010)
Deloitte – going out of their way to undermine accountability (27 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young employee gets prison in embezzlement (27 Oct 2010)
Ex-Mazars partners sue firm for £139000 (27 Oct 2010)
Lords enquiry: accounting fuelled banking crisis (27 Oct 2010)
The Hurdles to Suing Outside Advisers for Fraud (27 Oct 2010)
Influencing the Future of IFRS in the United States (27 Oct 2010)
KPMG faces scrutiny over BAE covert payments (26 Oct 2010)
KPMG investigated over BAE Systems accounts (26 Oct 2010)
FRC's Miss Whiplash drags auditors into open (26 Oct 2010)
Accounting Watchdog "stretched" across investigations workload (26 Oct 2010)
Fair Value or Not Fair Value (26 Oct 2010)
SEC questioned Warren Buffett's Berkshire on loss accounting (26 Oct 2010)
Proposed class action filed against Easyhome Ltd. after fraud investigation (26 Oct 2010)
Judge Holds ex-AIB CEO Greenberg Liable for Reinsurance Damages (26 Oct 2010)
US Justice Department Sues Return Preparers in Florida and Missouri Who Allegedly Claimed More Than $70 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refunds (26 Oct 2010)
CRISIS IN THE HEARTLAND: Consequences of the New Wall Street System (26 Oct 2010)
AADB investigating auditors' (KPMG) conduct in relation to BAE systems plc (25 Oct 2010)
KPMG Probed in UK Over 10 Years of Audits at Defense Company BAE Systems (25 Oct 2010)
Activist investor Tim Bush to face Lords audit enquiry (25 Oct 2010)
Satyam trial to begin from November 2 (25 Oct 2010)
Australia Accounting bodies ask for deferral of new standards (24 Oct 2010)
Korea wants G20 to delay accounting standard consolidation (24 Oct 2010)
Professionals face tax attack (24 Oct 2010)
Vodafone ordered to pay £1.6bn Indian tax bill in 30 days (24 Oct 2010)
New York Court of Appeals Stands By Corporate Man: In Pari Delicto Prevails (23 Oct 2010)
KIRSCHNER v. KPMG LLP (23 Oct 2010)
Accounting Firms Dodge Bullet in NY Court's Kirschner v. KPMG Ruling (23 Oct 2010)
NY Court: You Still Can't Sue Accountants, Lawyers for Clients' Fraud (23 Oct 2010)
Third-Party Liability Ruled Out in NY Suits for Corporate Misdeeds (23 Oct 2010)
Ex-Chancellor Lawson condemns auditor failings (23 Oct 2010)
Lawyers, architects and accountants are expected to be targeted in a crackdown on tax evasion (23 Oct 2010)
Influencing the Future of IFRS in the US (23 Oct 2010)
Refco Class Lawyers Seek $50 Million in Fee Request (23 Oct 2010)
Former boss of City firm PWS admits paying bribes for contracts: Julian Messent, former CEO of Lord Pearson's PWS insurance, pleaded guilty to funnelling payments of £1.2m to officials in Costa Rica (23 Oct 2010)
Former Bawag CEO Elsner Should be Given Retrial, Austrian Prosecutor Says (23 Oct 2010)
FASB change would put leases on firms' balance sheets (22 Oct 2010)
A Relentless Pursuit of Global Rules (23 Oct 2010)
PwC slates FRC idea to create Big Five (23 Oct 2010)
TUI finance director stands down after £117m accounting mistake (22 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young and the other bank auditors cannot be allowed to escape (22 Oct 2010)
Coalition's 0.1% tax on banks branded 'pathetic' (22 Oct 2010)
Businessman 'baffled' over £4m missing assets claims (22 Oct 2010)
Google's Tax Avoidance: So Much for "Don't Be Evil" (22 Oct 2010)
Google accused of slashing tax bill through 'Double Irish' technique (22 Oct 2010)
Google under fire for using tax loopholes to save $3bn (22 Oct 2010)
Average annual report now 100 pages (22 Oct 2010)
US taxpayers warned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need $363bn bailouts (22 Oct 2010)
Book excerpt: A nation of swindlers (22 Oct 2010)
Hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel slapped with 168 months in jail (22 Oct 2010)
TUI Travel CFO Quits After Accounting Error (21 Oct 2010)
TUI Travel writes off £88m, finance chief to go (21 Oct 2010)
Cosalt uncovers £4m stock shortfall with unnamed supplier (21 Oct 2010)
Annual company reports ‘swimming in words’ (21 Oct 2010)
500 UK insolvency cases investigated by one firm (21 Oct 2010)
No easy choices for the ASB on moves to IFRS (21 Oct 2010)
Takeover Panel proposes tougher rules (21 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Greengrocer Stokes in administration (21 Oct 2010)
Korea wants G20 to delay accounting standard consolidation (21 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: RBS calls time on £150m London block at One Blackfriars (21 Oct 2010)
Big business main beneficiaries from IFRS: BIS (20 Oct 2010)
UK SPENDING REVIEW 2010 (20 Oct 2010)
Spending Review: Osborne wields axe (20 Oct 2010)
Spending Review: what it will hurt (20 Oct 2010)
Spending cuts: slicing into the state (20 Oct 2010)
Poorest Hit Most By Spending Cuts (20 Oct 2010)
Spending review: Osborne tries to sweeten the pill (20 Oct 2010)
How UK spending cuts will hit departments (20 Oct 2010)
EU austerity drive country by country (20 Oct 2010)
Spending review 2010: George Osborne announces extra £7bn of welfare cuts (20 Oct 2010)
India set to be first country to publish 'natural wealth' accounts (20 Oct 2010)
Institute's concede reform required for audit (20 Oct 2010)
American Apparel Inc. Investor Lawsuit (22 Oct 2010)
Equitable Life pay-out of £1.5bn (20 Oct 2010)
SEC Charges Georgia-Based Hedge Fund Managers With Fraud in Valuing a "Side Pocket" and Theft of Investor Assets (20 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: No cash for Crown Currency victims as they are warned to expect the worst (20 Oct 2010)
Judge approves Citi, SEC pact (20 Oct 2010)
PCAOB Inspection Of KPMG LLP Finds 8 Issues In 60 Selected Audits (19 Oct 2010)
Insolvency - Lehman's Bankruptcy: Tab Is Close to $1 Billion (19 Oct 2010)
Lehman Bankruptcy Advisers' Fees Top $1 Billion in 24 1/2 Months (19 Oct 2010)
Big Four audit dominance "unhealthy": BDO chief (19 Oct 2010)
An unwelcome future for UK GAAP? (19 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Refunds for 'handful' of Crown Currency Exchange victims (19 Oct 2010)
FRC Showcases Investor Backing for the useless Stewardship Code (19 Oct 2010)
The accountant who sees EU rules as a chance to transform his firm (19 Oct 2010)
Petters accountant gets off lightly (19 Oct 2010)
SEC Proposes Regulation to Give Investors Vote on Executive Pay (19 Oct 2010)
The TUC calls for country-by-country reporting as the FTSE backs off from geographic reporting (18 Oct 2010)
Systemic Risk! Dominance! Momentum! Auditors In Crisis. Again (18 Oct 2010)
It is hard to see what the taxpayer got out of statutory bank audits (18 Oct 2010)
Is Citi One of the Issuers in the PCAOB's Inspection Report of KPMG? (18 Oct 2010)
Accountancy 'big four' to face Lords inquiry (18 Oct 2010)
Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo to Pay SEC’s Largest-Ever Financial Penalty Against a Public Company's Senior Executive (18 Oct 2010)
Banks should pay extra £3.5bn towards deficit (18 Oct 2010)
PwC exposes the myths about Aim (18 Oct 2010)
How Can You Tell When A CEO Is Lying? (18n Oct 2010)
'The Liars And Thieves Are Moving Ahead In This Country' (18 Oct 2010)
CPA Exam to Be Administered Outside US (18 Oct 2010)
'Greed and self-interest' driving financial planners (17 Oct 2010)
Bid to break grip of the Big Four auditors: Government could give doomed Audit Commission's £213m work to smaller rivals (17 Oct 2010)
'Big Four' accountancy firms called in House of Lords inquiry (17 Oct 2010)
Inside the Global Banking Intelligence Complex, BCCI Operations (17 Oct 2010)
More to Crown Currency Exchange collapse than meets the eye (17 Oct 2010)
Ex-Delphi execs to go on trial (17 Oct 2010)
HBOS played leading role in £11.5bn loans to US gambling industry (17 Oct 2010)
UK Accounting watchdog's (FRC) government funding to disappear (16 Oct 2010)
Audit Commission should be denied to Big Four (16 Oct 2010)
SEC Accuses LocatePlus of Accounting Fraud (16 Oct 2010)
Equitable Life customers set to win £1.5bn compensation (16 Oct 2010)
Asil Nadir fraud case witness deaths hamper Serious Fraud Office (16 Oct 2010)
Back to the courts for Nadir (16 Oct 2010)
Obama choice helped Fannie block oversight (16 Oct 2010)
One firm of accountants: 7,000 tax investigations (15 Oct 2010)
Debunking IFRS Myths (15 Oct 2010)
A conflict of interest? A question of holding the accountants to account (15 Oct 2010)
European Union Concerned by Big Four Auditors (15 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Lehman administrators earn £262m in fees (15 Oct 2010)
FRC saved from quango bonfire: Watchdog to live without public money (15 Oct 2010)
SEC Green Mountain probe revisits thorny accounting questions (15 Oct 2010)
MPs urge review of Equitable Life compensation report (15 Oct 2010)
Asil Nadir tries to gag chief of the Fraud Office (15 Oct 2010)
FRC wants greater power over auditors (14 Oct 2010)
EU Concerned by Big Four's Dominance in Auditing (14 Oct 2010)
EU commissioner intends to break dominance of 'Big Four' audit firms (14 Oct 2010)
Government fails to get value for money from consultants, says NAO (14 Oct 2010)
Ministers spent £1bn on wasteful contracts, says National Audit Office (14 Oct 2010)
The coalition Government took out £10 million 50 new contracts with consultants in less than three months despite promising to cut the cost to the taxpayer of using outside experts (14 Oct 2010)
US regulator threatens ban on Euro-firms (14 Oct 2010)
Dell's Settlement of SEC Accounting-Fraud Claims Approved by US Judge (14 Oct 2010)

Allen Stanford Loses Bid for $100 Million of Lloyd's Directors Insurance (14 Oct 2010)
What are the pension changes and how will they affect savers? (14 Oct 2010)
Number of Britons hit by pension tax raid higher than predicted (14 Oct 2010)
Hands seeks £7bn from Citi over EMI (14 Oct 2010)
SEC cleared in Goldman fraud case (14 Oct 2010)
Deloitte UK in talks to buy Russian unit (14 Oct 2010)
The European Commission consults on how the European audit market can be improved (13 Oct 2010)
EU GREEN PAPER - Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis (13 Oct 2010)
Companies May Lose Right to Pick Auditing Firms Under EU Plans (13 Oct 2010)
EU markets chief Barnier plans radical overhaul of audit industry (13 Oct 2010)
EU looks at audit firms' dominance (13 Oct 2010)
EU Mulls Enhancing Role Of Auditors in Financial Reporting (13 Oct 2010)
Councils will be able to choose their auditors, Pickles confirms (13 Oct 2010)
IFRS gets kicking at House of Lords (13 Oct 2010)
IASB a tightrope walk for Hans Hoogervorst (13 Oct 2010)
American Apparel Inc. Investor Lawsuit (13 Oct 2010)
HEARD ON THE STREET: The Politicization of Global Accounting (13 Oct 2010)
JPMorgan Chase Profit Rises as Loan Provisions Fall (13 Oct 2010)
ASB issues draft UITF Abstract 'Accounting implications of the replacement of the Retail Prices Index with the Consumer Prices Index for Retirement Benefits' (13 Oct 2010)
Insolvency practitioners poorly regulated, says expert (12 Oct 2010)
IASB picks former Dutch minister to replace Tweedie (12 Oct 2010)
Agreeing free shares may be in breach of directors' duties (12 Oct 2010)
PKF receives mixed review from audit watchdog (12 Oct 2010)
Europe set to reveal audit reform (12 Oct 2010)

One Step Closer to Little GAAP (12 Oct 2010)
PCAOB Waiting For Godot: Reporting On Auditor Performance During The Financial Crisis (11 Oct 2010)
US Panel to Vote on "Little GAAP" (11 Oct 2010)
US audit regulator gets tough on foreign firms (11 Oct 2010)
SEC Charges Penny Stock Promoters in Series of Kickback Schemes (11 Oct 2010)
Banks 'complicit' in corruption (11 Oct 2010)
INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF: THE COMPLICITY OF BRITISH BANKS IN NIGERIAN CORRUPTION (11 Oct 2010)
Lawyers fear two-tier regulation will leave London out in the cold (11 Oct 2010)
Forget hubris, 'wrong maths' led to the banking crisis in Ireland and Britain (10 Oct 2010)
Accounting proposal tilts field in favor of index funds (10 Oct 2010)
Immigration cap threat to accountancy firms (10 Oct 2010)
Societe Generale tax write off of trader loss sparks anger (10 Oct 2010)
Bank bonus cap moves step closer (10 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether an arbitrator or a judge should decide the Kentucky Department of Insurance’s case against the firm (9 Oct 2010)
National Finance accountant pleads guilty (9 Oct 2010)
Satyam fraud began in 2002 (9 Oct 2010)
EU police agency Cepol criticised over accounts (9 Oct 2010)
Accounting rules get tough on 'window dressing' (8 Oct 2010)
Glazer debt drains Manchester United's £100m record profits (8 Oct 2010)
Regulator could bar European auditors practicing in US (8 Oct 2010)
Feds order HSBC to boost money-laundering controls (8 Oct 2010)
Insolvency: Crown Currency Exchange victims 'will get back just 10p in the pound' (8 Oct 2010)
Half of those temping in the accountancy and finance professions are missing out on as much as 10% of their take-home pay (8 Oct 2010)
Audit: license to audit (7 Oct 2010)
Transfer Pricing: Asda settles £115m UK tax row over royalties (7 Oct 2010)
Small audit firms threatened with licence reform (7 Oct 2010)
U.S. clients of HSBC convicted of tax evasion (7 Oct 2010)
PwC audit clients asked to give up internal information (7 Oct 2010)
Apple To Pay $16.5M To Settle Stock Options Backdating Claims (7 Oct 2010)
Argentina probes Cargill for suspected evasion (7 Oct 2010)
IASB finalises enhanced derecognition disclosure requirements for transfer transactions of financial assets (7 Oct 2010)
Limited write-off of goodwill is not surprising (7 Sep 2010)
The top 10 banks have seen $3.2 trillion hacked off their combined balance sheet (7 Oct 2010)
Two guilty in care services fraud (6 Oct 2010)
Health firm bosses convicted of £1.2m scam (6 Oct 2010)
Hollinger Inc.: Settlement of Claims Against KPMG LLP (6 Oct 2010)
Auditors face probe over client assets (6 Oct 2010)
Accounting rules: Impetus fades on project to amalgamate standards (6 Oct 2010)
Accountants claim dodging benefit cut will be easy (6 Oct 2010)
Big Four won't become big five soon: Deloitte chief (6 Oct 2010)
Deloitte Beats PricewaterhouseCoopers To Be Largest Accounting Firm On Earth (6 Oct 2010)
Societe Generale trader Kerviel spared 5bn euros fine (6 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young global revenues stall at $21.3bn (6 Oct 2010)
Organized Crime: Wall Street's Foreclosure Fraud Machine (6 Oct 2010)
Tesco reveals analysts said 'sorry' over accounting note (6 Oct 2010)
Shareholders sue Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (6 Oct 2010)
Green Mountain Involved in Federal Patent, Accounting Suits Over Keurig (6 Oct 2010)
Currency exchange firm collapses (5 Oct 2010)
Regulator starts probe into PwC and E&Y (5 Oct 2010)
Kerviel Found Guilty by French Court in SocGen Trading Case (5 Oct 2010)
World Bank backs US fair value proposal (5 Oct 2010)
AICPA Knocks FASB Fair Value Proposal (5 Oct 2010)
Carrefour Says It Has Hired KPMG to Audit Losses at Brazilian Superstores (5 Oct 2010)
AICPA Wants New Standards Board for Private Companies (5 Oct 2010)
Ernst & Young auditors investigated over Lehman Brothers (4 Oct 2010)
AADB Investigating Auditors' Role in Relation to Lehman Brothers' Compliance with FSA Client Asset Rules (4 Oct 2010)
Watchdog investigates PwC over JPMorgan (4 Oct 2010)
AADB Investigating Auditors' Role in Relation to JP Morgan Securities's Compliance with FSA Client Asset Rules (4 Oct 2010)
Risk management provided little protection from recession (4 Oct 2010)
Huron Cuts Revenue View, Sells Dispute Ops To Grant Thornton (4 Oct 2010)
Police arrest four over alleged money laundering and large-scale fraud at HBOS (4 Oct 2010)
Former HBOS banker bailed over alleged money-laundering (4 Oct 2010)
Rip-Off: Pension firms 'take up to 80 per cent of contributions in fees' (4 Oct 2010)
PwC's international revenues at $26.6bn (£16.8bn).show little increase for 2010 (4 Oct 2010)
Mazars faces employment tribunal from former partner (4 Oct 2010)
Accounts don't add up at Hertfordshire County Council (3 Oct 2010)
Tourists left without cash as currency company falters (3 Oct 2010)
US SEC may file civil fraud charges against Satyam (3 Oct 2010)
Green Mountain's accounting creates a stir (2 Oct 2010)
Derivatives: Premier Foods investors pile on pressure for asset sales to cut debts (2 Oct 2010)
Satyam Computer Receives Wells Notice From SEC (2 Oct 2010)
The PCAOB flexes its muscles (2 Oct 2010)
PCAOB Issues Report on Inspection Observations of Auditing During the Economic Crisis (1 Oct 2010)
REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF PCAOB INSPECTORS RELATED TO AUDIT RISK AREAS AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMIC CRISIS (1 Oct 2010)
Investors unhappy with lack of competition in UK audit market (1 Oct 2010)
IASB and US FASB Complete First Stage of Conceptual Framework (1 Oct 2010)
Banking is out. Now everyone wants to be… an accountant (1 Oct 2010)
Difficulties with valuing and accounting for goodwill (1 Oct 2010)
Ikea opens up its books and reveals 11% profits rise (1 Oct 2010)
Ikea seeks to rid itself of reputation for secrecy (1 Oct 2010)
Herz Closes the Books on FASB Tenure (1 Oct 2010)
FRC highlight four "significant synergies" if handed UKLA (1 Oct 2010)
Who should watch the auditors? (1 Oct 2010)
Calculators vs. heated toilets: Accountants close in on Google (1 Oct 2010)
Horwath Clark Whitehill takes Crowe name in rebrand (1 Oct 2010)

SEPTEMBER 2010

If banks undermine states they must account on a country-by-country basis (30 Sep 2010)
PCAOB Spotlights Auditing Problems from Economic Crisis (30 Sep 2010)
Auditors Failed To Enforce Accounting Standards--PCAOB Report (30 Sep 2010)
Accounting's new era: Beancounter there, done that (30 Sep 2010)
Green Mountain Shares Plummet After $4.4 Million Accounting Error Is Revealed (30 Sep 2010)
Ireland says its bank bailout may cost $68 billion (30 Sep 2010)
Ireland to bail out 3 banks, costing billions and renewing fears over deficit (30 Sep 2010)
LSE refutes Hogg's claims UKLA move will create "synergies" (30 Sep 2010)
FRC chief lends support to proposed UKLA move (30 Sep 2010)
Rok executive quits after being cleared in probe (30 Sep 2010)
SFO in clash over Icelandic bank Kaupthing probe (30 Sep 2010)
IASB head knows all about cross-channel frictions (30 Sep 2010)
Auditors Aren’t Forcing Full Repurchase Risk Exposure Disclosure (29 Sep 2010)
Risky Accounting: Cause 39 of the banking crisis (29 Sep 2010)
Thanks to IFRS, Irish and UK banks have lived in a fool's paradise for years (29 Sep 2010)
Mark-to-market plan could be modified: FASB member (29 Sep 2010)
Auditor calls for cap on Big Four (29 Sep 2010)
GRANT Thornton has urged the government to review the market share held by the big four accounting firms (29 Sep 2010)
Grant Thornton seeks limit on Big Four market share (29 Sep 2010)
SEC Investigates Green Mountain Coffee (29 Sep 2010)
SEC probes Green Mountain's revenue accounting (29 Sep 2010)
India may go slow on global a/c norms (29 Sep 2010)
IASB and US FASB Complete First Stage of Conceptual Framework (29 Sep 2010)
Federal Judge Declines AIG's Try to Dismiss Investor Lawsuit (29 Sep 2010)
Update on Huron Consulting Group long term shareholder lawsuit (29 Sep 2010)
Ex-Iceland PM referred to court (29 Sep 2010)
Her Majesty's Prerogative Powers (29 Sep 2010)
FSA exposes auditor errors (28 Sep 2010)
Audit changes to cost firms up to £2500 a year (28 Sep 2010)
Business switches bank as RBS pushes invoice financing (28 Sep 2010)
Federal Judge Declines AIG's Try to Dismiss Investor Lawsuit (28 Sep 2010)
Household names up in arms over class action transparency legislation (28 Sep 2010)
Court asked to delay Nathans civil case (28 Sep 2010)
India SC asks IT dept to compute Vodafone capital gain tax liability (28 Sep 2010)
Anglo Irish Bank's debt rating cut to almost junk status (28 Sep 2010)
Warning over council audit plans (27 Sep 2010)
Ernst &Young partner breaches ethics (27 Sep 2010)
Ernst & Young partner censured in NZ (27 Sep 2010)
FSA consults on improving auditors' reports on client assets (27 Sep 2010)
Auditors slammed by FSA for 'client asset' failings (27 Sep 2010)
Excessive goodwill (27 Sep 2010)
BDO says investors want more audit choice (27 Sep 2010)
Battle on mark-to-market rules gathers steam (27 Sep 2010)
Revolving Doors: PwC names industry leaders and academics as non-execs (27 Sep 2010)
Stricken E-clear '£127m in debt' (27 Sep 2010)
Audit of BBC risks political interference by stealth (27 Sep 2010)
Mazars resigns Independent Resources audit (27 Sep 2010)
Irish ministers hold talks on Anglo Irish (26 Sep 2010)
Central Bank 'told Anglo' it had only €4bn to save banks (26 Sep 2010)
Revolving Doors: Former Dutch Finance Minister Bos Will Join KPMG as Partner in October (26 Sep 2010)
From Auditing to Whistle-Blowing: A Dodd-Frank Timetable (26 Sep 2010)
India, Russia agree to cooperate on corporate accounting (26 Sep 2010)
Siderimpex and books accounting in court (25 Sep 2010)
Deloitte Isn't Buying This Big 4 Oligopoly Nonsense (25 Sep 2010)
Former Delphi Treasurer Settles Accounting Fraud Case (25 Sep 2010)
India's fraud-hit Satyam seeks delisting from NYSE (25 Sep 2010)
Ernst & Young Wins Securities Fraud Ruling (25 Sep 2010)
HMRC letters target taxpayers with Swiss bank accounts (25 Sep 2010)
Triumph of the investment bankers (25 Sep 2010)
Europe's Investment Banker Hegemony (25 Sep 2010)
UK Audit Commission To Be Abolished, How It Plays Out For The Big Four (24 Sep 2010)
Holding the auditors accountable for missing corporate fraud (24 Sep 20i0)
Public sector accounting reform lacks comparability across Europe (24 Sep 2010)
Royal Mail 'put £5bn of its pension fund at risk' (24 Sep 2010)
Corporate governance: Pointers for predators (24 Sep 2010)
Profile: Baroness Hogg, FRC chairman (24 Sep 2010)
SEC under fire over Stanford fraud inquiry (24 Sep 2010)
Feds may prosecute former SEC official involved in Stanford case (24 Sep 2010)
Deloitte HQ Moves Out Of Switzerland, Follows Ernst & Young To UK (24 Sep 2010)
CALPERS and The Murky CSR Issue of Executive Pay (24 Sep 2010)
BIS officials asked to license small accounting firms (23 Sep 2010)
Upturn could see accountants leave UK in droves (23 Sep 2010)
The UK government invested, lent, and pledged more than £850 billion ($1.33 trillion) to rescue stricken banks during the financial crisis that began in 2007 (23 Sep 2010)
Infighting breaks out over IFRS for small business (23 Sep 2010)
FRC backs Cable over economic short-termism (23 Sep 2010)
Accountant Who Filed 695 Phony Health Claims Arrested (23 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 protection (23 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: What Blockbuster Has In Common With Lehman (23 Sep 2010)
Gates stays top of US rich list with $54bn fortune (23 Sep 2010)
United States of Poverty (23 Sep 2010)
Top Ten Things Lawyers Should Know About Auditors (22 Sep 2010)
Keydata founder Stewart Ford calls for public investigation into PwC (22 Sep 2010)
Watchdog reveals scathing report of smaller audit firms (22 Sep 2010)
AIU report says smaller firms' audits need improvement (22 Sep 2010)
Audit Inspection Report on Smaller Firms Published (22 Sep 2010)
National Audit Office to get access to BBC books (22 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Former franchisee protests outsider KPMG (22 Sep 2010)
Law Firms Decry Impact of Proposed Accounting Rule on Corporate Clients (22 Sep 2010)
Vatican bank chief investigated over money laundering claims: In unprecedented move, judge freezes €23m held in account at financial institution with close church links (22 Sep 2010)
ICAEW signs MoU with Big 4 accountancy firms to attract Emiratis to the profession (22 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: 60 firms 'will fold every day' (22 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Portland Stone Firms Ltd goes into administration (22 Sep 2010)
Nick Clegg questions use of accountants to cut tax bills (21 Sep 2010)
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu quits Swiss system to make UK its new legal home (21 Sep 2010)
FASB Expands Discussion on Insurance Contracts (21 Sep 2010)
Lernout & Hauspie Founders Guilty in Fraud (21 Sep 2010)
Advantage Capital faces collapse without funding (21 Sep 2010)
Fat Cats: Boss who led Lloyds to the brink quits on £4m pension (21 Sep 2010)
Fat Cats: Eric Daniels 'could leave Lloyds with £13m' (21 Sep 2010)
More Executives to Face Court Reckoning as US Regulator Flexes New Power (21 Sep 2010)
IASB hedge accounting proposals due in November (21 Sep 2010)
UK Company Statistics (21 Sep 2010)
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Statistics for the UK and Regions 2008 (21 Sep 2010)
Accountancy firms could face hit from mass exodus of audit staff (20 Sep 2010)
A new role for Ireland auditors in the wake of the crash (20 Sep 2010)
Tax avoidance and Accounting Firms (20 Sep 2010)
US fear new accounting rules could "prejudice" court actions (20 Sep 2010)
Morgan Stanley Executives Ask Dismissal of Shareholder Lawsuit Over Pay (20 Sep 2010)
Shadow Banking and Financial Regulation (20 Sep 2010)
BP oil spill cost hits nearly $10bn (20 Sep 2010)
Cattles faces crunch week in struggle to avoid insolvency (19 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Bust Buckfastleigh building firm 'owes £2.5m' (19 Sep 2010)
US groups warn on disclosing lawsuit losses (19 Sep 2010)
Six US Bank Failures Put Total for Year at 125 (19 Sep 2010)
Why banks are riskier than hedge funds (19 Sep 2010)
KPMG slammed over Connaught (18 Sep 2010)
SEC Votes 5-0 to Propose Rules on 'Window Dressing' (18 Sep 2010)
SEC to Banks: No More Fudging Your Debt Figures (18 Sep 2010)
SEC to target bank 'window dressing' (18 Sep 2010)
FRC Raps Big 4; Pressure to Perform Non-Audit Work Remains High (18 Sep 2010)
FRC chief lends support to proposed UKLA move (18 Sep 2010)
Countrywide's Mozilo Must Face Trial in SEC Lawsuit (18 Sep 2010)
Former Biovail Senior Executive Settles SEC Accounting Fraud Case (18 Sep 2010)
FSA accused over Keydata 'rescue' (17 Sep 2010)
Lehman Brothers Files to Stay 50 Lawsuits Involving 230 Transactions (17 Sep 2010)
Lehman examiner: Board needed to ask more questions (17 Sep 2010)
Rok drafts in PwC ahead of refinance talks (17 Sep 2010)
Taxman examines implications of fair value rules (17 Sep 2010)
Rok's troubles are different to Connaught's (17 Sep 2010)
Coopers & Lybrand case, the 1992 collapse of Montreal-based Castor Holdings, enters endgame (17 Sep 2010)
Half of accountants looking for a new job (17 Sep 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers officially rebrands to PwC (17 Sep 2010)
Universal Travel Shares Fluctuate On Blogger's Fraud Claim (17 Sep 2010)
Starr, Fund Manager to Celebrities, Pleads to Fraud (17 Sep 2010)
BexarMet employee fired after he blows whistle on accounting irregularities (17 Sep 2010)
No payment so no audit report released on Kenmark (17 Sep 2010)
Governments for Sale: Gordon Brown's official spokesman is to be chief executive of the Association of Financial Markets, which is lobbying against a crackdown on the investment banking industry (17 Sep 2010)
FRC "misrepresented" the role of auditors in a recent submission to the Treasury select committee by saying auditors did not have any role to pay in ensuring financial stability (16 Sep 2010)
FRC chief sees no "rapid change" to auditor liability rules (16 Sep 2010)
US Regulators to Target 'Window Dressing' (16 Sep 2010)
Ernst & Young partner joined client-company as director (16 Sep 2010)
Inspectors raise concerns over Deloitte's impairment testing (16 Sep 2010)
Lehmans executives should have questioned accounting strategy (16 Sep 2010)
Most FTSE100 firms breach pension accounting guidelines (16 Sep 2010)
PwC guilty of Ethical Standards breach (16 Sep 2010)
US accountant get 23 yrs for Ponzi fraud (16 Sep 2010)
FRC cheap, but not cheerful (16 Sep 2010)
Accountant sent down for £24m money laundering scam (16 Sep 2010)
Ireland Bankers, lawyers and accountants got €33m for advice on financial crisis (16 Sep 2010)
Heavy borrowing raises a 'red flag': accounting expert (16 Sep 2010)
Are executives worth their huge pay packets? (16 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: Cattles rescue talks collapse (16 Sep 2010)
Seeking An Equitable Outcome: NY State Court of Appeals Hears In Pari Delicto Cases Re: The Auditors (15 Sep 2010)
Letter reveals internal concerns over new accounting code (15 Sep 2010)
Rok paves way for talks with lenders on refinancing (15 Sep 2010)
Practice body rails against POB's call for more regulation (15 Sep 2010)
Lehman Sues Banks, Derivatives Investors Over Flip Clauses (15 Sep 2010)
The UK Anti-Bribery Act: How global companies should prepare(15 Sep 2010)
Solving the Lehman insolvency (15 Sep 2010)
Former Executive of Hospital Management Company Faces Fraud Charges (15 Sep 2010)
A Landmark Day for Auditor Liability? (14 Sep 2010)
Auditors get slammed for shoddy ethics by FRC (14 Sep 2010)
Watchdog raps KPMG over early audit sign-off (14 Sep 2010)
Ernst & Young audits show communication weakness: Firm criticised for promotion of non-audit (14 Sep 2010)
FRC delivers verdict on audit firms (14 Sep 2010)
Big four accountants criticised over conflicts of interest (14 Sep 2010)
Audit Inspection Reports for Four Largest UK Firms Published (14 Sep 2010)
Public Report on the 2009/10 inspection of Deloitte LLP (14 Sep 2010)
Public Report on the 2009/10 inspection of KPMG LLP and KPMG Audit PLC (14 Sep 2010)

Public Report on the 2009/10 inspection of Ernst & Young LLP (14 Sep 2010)

Public Report on the 2009/10 inspection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (14 Sep 2010)

The Financial Reporting Review Panel's Annual Report (14 Sep 2010)
Bankers Tout Accounting Firms' Objections to FASB Fair Value Proposals (14 Sep 2010)
Nigeria Banks Ordered to Replace Auditors Serving for 10 Years By Year-End (14 Sep 2010)
Liability of auditors for fraud faces US court test (14 Sep 2010)
Former FD of Reynard's jailed for £630000 fraud (14 Sep 2010)
US Probes eye accounting in Wall Street meltdown (14 Sep 2010)
India Auditors to be made more accountable in case of frauds (14 Sep 2010)
Big 4 must not take over small audit cos, says ICAI (14 Sep 2010)
Another Useless Gesture: BBA publishes new code for financial transparency (14 Sep 2010)
Ex-Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson denies hiding assets offshore in $2bn US lawsuit (14 Sep 2010)
U.S. Foodservice To Pay $30M To Settle Civil Fraud Charges (14 Sep 2010)
Basel III: the main points (14 Sep 2010)
Boy band accountant loses jail term appeal (13 Sep 2010)
Banks agree to new reporting accounting code (13 Sep 2010)
British Banks Won't Be Forced Into `Disclosure Template,' Regulator Says (13 Sep 2010)
Connaught job losses reach 1400 (13 Sep 2010)
Accountants run six out of 10 FTSE 100 companies (13 Sep 2010)
Tax return delays expected as HMRC cuts costs (13 Sep 2010)
Tearful former IBM exec sentenced to 6 months in prison for hedge fund fraud (13 Sep 2010)
'Mini Madoff' Starr Pleads Guilty to $50 Million Fraud (13 Sep 2010)
US Regulators Voice Concerns Over Broad Applicatn MTM Accnting (13 Sep 2010)
Congressman on Ethics Panel Acknowledges Financial Reporting Errors (13 Sep 2010)
Deloitte grows global revenues by 1.8% to $26.6 billion (13 Sep 2010)
BP Tells Analysts Spill Claims May Be Lower Than $20 Billion (13 Sep 2010)
Long-Term Trends in Public Finances (and Tax) in the G-7 Economies (13 Sep 2010)
Yukos Slicks Accuse PricewaterhouseCoopers Of Succumbing To Kremlin Pressure (12 Sep 2010)
Fat Cats: Pay rises return for FTSE 100 executives (12 Sep 2010)
Factbox: G20 progress on financial regulation (12 Sep 2010)
No British banks in top 10 of world's safest financial institutions (12 Sep 2010)
Banker killed, Yukos auditor 'caves' (12 Sep 2010)
Irish police to quiz bank executives of global banks in Anglo probe (12 Sep 2010)
Anglo chief says bailout to reach €25bn-28.5bn (11 Sep 2010)
Off Balance sheet: SEC Will Consider Rules Aimed at Preventing Companies From Concealing Debt(11 Sep 2010)
Caparo back in profit after deepening losses (11 Sep 2010)
Anger over phone sackings at Connaught (11 Sep 2010)
Busted by Uma Thurman! Accountant caught swindling $50mn from U.S. celebrities pleads guilty (11 Sep 2010)
Making auditors more accountable in India (11 Sep 2010)
Accountant jailed over bank cheat plot (10 Sep 2010)
Accounting chief tells EU to back off on successor (10 Sep 2010)
Gulf Spill Accounting Holds Up BP Results By A Week (10 Sep 2010)
Connaught collapse: Boss Mark Tincknell's upbeat email to staff (10 Sep 2010)
Connaught former boss in triumphant email row (10 Sep 2010)
Mears and Morgan Sindall carve up Connaught (10 Sep 2010)
SEC Homes In on Lehman, 'Funds of Funds' (10 Sep 2010)
SEC looking at Lehman accounting for real estate (10 Sep 2010)
End of an Era of White-Collar Prosecutions? (10 Sep 2010)
Anglo Irish Says $32 Billion `Pretty Good' Estimate of Bank's Bailout Cost (10 Sep 2010)
BP thrown off FTSE4Good ethical index (10 Sep 2010)
Former General Electric Unit Executive Says He Was Pushed Out for Questioning Accounting (9 Sep 2010)
Connaught collapse: What went wrong? (9 Sep 2010)
Case study: Smaller firm overcomes lure of the 'big four' (9 Sep 2010)
Only a quarter of revenues at the country’s larger accounting firms comes from audit fees (9 Sep 2010)
Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA over failure to report US fraud inquiry (9 Sep 2010)
Last year, 200,000 companies, including Fox, Universal and Warner Bros, as well as Coca-Cola, Ford, Kentucky Fried Chicken and two-thirds of the Fortune 500, were registered at the same single-storey address (9 Sep 2010)
Anatomy of (Yet Another) Hedge Fund Fraud (9 Sep 2010)
Court ruling could open up UK to overseas insolvency practitioners chasing assets (9 Sep 2010)
Satyam scam accused complete arguments (9 Sep 2010)
Failing SME standards (9 Sep 2010)
Connaught administrators say they need goodwill of councils (9 Sep 2010)
Analysis: Is the profession now recession-proof? (9 Sep 2010)
The financial crisis – causes & cures (9 Sep 2010)
Council house repairs firm Connaught collapses: 10k workers face sack (8 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG expected to be appointed as administrators for ailing Connaught (8 Sep 20100
De La Rue staff faked banknote quality tests (8 Sep 2010)
Pickles hands Audit Commission work to NAO (8 Sep 2010)
De Le Rue contacts SFO as woes deepen (8 Sep 2010)
De La Rue Sees $54 Million Added Cost On Production Irregularities (8 Sep 2010)
Abolition of the Audit Commission will line the pockets of big accounting firms (8 Sep 2010)
HSBC finance chief rails against US fair value rule (8 Sep 2010)
PwC and Yukos: Claim and counterclaim (8 Sep 2010)
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater (8 Sep 2010)
American Apparel Inc. long term investor files lawsuit (8 Sep 2010)
Grant Thornton reveals new non-executives (8 Sep 20100
Should companies be forced to reveal CEO pay ratios? (8 Sep 2010)
Citi’s deferred tax – an asset of dubious worth (7 Sep 2010)
Marin County Dumping SAP. Still Suing Deloitte. Stay Tuned (7 Sep 2010)
Social housing firm Connaught 'close to collapse' (7 Sep 2010)
Connaught on the brink as shares suspended (7 Sep 2010)
Accountants hit as FTSE 100 skimps on bills (7 Sep 2010)
Jailed Russian oil tycoon claims Kremlin pressure forced Big 4 accounting firm PwC to adjust audits (7 Sep 2010)
Jailed Russian oil tycoon targets PricewaterhouseCoopers (7 Sep 2010)
Oil Tycoon Says PWC Caved to Pressure (7 Sep 2010)
OECD urges IASB to review pension scheme definitions (7 Sep 2010)
Citigroup in deferred tax accounting row (7 Sep 2010)
Citigroup in row over $50bn of deferred tax (7 Sep 2010)
EU calls for 'urgent' action on bank levy (7 Sep 2010)
Corporate Takeover of the State: HSBC chairman Stephen Green to be trade minister (7 Sep 2010)
Big Four auditors under fire over consultancies (6 Sep 2010)
Citi under fire over deferred tax assets (6 Sep 2010)
PwC to axe final salary pensions (6 Sep 2010)
PWC paid UK executives £759000 last year (6 Sep 2010)
PwC revenues rise 4% to £2.3bn (6 Sep 2010)
PwC boss Ian Powell's salary up to £3.6m despite partner profits slump (6 Sep 2010)
Is Ireland's resident evil, Anglo Irish bank, about to be killed off? (6 Sep 2010)
George Osborne needs to push banks to publish executive pay (6 Sep 2010)
National Grid in $26m executive expenses US inquiry (6 Sep 2010)
Blackburn Rovers' prospective owner accused of leaving a trail of debt (6 Sep 2010)
Equitable Life make last-ditch compensation call (6 Sep 2010)
BP Assets Sold, Slated for Sale to Raise $27.2 Billion, Exceeding Target (6 Sep 2010)
SpinVox accounts that added up to a disaster (5 Sep 2010)
Blackburn Rovers takeover man Syed left UK debt trail (5 Sep 2010)
Keydata and Lifemark investment scandals have almost certainly claimed the savings of more than 40,000 people (5 Sep 2010)
FSA has the key to Lifemark's 'rescue' (5 Sep 2010)
14 Companies With Conservative Accounting Practices Reaching New Highs (5 Sep 2010)
FSA launches BioDefense shares probe (5 Sep 2010)
Brown Foundation files suit claiming Ernst & Young fraud (4 Sep 2010)
A federal judge disqualified the law firm Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP from defending BDO Seidman’s former chairman, Denis Field, who is charged with participating in a scheme to sell illegal tax shelters (4 Sep 2010)
Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog (4 Sep 2010)
HQ Bank faces criminal investigation over fraud (4 Sep 2010)
Bernanke's Take: Regulators Failed at Gauging Risky Practices by Banks (4 Sep 2010)
Skilling, Enron Ex-CEO, Denied Bail While Appealing Convictions for Fraud (4 Sep 2010)
Asil Nadir trial delayed by search for 17-year-old evidence (4 Sep 2010)
Top firms 'struggling to fill graduate schemes with best talent' (4 Sep 2010)
Collaboration Forms Asia-Pacific Accountancy Bloc to Challenge ACCA - ACCA expected to counter by naming an Australian as Officeholder (3 Sep 2010)
Accountants to develop transtasman qualifications to drive out ACCA (3 Sep 2010)
NZ and Aussie Accounting Industry Bodies' Collaboration Almost Complete (3 Sep 2010)
Poachers and Gamekeeprs: FASB Staffer (former Deloitte partner) a Leading Candidate for Board Post (3 Sep 2010)
US Accounting Board Seeks Public Enforcement (3 Sep 2010)
Cloudy Future for GAAP (3 Sep 2010)
One in ten UK accounts rejected by Companies House (3 Sep 2010)
What happens when the watchdog stops watching? (3 Sep 2010)
BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn (3 Sep 2010)
Asil Nadir faces Old Bailey hearing (3 Sep 2010)
US Audit Fees Still Falling, but Not as Dramatically (3 Sep 2010)
Writing on the Wall: At Citigroup the Hits—and Misses—Keep On Coming (3 Sep 2010)
The Truth About SAS 70: CFOs may be putting their companies at risk (3 Sep 2010)
Accountants deny multi-million dollar tax fraud (3 Sep 2010)
'Best amnesty ever' for tax dodgers includes Inheritance Tax (3 Sep 2010)
KB Home:SEC accounting probe done, no action taken (3 Sep 2010)
The Role of Auditors in the Nigerian Banking Crisis by Julius Olatunde Otusanya and Sarah Lauwo (3 Sep 2010)
Bumping Along the Bottom: UK Economic Assessment by Frank Lee (3 Sep 2010)

Country-by-country reporting: the Dodd-Frank Act in multiple languages (2 Sep 2010)
KPMG Committed Malpractice Tied to Cast Art Merger (2 Sep 2010)
KPMG Engaged in Malpractice, New Jersey Court Says (2 Sep 2010)
KPMG Accounting Malpractice Verdict Affirmed but $38 Million Damage Award Vacated (2 Sep 2010)
New Jersey Appeals Court Deals ‘Devastating Loss for KPMG’ Over Malpractice in Cast Art Merger (2 Sep 2010)
Volcker voices concerns about US fair-value proposal (2 Sep 2010)

The Volcker interview (2 Sep 2010)

EU moves to ease transatlantic auditing tension (2 Sep 2010)
Insolvency: $2bn - the legal bill for unwinding Lehman (2 Sep 2010)
Make Sure The Fair Value Bunker Is Well Stocked (2 Sep 2010)
Orchestra chief's £645000 fiddle: Accountant faces prison term over fraud (2 Sep 2010)
JPMorgan Asks Bankruptcy Judge to Toss Lehman Brothers Suit Over Collapse (2 Sep 2010)
Former Lehman CEO Faults U.S. Regulators For Bankruptcy (2 Sep 2010)
Letting Anglo go would trigger Lehman-like panic (2 Sep 2010)
N&P confident even if it has to pay £50m to Keydata clients (2 Sep 2010)
Tweedie "not terribly sympathetic" to concerns of standard-overload (2 Sep 2010)
5 Company Names That Could Damage Your Resume (2 Sep 2010)
Who needs a Treasury when we have Goldman Sachs, PWC and KPMG? (1 Sep 2010)
Tories drop bankruptcy reform plans (1 Sep 2010)
Tories abandon insolvency reform plans (1 Sep 2010)
Candover Investments (audited by Grant Thornton) winds itself up after writedowns (1 Sep 2010)

Candover Invetsments 2009 financial statements (1 Sep 2010)

Anglo Irish Bank loss doubles to record €8.2bn (1 Sep 2010)

Anglo Irish Bank in £6.4bn loss (1 Sep 2010)
London Philharmonic Orchestra finance director facing jail in £2.3m fraud case (1 Sep 2010)
SEC Charges Two Accounting Professionals at Milwaukee-Based Company, Koss Corporation, with Fraud (1 Sep 2010)
Dell employees accused of cookie jar accounting (1 Sep 2010)
Law firm, Wolstenholmes, closure 'to cost £10m' (1 Sep 2010)
Moody's let of fraud hook by SEC (1 Sep 2010)
Lehman, Wachovia CEOs coming before panel (1 Sep 2010)
The Scam That Accounting Education Isn't (1 Sep 2010)
Australia: James Hardie loses A$368 million tax case (1 Sep 2010)
Telecom Italia (audited by Ernst & Young) May Have to Pay $546 Million in Tax Probe Involving Sparkle (1 Sep 2010)
Abu Dhabi's Taqa Sued in US Over Ex-CEO's Dismissal (1 Sep 2010)

AUGUST 2010

Christian Aid urges household name firms to back accounting reform (31 Aug 2010)
Blackburn Rovers takeover bidder, Western Gulf Advisory, told to cease trading (31 Aug 2010)
Dick Bové: The KPMG Citi Team Is 'An Exceptional Group of Auditors' (31 Aug 2010)
Prudential Accused of Fraud in Federal Suit Over Retained-Benefit Accounts (31 Aug 2010)
Brown Foundation files suit claiming Ernst & Young fraud (31 Aug 2010)
Australia Accounting firm raided over alleged drug network (31 Aug 2010)
HP to pay $55m in US fraud case (31 Aug 2010)
Grant Thornton wants to grill Asil Nadir (31 Aug 2010)
Stanford accountants attack Lloyd's fraud accusations (31 Aug 2010)
Suit Based on US GAAP Proceeds (31 Aug 2010)
FSA staff earning more than £100000 triples in four years (31 Aug 2010)
Ex-KPMG Tax Senior Manager Convicted For 10 Years (31 Aug 2010)
US Court upholds KPMG BLIPS Tax Shelters Conviction (31 Aug 2010)
Bournemouth councillor highlights the 'dangers' of self-auditing (31 Aug 2010)
Dell Execs to Pay $200000+ for Accounting Fraud (31 Aug 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Trying To Buy Consulting Revenue Again With Diamond Deal (30 Aug 2010)
Urgent need to calculate bottom-line cost of banks (30 Aug 2010)
Caparo claims new deal with bank (30 Aug 2010)
AIG insurers cover $60 mln of ex-CEO, ex-CFO costs (30 Aug 2010)
SEC May Investigate Citigroup's Accounting Methods (30 Aug 2010)
Analyst: Citigroup Is Not "Cooking the Books" (30 Aug 2010)
Good, Maybe An Accounting Firm Or Two Should Die (29 Aug 2010)
Conservative party donors likely to benefit from axing of Audit Commission (29 Aug 2010)
Hedge Fund Investors Sue Ernst & Young for Fraud (29 Aug 2010)
Is 104-Year-Old Heiress in Thrall to Her Accountant? (29 Aug 2010)
Polly Peck creditors may finally see more dividends (29 Aug 2010)
Nadir's return reminds us that mixing business with politics is a dangerous game (29 Aug 2010)
Polly Peck creditors look to recoup £375m (29 Aug 2010)
Stanford, others seek distance from alleged fraud (29 Aug 2010)
World's largest foreign exchange bureau Travelex in race to sort out huge debt (29 Aug 2010)
Major shake-up at film rental chain Blockbuster amid talk of bankruptcy (29 Aug 2010)
A TRIBUTE TO BARRIE CHAPMAN - A TIRELESS CAMPAIGNER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (28 Aug 2010)
Ex-KPMG LLP senior manager John Larson’s conviction for selling illegal tax shelters was upheld by a U.S appeals court - fine reduced (28 Aug 2010)
Ex-KPMG Senior Manager Convicted of Selling Tax Shelters Is 50% Less Poorer Today (28 Aug 2010)
PWC, Diamond Management Sued Over $378 Million Buyout (28 Aug 2010)
US issues proposals on foreign bank tax reporting (28 Aug 2010)
Dell Former Top Accountants Sued by SEC for Fraud That Led To Restatements (28 Aug 2010)
Annual report puts City reforms into perspective (28 Aug 2010)
Proposed accounting rule could bloat company books, making leases 'liabilities' (28 Aug 2010)
Judge Mulls Detention of Ex-Beazer Homes Exec (28 Aug 2010)
Who was at fault for setting sub-standard accounting rules that allowed UK banks to fail? (27 Aug 2010)
Ernst & Young Sued by Investors Over $17 Million Loss in Parkcentral Funds (27 Aug 2010)
Ernst & Young Sued over Audits of Failed Hedge Fund (27 Aug 2010)
British bank accounting system 'fatally flawed' (27 Aug 2010)
The Government has admitted it has been notified of concerns over Britain's financial reporting standards, particularly over banks, and has pledged to review the system before it is extended (27 Aug 2010)
Tim Bush Letter: Assessing the impact of the Accounting Standards Board (“ASB”) proposals for the future of UK and Irish Financial Reporting (27 Aug 2010)
Accountant awarded £25,000 for unfair dismissal: She had criticised the work of a partner at the firm in an email and at a meeting (27 May 2010)
AIG officials in $90 million accord on investor suits (27 Aug 2010)
Citigroup Goes After Mike Mayo Over Accounting Accusations (27 Aug 2010)

Lehman, Liquidation Trustee to Launch Fraudulent Transfer Suits (27 Aug 2010)
Stanford financial reports were "fictional," witness says (27 Aug 2010)
Accountant says Stanford financial reports 'fictional' (27 Aug 2010)
Stoy Hayward to meet its Nadir again? (27 Aug 2010)
Asil Nadir: Every bubble has its gamblers - and a gallery of accomplices (27 Aug 2010)
PwC statement on the Polly Peck case and return of Asil Nadir to the UK (27 Aug 2010)
Asil Nadir trial could be 'prosecutorial nightmare', warn experts (27 Aug 2010)
Asia emerging as key player in international standard setting: Tweedie (27 Aug 2010)
Sebi can probe Price Waterhouse in Satyam fraud case, rules India High Court (27 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: One. Tel Creditors call for special liquidator to resign over costs (27 Aug 2010)
Judge Dismisses Whistleblower Suit Against Huron (27 Aug 2010)
Settling For Silence: KPMG Closes The Books On New Century And Countrywide (26 Aug 2010)
Why financial integrity? (26 Aug 2010)
Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir flies in for fraud case after 17 years (26 Aug 2010)
Asil Nadir: 'No deal' behind return to Britain (26 Aug 2010)
Polly Peck: Asil Nadir returns to clear his name after 17 years as a fugitive (26 Aug 2010)
UK bank accounting rules 'fatally flawed', warns influential watchdog (26 Aug 2010)
Banks Say Accounting Proposal Will Change Lawsuit "Battlefield" (26 Aug 2010)
Xchanging defends accounting methods, shares fall (26 Aug 2010)
Fraudsters are often bosses (26 Aug 2010)
Fat Cats: Deloitte to be world's biggest accountant as partners sweep up £590m (26 Aug 2010)
Fat Cats: Deloitte Bean counter lands a £5m pay packet (26 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: One.Tel creditors have moved to oust the company's court-appointed liquidator after having incurred more than A$11 million in legal costs and fees (26 Aug 2010)
Jargon and disclosures now infesting annual reports are of interest to no one (26 Aug 2010)
Stanford Used Skimmed $1.6 Billion For Loans To Start-Ups, Witness Says (26 Aug 2010)
Allen Stanford in US court to sue Lloyd's over payment of his legal fees (26 Aug 2010)
US investors win right to challenge runaway boardroom pay packets (26 Aug 2010)
The rise and fall of American Apparel (26 Aug 2010)
Audit Notes: WSJ on FASB; More on Auditors; the Demand Side, etc. (26 Aug 2010)
Ordnance Survey ends decade long clash with auditors (26 Aug 2010)
Beazer's Former Chief Accounting Officer Indicted (26 Aug 2010)
FSA outlines a fundamental review of bank trading activity regulation (26 Aug 2010)
House and Lords and Audit Competition: Their lordships miss the elephants (25 Aug 2010)
Tweedie: US fair value not proving popular (25 Aug 2010)
FSA fines Société Générale (audited by Ernst & Young) £1.575 million for failures in transaction reporting (25 Aug 2010)
Lease accounting regulation changes: A practical guide (25 Aug 2010)
Herz Leaving FASB Marks Boon for Banks (25 Aug 2010)
Lehman Derivatives Were Threatened With Liquidation in 2008, Lawyer Says (25 Aug 2010)
Former Chief Accounting Officer for Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Indicted on 11 Criminal Counts (25 Aug 2010)
Court hearing on Stanford defense fees begins (25 Aug 2010)
US investors may win more rights to influence boards (25 Aug 2010)
US businesses alarmed at SEC plan (25 Aug 2010)
The Stock Exchange Threatened Again to Delist American Apparel (25 Aug 2010)
Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case (25 Aug 2010)
Australia: Rogue liquidators played with millions while ASIC turned deaf ear to complaints (25 Aug 2010)
Australia: Banned liquidator in court facing fraud charges (25 Aug 2010)
New IFS research challenges Chancellor’s ‘progressive Budget’ claim (25 Aug 2010)
The distributional effect of tax and benefit reforms to be introduced between June 2010 and April 2014: a revised assessment (25 Aug 2010)
FASB Chairman Herz Retiring (25 Aug 2010)
Murdoch's Son, Packer, Sued by One.Tel Liquidator Over Collapse (25 Aug 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers to buy firm for $378M (25 Aug 2010)
Reforming the EU Transparency Directive using country-by-country reporting (24 Aug 2010)
No Accounting for Fraud: What's the point of having an auditor? (24 Aug 2010)
Return prudence to accounting (24 Aug 2010)
Accounting rules making accounts misleading (24 Aug 2010)
Wells Fargo ``Strongly'' Opposes Accounting Board's New Rules on Loan Value (24 Aug 2010)
Negligence claims against advisers jump, finance firm claims (24 Aug 2010)
Hard look / The reality of Comverse (24 Aug 2010)
A VAVASSEUR Ponzi Scheme - recounted in 34 minutes (23 Aug 2010)
Lease proposals could add £60bn on to books (23 Aug 2010)
Accountant struck off following crime probe (23 Aug 2010)
Transfer Pricing: Drug giant McKesson moving huge revenues through its Irish outlet (23 Aug 2010)
Tax changes 'distort NZ company accounts' (23 Aug 2010)
Taxation changes skew NZ company results to the tune of $1 billion (23 Aug 2010)
Audit Commission chief hits back at government claims of excessive spending (23 Aug 2010)
Robbers reveal how office accountant tipped them off (23 Aug 2010)
Dodd-Frank Act Promises Large Bounties for Whistleblowers (23 Aug 2010)
When audit regulators cross boundaries (23 Aug 2010)
Public sector suppliers go bust as spending cuts bite (23 Aug 2010)
Banks and retailers hit by lease accounting changes (22 Aug 2010)
American Apparel faces bankruptcy as store chain unravels (22 Aug 2010)
NHS's £313m for consultants as thousands faced the axe (22 Aug 2010)
Lloyd's underwriter Equity Red Star in FSA investigation (22 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: carpet maker in administration (22 Aug 2010)
How Dangerous Is U.S. Government Debt? The Risks of a Sudden Spike in U.S. Interest Rates (22 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Judge cuts hourly fee of examiner to Capital Bars (21 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Cost of Chrysler bankruptcy nears $85 million (21 Aug 2010)
Chrysler Bankruptcy Tab Nears $85 Million (21 Aug 2010)
A Red Flag on GM Internal Controls (21 Aug 2010)
Three years jail for accountant at Charles charity who stole £253000 (21 Aug 2010)
Accounting for Leases: The lessor of two evils (21 Aug 2010)
SEC Now Offering Big Payoffs To Whistle-Blowers (21 Aug 2010)
Fraud allegations against Indonesian palm oil giant widen, tarnishing auditors (Mazars) and sustainable palm oil initiative (21 Aug 2010)
Fraud allegations to cost WellCare $427 million (21 Aug 2010)
Settling For Silence: KPMG Closes The Books On New Century And Countrywide (20 Aug 2010)
Accounting issues mar Connaught sell-off plans (20 Aug 2010)
Grey areas in accounting for contracts put groups in black hole (20 Aug 2010)
Former Ernst & Young Partner Settles Insider Trading Charges for $250000 (20 Aug 2010)
Former E&Y partner jailed for insider trading (20 Aug 2010)
Former Ernst & Young Partner Still Getting Screwed By Mistress He Gave Insider Tips To (20 Aug 2010)
Shocking new lease accounting rules: You gonna buy that? (20 Aug 2010)
Kinnock daughter-in-law tried to claim expenses for accountant (20 Aug 2010)
HSBC Should Reveal Internal Reports on Madoff Risks, New York Judge Rules (20 Aug 2010)
EMI future may depend on investors stumping up cash (20 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: BDO liquidators appointed to Kiss Flights (20 Aug 2010)
'Deluded' accountant stole A$19 million (20 Aug 2010)
Who did the Big 4 fund before the general election? (19 Aug 2010)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will soon begin considering whether to require companies to account for the potential cost of ongoing litigation (19 Aug 2010)
American Apparel runs out of cash (19 Aug 2010)
American Apparel founder's bankruptcy fears as company reveals debts of £77million (19 Aug 2010)
Toothless Tiger: The Financial Reporting Review Panel's Annual Report (19 Aug 2010)
Fairfield Must Face Madoff Investor Suit, US Judge Rules - Pricewaterhousecoopers also involved (19 Aug 2010)
What did the auditors do?:Kiss Flights doubts raised with regulator two years ago (19 Aug 2010)
Move to converge accounting standards just exported crisis (19 Aug 2010)
The demise of the Audit Commission could spark a feeding frenzy for the body's work between the big firms (19 Aug 2010)
Minister plays down 'Enron' audit fears (19 Aug 2010)
Keydata: Couple win compensation from building society (19 Aug 2010)
Barclays Bank PLC Agrees to Forfeit $298 Million in Connection with Violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act (19 Aug 2010)
BDO lined up for administration of Kiss Travel (19 Aug 2010)
'A Bad Way to Run a Railroad': Dell Pays Big to Settle Fraud Charges (19 Aug 2010)
Dell Fails to Get Re-Election Votes as Director From 25% of Shareholders (19 Aug 2010)
Newly qualified accountants will bear the IFRS burden (19 Aug 2010)
Ernst & Young unable to work out Lifemark's value (19 Aug 2010)
Former Satyam chief Raju gets bail (19 Aug 2010)
A quick guide to solicitors accounts rules (19 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Cost of winding up Lehman Brothers now close to $1bn (18 Aug 2010)
Lease accounting proposals may restrict bank lending (18 Aug 2010)
IASB and US FASB publish proposals to improve the financial reporting of leases (18 Aug 2010)
Exposure Draft: Leases (18 Aug 2010)
Basis for Conclusions on Exposure Draft: LEASES (18 Aug 2010)
US senators urge SEC for greater accounting measures in wake of Repo 105 (18 Aug 2010)
SEC to Bring Charges Against Lehman Brothers Around Sept. 15 (18 Aug 2010)
American Apparel's accounting firm switch is probed (18 Aug 2010)
American Apparel Drops After Receiving Subpoena on Change in Accountants (18 Aug 2010)
US judge slams Barclays settlement (18 Aug 2010)
Judge criticises US over 'soft' fine for Barclays Bank (18 Aug 2010)
Majority of US Companies Don't Audit Executive Comp (18 Aug 2010)
Why Corporate Governance Matters to Everyone (18 Aug 2010)
SEC Launches Insider Trading Probe of General Growth (18 Aug 2010)
Three-Fourths of UK Companies Haven't Yet Measured Carbon Footprints (18 Aug 2010)
Let’s stop this reverse socialism: Want to minimise cuts? Then taxation must be reformed to help the rich to help the country (17 Aug 2010)
Who gains from the closure of the Audit Commission, and why? It's big firms and their money! (17 Aug 2010)
Building firm Rok makes loss after job cut costs (17 Aug 2010)
Rok cuts dividend as interim profits halve (17 Aug 2010)
Audit Commission role to be privatised (17 Aug 2010)
Rule Makers Propose Revamp For Lease Accounting (17 Aug 2010)
Kevin Schott, former CFO of carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek, has been fined $20,000 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over accounting violations (17 Aug 2010)
Lease Accounting change set to burden companies (17 Aug 2010)
Proposal Would Require Most Leases to Appear on the Balance Sheet (17 Aug 2010)
Europe opposes process in hunt for IASB chair (17 Aug 2010)
Who will tackle failure now the Audit Commission is being axed? (17 Aug 2010)
Benefits of scrapping Audit Commission may be short lived: ACCA (17 Aug 2010)
State: Madoff point man Jaffe ordered documents shredded (17 Aug 2010)
Jail for accountant who stole £24000 from company (17 Aug 2010)
More travel companies at at risk of bankruptcy after collapse of Sun4U (17 Aug 2010)
Barclays fined $300m by US for breaking sanctions against brutal regimes (17 Aug 2010)
Barclays altered books to hide payments from Iran, Sudan, Cuba, Myanmar (17 Aug 2010)
Country-by-country reporting would help the IRS tackle the tax gap (16 Aug 2010)
Rulemakers Plan Global Overhaul of Lease Accounting (16 Aug 2010)
Private Equity: Owner of Saga and the AA lands £300m in interest but dives into the red (16 Aug 2010)
Anger over losses of £529m at AA and Saga owned by private equity groups (16 Aug 2010)
CBG to restate 2009 accounts (16 Aug 2010)
Rok chief dismisses Connaught parallel (16 Aug 20100
Cashier stole £1.7 million from law firm (16 Aug 2010)
US Failed Bank List (16 Aug 2010)
European officials frustrated at "lack of transperency" over Tweedie replacement (16 Aug 2010)
Beiersdorf profits plunge 85pc as Nivea maker's activity falls off (16 Aug 2010)
SEBI right authority to probe Price Waterhouse: ICAI (16 Aug 2010)
Revolving Doors: Former Fed official joins KPMG (16 Aug 2010)
BCCI: Britain should release the Sandstorm Report (14 Aug 2010)
Read the Report (codenameed Sandstorm) that the UK government refuses to publish on the closure of BCCI (14 Aug 2010)
Read extracts from Price Waterhouse audit files relating to BCCI (14 Aug 2010)
Blockbuster Gets More Time on Debt (14 Aug 2010)
Connaught suppliers funded racing career of executive's son (14 Aug 2010)
2000 jobs to go as Audit Commission is scrapped (14 Aug 2010)
The curse of Connaught hits Harry Tincknell Racing (14 Aug 2010)
SEBI can probe auditor's role in Satyam scam: Court (14 Aug 2010)
Sebi gets go-ahead for PW probe (14 Aug 2010)
Accounting Firms get ready for more state handouts: Audit Commission scrapped as austerity drive intensifies (13 Aug 2010)
Audit Commission to be scrapped (13 Aug 2010)
Bonfire of the quangos continues as Cameron privatises Audit Commission (13 Aug 2010)
Eric Pickles to disband Audit Commission in new era of town hall transparency (13 Aug 2010)
They like state subsidies: PwC and KPMG mentor groundbreaking public sector projects (13 Aug 2010)
Probe of Washngton Mutual's Demise Approved (13 Aug 2010)
Washington Mutual Examiner Wins Approval on Scope of Investigation (13 Aug 2010)
Cash-flow problems hit seafood firm Isle of Shuna (13 Aug 2010)
Ex-tax director questioned in Yukos case (12 Aug 2010)
Does the SEC Need Wiki-Whistle Blowing? (13 Aug 2010)
Germans quiz Credit Suisse clients in tax probe (13 Aug 2010)
India asks local clients of HSBC's Swiss bank to come clean (13 Aug 2010)
Probe of Bribery at HP Heats Up (13 Aug 2010)
Judge denies dismissal of accounting lawsuit against UCLA consultant(13 Aug 2010)
HP, Hurd, Deloitte and Tone At The Top (12 Aug 2010)
Rok suspends finance chief and issues profits warning (12 Aug 2010)
Rok suspends finance chief after investigation (12 Aug 2010)
The great IFRS debate (12 Aug 2010)
2010 TOP 100 US ACCOUNTING FIRMS (12 Aug 2010)
Standard Life sees earnings fall from UK pensions (12 Aug 2010)
US Auditors Can More Easily Dispute PCAOB Findings (12 Aug 2010)
PCAOB Shows Its Teeth (12 Aug 2010)
SEC enforcement division granted permanent subpoena powers (12 Aug 2010)
Thomas Cook issues profit warning as holidaymakers leave it late (11 Aug 2010)
Connaught shareholders bail out with losses (11 Aug 2010)
Scenes from an asset-liability mismatch at Nothern Rock (11 Aug 2010)
S&P Lowers WellCare Outlook On Impact Of Settlement Costs (11 Aug 2010)
PCAOB Shows Its Teeth (11 Aug 2010)
$125 Million Shareholder Settlement in New Century Financial Collapse (11 Aug 2010)
SciClone shares plunge on SEC, DoJ probe (11 Aug 2010)
Freedom of Information Act exemption for SEC stirs protests (11 Aug 2010)
Tweedie warns US to adopt standards or lose influence (11 Aug 2010)
SEC Charges CFO of International Commercial Television Inc.With Phony Accounting of Infomercial Sales (10 Aug 2010)
Derma Wand Marketer Accused of Phony Accounting (10 Aug 2010)
Tech's most notorious CEO scandals (10 Aug 2010)
Merck Is Subject of 2 US Investigations Into Possible Bribery Overseas (10 Aug 2010)
Alliance One units plead guilty in US bribery case (10 Aug 2010)
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval in New Century Shareholder Settlement: KPMG to Pay $44.75 Million (10 Aug 2010)
Five held in caravan VAT fraud raids (10 Aug 2010)
Innospec executive fined over bribes to boost sales of toxic fuel additives (10 Aug 2010)
SEC Charges Two Global Tobacco Companies With Bribery (10 Aug 2010)
Morgan Stanley fined over research disclosures (10 Aug 2010)
BP pumps £1.9bn into disaster fund (10 Aug 2010)
Where are the Big 4 accounting firms? (9 Aug 2010)
Auditors Say Jump… New “Appeals” Process Will Impede Timely PCAOB Inspection Reports (9 Aug 2010)
Congress should demand better oil accounting (9 Aug 2010)
Tip-off law set to spark bounty hunts (9 Aug 2010)
RSM Tenon recovery chief fined £5000 by ICAEW (9 Aug 2010)
BP oil spill costs pass $6bn mark (9 Aug 2010)
What's Happening With Barcelona's Finances? (9 Aug 2010)
Lehman Brothers creditors in for long wait (9 Aug 2010)
US bankruptcy rulings could be enforced in UK (9 Aug 2010)
US insolvency actions could have UK reach (9 Aug 2010)
Internal BP audit showed shortcomings in rig (9 Aug 2010)
Sarah Ferguson faces bankruptcy after running up debts of millions (9 Aug 2010)
Big Four Accountants: Where 4 Art Thou? (8 Aug 2010)
Transfer Pricing: Taxman talks to Starbucks over its beans (8 Aug 2010)
A geographic study of the Big 4 firms of accountants: Their role in the creation of the offshore secrecy space (8 Aug 2010)
Bloomberg's Russia Office Accused of Tax Evasion (8 Aug 2010)
Madoff investors blasted PwC over funds audit (8 Aug 2010)
HMRC will not publish full annual report and accounts (8 Aug 2010)
Two Wrapit directors banned from acting as company directors (8 Aug 2010)
Quarterly reporting slammed as short-termist (8 Aug 2010)
Sinosteel shelves float amid investigation into accounting hole (8 Aug 2010)
Coutts investigated by Financial Services Authority (8 Aug 2010)
Premier League tightens accounting rules to avert 'another Portsmouth' (8 Aug 2010)
SEC files for settlement in Navistar fraud case (8 Aug 2010)
Lehman Brothers' art treasures to be sold at auction (8 Aug 2010)
US Tax Court Upholds $37m Penalty Against TaxPayer Who Relied on Tax Opinion Issued by PWC for $800k Flat Fee (7 Aug 2010)
PwC To Provide Up To $12.5M To JPMorgan For FSA Fine (7 Aug 2010)
Jackson Health 'Fictitious' figures at issue (7 Aug 2010)
Look at Macy's: US tax code encourages companies to rack up huge debt (7 Aug 2010)
Insolvency: Dozens of UK companies 'going bankrupt' every day, new figures show (7 Aug 2010)
FSA pay half a million pounds for firms' secondees (6 Aug 2010)
Connaught (audited by Deloitte) faces further losses (6 Aug 2010)
Connaught social housing maintenance group warns of 'material loss' (6 Aug 2010)
Ex PwC auditor appointed to FTSE 100 board (6 Aug 2010)
October is too late to find out what's really been going on at Connaught (6 Aug 2010)
SEC Charges Two Global Tobacco Companies, Universal Corporation Inc and Alliance One International Inc., With Bribery (6 Aug 2010)
Banks' reports speak volumes if not the whole story (6 Aug 2010)
Accounting Charge Aside, AIG's Profits Rise (6 Aug 2010)
Accountants Haines Watts facing £500k bill after legal battle with client (6 Aug 2010)
Institute warns against industry specific accounting standards (5 Aug 2010)
'Misleading' Keydata literature flagged up as early as 2005 (5 Aug 2010)
Madoff Trustee Wins $180 Million Judgment in New York Against Vizcaya Fund (5 Aug 2010)
A Skeleton in Qwest's Closet? KPNQwest Bankruptcy (5 Aug 2010)
SEC Charges Two Individuals for Roles in Innospec FCPA Scheme (5 Aug 2010)
US probe into HSBC 'money laundering' (5 Aug 2010)
SEC files for settlement in Navistar fraud case (5 Aug 2010)
'Wildly Inaccurate' Accounting at Scott Rothstein's Law Firm Didn't Impress (5 Aug 2010)
Accounting Board Proposes Public Enforcement Proceedings (5 Aug 2010)
US Accounting Board Wants Sarbanes-Oxley Change On Public Hearings (5 Aug 2010)
APB emphasises the importance of Scepticism for Audit Quality (5 Aug 2010)
Regulator fears auditors may abandon scepticism to meet deadlines (4 Aug 2010)
Gambling Bank's Money Turns Out to Be Illegal (4 Aug 2010)
Regulator fears auditors may abandon scepticism to meet deadlines (4 Aug 2010)
Distancing Firms From Employees' Misdeeds (4 Aug 2010)
SEC Charges Former Deloitte Partner and Son With Insider Trading (4 Aug 2010)
Former Deloitte man and son settle SEC case (4 Aug 2010)
FSA fines Royal Bank of Scotland Group £5.6m for UK sanctions controls failings (3 Aug 2010)
Grant Thornton administrators called in at St Ursula's High School Trust (3 Aug 2010)
The Restatement That Never Ends: KPMG Hasn't Received Necessary Docs for Satyam (3 Aug 2010)
Bank of America, KPMG Settlement With Countrywide Investors Wins Approval (2 Aug 2010)
Dodd-Frank better suited than Sarbox for rooting out accounting fraud (2 Aug 2010)

JULY 2010

How short-selling sleuths spot accounting tricks (30 Jul 2010)
Mazars repeats call for audit reform (30 Jul 2010)
Auditors’ role in the banking crisis under scrutiny (30 Jul 2010)
Satyam accounts restatement is Rs 50-cr windfall for audit firms (30 Jul 2010)
Auditor for American Apparel resigns (30 Jul 2010)
New York Mets Owners Sued for Pensions Lost in Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme (30 Jul 2010)
Foxes gurding the hen-house: FRC announces project on Lessons from Credit Crisis and Formation of Advisory Group (30 July 2010)
The APB issues Draft Revised Guidance for the Audit of Banks and Building Societies in the United Kingdom (30 Jul 2010)
The APB issues Draft Updated Guidance on Bank Reports for Audit Purposes (30 Jul 2010)
IASB proposes accounting overhaul for insurers (29 Jul 2010)
SEC Charges Citigroup and Two Executives for Misleading Investors About Exposure to Subprime Mortgage Assets (29 Jul 2010)
Mazars refers to "eyewatering" audit market stats (29 Jul 2010)
Accounting News Roundup: Mazars Would Like to See More Competition in the audit market (29 Jul 2010)
APB issues Draft Revised Guidance on the Audit of Occupational Pension Schemes (29 Jul 2010)
Auditors don't know the meaning of 'competition' (28 Jul 2010)
Jailed Enron boss requests bail (28 Jul 2010)
UK House of Lords to probe audit market (27 Jul 2010)
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee launches inquiry into Auditors: market concentration and their role (27 Jul 2010)
Experts demand reform of international standards (27 Jul 2010)
Audit watchdog says profession must up its game (27 Jul 2010)
Bribery and Corruption: SEC Charges General Electric and Two Subsidiaries with FCPA Violations (27 Jul 2010)
FRC invites stakeholder views on Government proposals (27 Jul 2010)
Northern Rock's former FD fined and banned from City (27 Jul 2010)
Government looks at merging FRC and FSA (26 Jul 2010)
Financial Secretary to the Treasury launches consultation on the implementation of financial regulation reforms announced at Mansion House (26 Jul 2010)
A new approach to financial regulation: judgement, focus and stability (26 Jul 2010)
Time for the Bank of England impose sanity across the financial system (26 Jul 2010)
What will happen to Financial Reporting Council? (26 Jul 2010)
Country-by-country Reporting: Statement by the Press Secretary on Transparency in the US Energy Sector (23 Jul 2010)
APB issues a Feedback and Consultation Paper on the Provision of Non-Audit Services by Auditors and FRC Consults on Related New Guidance on Audit Committees (23 Jul 2010)
FRC avoids blanket ban on auditors (23 Jul 2010)
SEC Charges Dell and Senior Executives with Disclosure and Accounting Fraud: Company to Pay $100 Million Penalty. Michael Dell to Pay $4 Million Penalty (22 Jul 2010)
BT sought auditor changes after £1.6bn writedown (22 Jul 2010)
Audit: time for change (22 Jul 2010)
Scribbled Notes Helped Scuttle AIG Probe (22 Jul 2010)
Dell Settles SEC Accounting Suit for $100 Million (22 Jul 2010)
SEC Charges Two New York-Based Accountants With Conducting Ponzi Scheme Against Clients (22 Jul 2010)
Accountants told to step up audit quality (21 Jul 2010)
FTSE 100 audits require "significant improvement", inspectors find (21 Jul 2010)
Publication of AIU 2009/10 Annual Report(21 Jul 2010)
AUDIT INSPECTION UNIT 2009/10 ANNUAL REPORT (21 Jul 2010)
FSA secures £3.7 million compensation for victims of Upton & Co unauthorised collective investment scheme (21 Jul 2010)
Unauthorised accountancy firm ordered to pay back £3.7m (21 Jul 2010)
An investment scheme run by Upton & Co, a firm of accountants, has agreed to repay £4.4m to its investors (21 Jul 2010)
SEC Had 'Window Dressing' on Radar for Years (21 Jul 2010)
SEC knew about repos accounting before Lehman (21 Jul 2010)
Holinger: Black is back – and he's got scores to settle (21 Jul 2010)
Stanford Officers Seek to Not Testify at Lloyd's Insurance Coverage Trial (21 Jul 2010)
UK Director disqualifications on the increase (21 Jul 2010)
Without Hoopla, Fair-Value Rule Is Readied (21 Jul 2010)
The Future of UK GAAP (21 Jul 2010)
Watch Banks Pull Rabbits Out of Hats, Ably Assisted by Their Auditors (20 Jul 2010)
BDO chief warns auditors may "cut corners" to save on costs (20 Jul 2010)
Jeremy Newman and BDO Will Not Be Taking Part in Your Lowballed, Low Quality Audits (20 Jul 2010)
Five accused in Satyam scam get bail (20 Jul 2010)
Insolvency Service to cut number of investigations (20 Jul 2010)
Insolvency Service to slash budget by 11% (20 Jul 2010)
Hollinger: US court frees Conrad Black on bail (20 Jul 2010)
Findel shares slump as tough trading and accounting problems take their toll (20 Jul 2010)
Corporate Takeover of the Satte: Treasury calls in John Whiting to simplify tax (20 Jul 2010)
Corporate Takeover of the State: Lagerberg called to help Treasury reform tax policy (20 Jul 2010)
Linklaters Loss in India Tax Case May Raise Costs for Foreign Law firms (20 Jul 2010)
Country by country gets legal backing in US (19 Jul 2010)
Investors oppose annual board vote (19 Jul 2010)
Investors encourage companies to abandon new governance code (19 Jul 2010)
BP in shareholder talks on break-up (19 Jul 2010)
Financial wrongdoing cost companies £1bn (19 Jul 2010)
Question marks over Larionovo accounts (19 Jul 2010)
Ocado's board 'won't comply' with UK Corporate Governance Code (19 Jul 2010)
RBS could sue Goldman over $800m loss on Abacus deal (18 Jul 2010)
Australia Directors angered by audit proposal (18 Jul 2010)
Former Deloitte Partner Will Review US Accounting Standards (18 Jul 2010)
Lloyds has worst impairment record in Europe, says report (18 Jul 2010)
Woman jailed in £1.3m theft at Teesside court (17 Jul 2010)
AIG to pay 725 million dollars to settle US fraud lawsuit (17 Jul 2010)
Dell: SEC staff to recommend accounting settlement (17 Jul 2010)
Citgroup explains how it hid risk from the public (17 Jul 2010)
Goldman Sachs Waives Tax Deduction on SEC Settlement (17 Jul 2010)
RBS considers suing Goldman Sachs over lost $841m (17 Jul 2010)
SEC's Greatest Hits: Biggest. Penalties. Ever. (17 Jul 2010)
PCAOB Ups Auditors' Double-Checking Duties (17 Jul 2010)
Maybe the Fired Tyco Accountant Just Isn't into Awesome Parties(17 Jul 2010)
AIG Says It Counted as Much as $2.3 Billion of Repos as Sales (16 Jul 2010)
Accountants furious at new Canada law (16 Jul 2010)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: Deloitte partner joins FASB (16 Jul 2010)
Goldman Sachs handed record $550m fine over Abacus transaction (16 Jul 2010)
Goldman Sachs to Pay Record $550 Million to Settle SEC Charges Related to Subprime Mortgage CDO (16 Jul 2010)
FACTBOX-Largest SEC settlements (16 Jul 2010)
Financial Reform, R.I.P: The Dodd-Frank bill does nothing to deal with Wall Street's central problem: systemic non-disclosure (17 Jul 2010)
PCAOB Questions China Audits (16 Jul 2010)
Swiss Lawyer Indicted for Helping to Hide Swiss Bank Accounts and Monies Returned to U.S. Clients (16 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Slumberdown redundancies a 'body blow' to Hawick (16 Jul 2010)
TJN Submission to the International Accounting Standards Board (15 Jul 2010)
New US Law to Increase Transparency in Extractive Industries, Fight Corruption in Developing Countries (15 Jul 2010)
Slick accounting gets BP a tax break (15 Jul 2010)
AIG, Citigroup Tell SEC They Classified Some Repos as Sales (15 Jul 2010)
Credit Suisse branches raided in German tax probe (15 Jul 2010)
How Bank of America Got Away With a Huge Swindle (15 Jul 2010)
PARTNERS at accounting firms are not putting in enough time on auditing key entities like listed firms (15 Jul 2010)
Big Accounting Firms to Run Amok: Insolvency Service axes 50 investigator roles (14 Jul 2010)
PCAOB Issues Staff Audit Practice Alert Regarding Requirements When Using Work of Other Auditors or Engaging Outside Assistants (14 Jul 2010)
They don't like to be held Accountable: Litigation culture is 'unfair' warns KPMG accounting head (14 Jul 2010)
Demanding more from auditors (14 Jul 2010)
PCAOB Proposes New Auditing Standard on Confirmation (14 Jul 2010)
GPs are doctors, not accountants (14 Jul 2010)
PwC “Restructures” Indian Consulting Business: Will It Be Enough To Preserve US and UK Interests? (13 Jul 2010)
Country-by-country reporting in UK parliament (13 Jul 2010)
Accounting rules could force businesses to disclose environmental impact (13 Jul 2010)
US investors demand communication with auditors (13 Jul 2010)
Insurance companies push for two-tier accounting (13 Jul 2010)
Citigroup Bondholder Suit Can Go Forward, Judge Rules (13 Jul 2010)
Spill costs to cut BP tax bill by $10bn (13 Jul 2010)
Former Anglo Irish head Sean Fitzpatrick declared bankrupt (13 Jul 2010)
What Oil and Gas Companies Extract — from the American Public: It’s Time to End Unjustified Tax Loopholes for Oil and Gas Companies (12 Jul 2010)
SEC probe casts shadows over solar companies (12 Jul 2010)
BofA says 6 transactions were not in compliance (12 Jul 2010)
Accountants hit by cashflow problems (12 Jul 2010)
PwC urges IASB to further slow convergence timetable (12 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Bankrupts in 'banking exclusion' (12 Jul 2010)
British banks face US suit over 'misselling' £1.6bn of sub-prime loans (12 Jun 2010)
BP oil spill costs hit $3.5bn, work on new cap continues (12 Jul 2010)
Bank Of America's $10.7 Billion Accounting Mistake Hid Debt (11 Jul 2010)
Bank of America Says Trades Were Wrongly Classified (11 Jul 2010)
India: ICAI asks govt to stop giving projects to tainted audit firms (11 Jul 2010)
Satyam directors acted like 'rubber stamps': CBI (11 Jul 2010)
Koss embezzlement ran in spurts, lawsuit says (11 Jul 2010)
Understanding the basics of cash basis accounting (11 Jul 2010)
Accounting terms: Understanding the different kinds of assets (11 Jul 2010)
Transfer pricing: Maruti allowed tax deduction on ad spend (10 Jul 2010)
US Widens Tax Inquiry Into HSBC (10 Jul 2010)
Ex-head of 5th largest US accounting firm turns to Mysore LPO (10 Jul 2010)
PwC Wants Accounting Boards to Slow Down (10 Jul 2010)
Five Major Differences Between Small Accounting Firms and the Big 4 (10 Jul 2010)
Insolvency Rip-Off: PwC Keydata fees total £6.6m (9 Jul 2010)
Departing executives at ailing housing contractor Connaught sold £16.6m in shares (9 Jul 2010)
Connaught accounts probe follows mounting concern (9 Jul 2010)
Connaught inquiry aims to rebuild trust (9 Jul 2010)
Lords may look into audit reform: McFall (9 Jul 2010)
US Banks Recruit Investors to Kill FASB Fair-Value Proposal (9 Jul 2010)
Auditors could face grillings from analysts (9 Jul 2010)
Why it's time to put the corporate brand on the balance sheet (9 Jul 2010)
Tyco Electronics Faces Whistleblower Suit by Manager (9 Jul 2010)
TV facilities company Barcud Derwen in administration (9 Jul 2010)
Audit firm numbers drop as red tape tightens (8 Jul 2010)
Auditor PKF 'settles' lawsuit claims (8 Jul 2010)
Implications of the New Lease Accounting Standards (8 Jul 2010)
The squeeze on auditors (8 Jul 2010)
Carlyle faces $1bn lawsuit over failed Guernsey arm (8 Jul 2010)
Clinton Cards issues profit warning after U-turn on sales outlook (8 Jul 2010)
Insolvency: Managers face Arcandor case damages claim (8 Jul 2010)
Gambling addiction led to downfall of £80k job graduate (8 Jul 2010)
The accountant and the president (8 Jul 2010)
Revolving Doors and Accountancy Firm Gravy Trains: FSA seconds more staff to strengthen enforcement (8 Jul 2010)
New FSA powers will force auditors to speak out - Pigs will fly (8 Jul 2010)
Job of the Day: Al Qaeda Needs an Accountant (8 Jul 2010)

They like their gravy train: OFT plans could push up cost of insolvency (7 July 2010)
Caparo firms drive into debt troubles (7 Jul 2010)
MPs back reform of government accounting (7 Jul 2010)
Taxpayers may have to bail out BP if Gulf crisis sinks oil firm (7 Jul 2010)
Bible Belt Companies Experienced Less Fraud (7 Jul 2010)
Your Bradford & Bingley shares are worthless (7 Jul 2010)
Executive for Control Components Extradited from Germany to the United States to Face Foreign Bribery Charges (7 Jul 2010)
Asking The Difficult Questions: An Article About Audit Committees For The IIA’s Internal Auditor (6 Jul 2010)
Accounting rules "practically impossible to implement", Barclays claims (6 Jul 2010)
FRC updates Corporate Governance Code (6 Jul 2010)
THE UK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE (6 Jul 2010)
US targets HSBC clients in crackdown on tax evaders (6 Jul 2010)
Blow for former Bradford & Bingley shareholders (6 Jul 2010)
ACCA membership overtakes ICAEW (6 Jul 2010)
SFO suffers fresh blow as Imperial directors cleared (6 Jul 2010)
Imperial Consolidated Group fraud: conclusion of case (6 Jul 2010)
More Gimmicks: 'Big four' auditors bring in independent directors in response to regulators (6 Jul 2010)
Ernst & Young to appoint non-executive directors (5 Jul 2010)
Caparo admits to 'broken banking limits' (5 Jul 2010)
Crises can be 'rewarding in hindsight' (5 Jul 2010)
World of Auditing Must Learn Lessons of History (5 Jul 2010)
BP asks oil spill partners to pay $400m (5 Jul 2010)
Terra Firma's Guy Hands takes on more debt at wife's Hand Picked Hotels chain (5 Jul 2010)
The APB issues Draft Revised Guidance on Attendance at Stocktaking (5 Jul 2010)
Suit Over Faulty Computers Highlights Dell's Decline (5 Jul 2010)
Labour peer faces trouble at Caparo (4 Jul 2010)
Cross-examination in Satyam case on July 22 (4 Jul 2010)
Federal grand jury indictment names LA toy company execs in money laundering (4 Jul 2010)
BP asks Mitsui for 111 million dollars to help cover oil spill expenses (4 Jul 2010)
FRC re-opens audit accountability debate (3 Jul 2010)
Ireland's business-as-usual professional fee 'cartels' (3 Jul 2010)
Why Polly Peck fugitive Asil Nadir (and the wife 43 years his junior) will do ANYTHING to return to Britain (3 Jul 2010)
U2's Clayton sues bank and accountants over missing €4m (3 Jul 2010)
Ahold Defendant to Get New Trial (3 Jul 2010)
Two More Setbacks in US Securities Fraud Cases (3 Jul 2010)
Thor shares jump after review of past accounting (3 Jul 2010)
Vantis in administration, 52 more firms at risk (2 Jul 2010)
@Going Concern “What A Tangled Web We Weave: AIG’s Cassano Says He Told PwC Everything” (2 Jul 2010)
Shareholders to get FRC best practice guide (2 Jul 2010)
And Another Gimmick: Financial Reporting Council publishes first UK Stewardship Code (2 Jul 2010)
The U K Stewardship Code (2 Jul 2010)
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UK STEWARDSHIP CODE (2 Jul 2010)

Tesco shares Q&A: Are they overvalued? (2 Jul 2010)
Pitching for New Business: Charities fail to communicate in annual reports (2 Jul 2010)
Koss Acknowledges Accounting Department Collusion (2 Jul 2010)
Ahold Defendant to Get New Trial (2 Jul 2010)
BP aims to raise $9bn from sale of South American assets to China (2 Jul 2010)
PwC to sell US-based real estate consulting practice (2 Jul 2010)
Corporate crime: Not guilty? (2 Jul 2010)
What A Tangled Web We Weave: AIG’s Cassano Says He Told PwC Everything (1 Jul 2010)
Tesco numbers game spooks investors (1 Jul 2010)
Findings of the Financial Reporting Review Panel in respect of the accounts of Designcapital plc for the year ended 31 December 2008 (1 Jul 2010)
Neutered US Watchdog PCAOB Dreams of Its Missing Parts (1 Jul 2010)
Decision in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB (1 Jul 2010)
Proposal will transform lease accounting (1 Jul 2010)
US lawmakers amazed at ex-AIG boss Martin Sullivan's ignorance (1 Jul 2010)
Collapse of AIG wasn't my fault, says its former derivatives boss (1 Jul 2010)
The AIG e-mails, or, 250000 pages of bail-out oddity (1 Jul 2010)
Tories to keep Harriet Harman's equal pay law (1 Jul 2010)
UK firm Octel bribed Iraqis to keep buying toxic fuel additive: Officials in Iraq were bribed to overlook effects of leaded petrol on children's health (1 Jul 2010)
The SEC's Revolving Door (1 Jul 2010)
US Senate chairman starts probe of Transocean's taxes (1 Jul 2010)

JUNE 2010

Worry when the accountants are going bust (30 Jun 2010)
Time to act on tax transparency: Country-by-country tax reporting would help developing regions break their aid dependency – but the IASB is against proposals (30 Jun 2010)
Auditors failed when signing off bank accounts (30 Jun 2010)
Tesco takes a tumble after earnings are called to account (30 Jun 2010)
Tesco slammed over advertising - and accounting (30 Jun 2010)
Big Four auditors must prove how useful they are (30 Jun 2010)
IASB propose new financial instruments disclosure requirements (30 Jun 2010)
Financial auditors not sceptical enough in run-up to crisis, FSA says (30 Jun 2010)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Or, the FSA on auditors (30 Jun 2010)
BP Hit With $5.2 Million Fine for False Reports (30 Jun 2010)
Toys R Us accountant ordered to pay back £3.4m after escort girl fraud (30 Jun 2010)
WellCare whistleblower complaint is unsealed (30 Jun 2010)
A more sceptical view of auditors (30 Jun 2010)
The Supreme Court's PCAOB Ruling and Wall Street's Self-Regulation (30 Jun 2010)
The Lessons and Limits of Sarbox (30 Jun 2010)
OECD: Governments very concerned about massive deductible bank losses (30 Jun 2010)
Vantis enter administration (30 Jun 2010)
The Supreme Court's PCAOB Ruling and Wall Street's Self-Regulation (30 Aug 2010)
Sarbanes-Oxley ruling is co$tly (30 Jun 2010)
IASB positive about progress on new loan loss standard as consultation ends (30 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court Orders Review of Scrushy, Siegelman Convictions(30 Jun 2010)
Connaught shares slide further, doubts over accounting practices (29 Jun 2010)
DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (29 Jun 2010)
Connaught slumps another 30% on contract deferrals (29 Jun 2010)
UK Accountants Should Pay More Attention to Bank Bias, Regulators Say (29 Jun 2010)
FSA and FRC look to enhance auditors' contribution to prudential regulation (29 Jun 2010)
FSA Report summary: Enhancing the auditor’s contribution to prudential regulation (29 Jun 2010)
FSA Report: Enhancing the auditor’s contribution to prudential regulation (29 Jun 2010)
Auditors' failings in the crunch prompts regulatory scrutiny (29 Jun 2010)
FSA audit report: Regulator seeks power to disqualify audit firms (29 Jun 2010)
US Accounting watchdog wins court reprieve (29 Jun 2010)
Vantis close to administration (29 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court upholds Sarbanes-Oxley Act (29 Jun 2010)
Most of Sarbanes-Oxley survives ruling (29 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court Curbs Enron-Related Accounting Board (29 Jun 2010)
Bank of England warns against Repo style 'window dressing' (29 Jun 2010)
High Court orders Pruthi, Anderson and Peacock to pay £115m to the FSA - unlawfully accepting deposits without authorisation from the FSA (29 Jun 2010)
Technip S.A. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $240 Million Criminal Penalty (29 Jun 2010)
Taxation trends in the European Union: EU27 tax ratio fell to 39.3% of GDP in 2008 - Steady decline in top corporate income tax rate since 2000 (29 Jun 2010)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The PCAOB After The Supreme Court Ruling (28 Jun 2010)
Another Useless Gimmick: Accounting firms finalise new non-executive roles (28 Jun 2010)
G20 market reform efforts start to splinter (28 Jun 2010)
Bank auditors may have to blow the whistle, if they can get their noses out of the corporate trough (28 Jun 2010)
Feltex director denies company statements misled public (28 Jun 2010)
BP oil spill: Bill hits $100ma day (28 Jun 2010)
BP oil spill: Barack Obama and David Cameron agree BP must not collapse (28 Jun 2010)
Thor Industries faces class action lawsuit (28 Jun 2010)
ANOTHER WHITEWASH - AUDIT OF BANKS: LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS (28 Jun 2010)
Bank of England: Banks must stop fudging figures (27 Jun 2010)
Osborne tries to put the brakes on banking reform (27 Jun 2010)
Fears over its balance sheet take toll on BP (27 Jun 2010)
BP in £470m insurance clash (27 Jun 2010)
Big finance rolls on (27 Jun 2010)
Believe me, the rich really aren't suffering (27 Jun 2010)
Koss Sues Grant Thornton, Blames Firm's Assignment of Newbie Auditors (26 Jun 2010)
Fraud Files: Koss Corp. Sues Its Auditor for Failing to Detect Fraud (26 Jun 2010)
OFT insolvency report reads last rites for 'rip-off' administrators (26 Jun 2010)
Andhra high court grants bail to auditors in Satyam case (26 Jun 2010)
Satyam Case: PWC Partner, Satyam Auditor Get Bail (26 Jun 2010)
IASB awaits G20 convergence verdict on modified timetable (26 Jun 2010)
More Shareholder Say on Auditors (26 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court Rolls Back a Law Born of Enron (26 Jun 2010)
Financial Reform: Wall Street Wins, Investors Lose (26 Jun 2010)
Will new financial regulations prevent future meltdowns? (26 Jun 2010)
Skilling, Black Aim to Cut Sentences After Supreme Court Ruling (26 Jun 2010)
Florida Appeals Court Turns Down Heat, For Now, On BDO Seidman (25 Jun 2010)
Free counselling for accountants driven loopy by tax loopholes (25 Jun 2010)
OFT slams insolvency industry for unfair fees (25 Jun 2010)
OFT recommends reform of corporate insolvency regime (25 Jun 2010)
Small creditors 'need protection' (25 Jun 2010)
The market for corporate insolvency practitioners (25 Jun 2010)
The market for corporate insolvency practitioners: An Overview (25 Jun 2010)
They like lapdogs and puppies: US Companies happy with auditor performance (25 Jun 2010)
Hollinger: Ex-media baron Black's fraud conviction set aside (25 Jun 2010)
Fraud law flawed, court says in ruling that may free Black (25 Jun 2010)
IASB and FASB propose a new joint standard for revenue recognition (25 Jun 2010)
Accounts bodies FASB and IASB revise workplan (25 Jun 2010)
G20 could push corporate reporting reform (25 Jun 2010)
Prison term demanded for Kerviel (25 Jun 2010)
US Court Throws Out Verdict Against BDO Seidman (24 Jun 2010)
Fla. court orders new trial in BDO Seidman case (24 Jun 2010)
New Accounting Rules Ruffle the Leasing Market (24 Jun 2010)
Useless Accounting Firms Looking for fees: G20 need greater transparency in accounting - IFAC (24 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court Keeps PCAOB in Suspense (24 Jun 2010)
In Stock Plan Dispute, Sitrick Asks for Dismissal of Lawsuit (24 Jun 2010)
New York pension fund to sue BP for investment losses (24 Jun 2010)
Former PwC boss Poynter take BAT role (24 Jun 2010)
EU Commission fines 17 bathroom equipment manufacturers € 622 million in price fixing cartel (24 Jun 2010)
Transsexual accountant wins landmark pensions case (24 Jun 2010)
Auditors sight new gravy train (23 Jun 2010)
Whitehall finance staff 'not wanted' in public sector (23 Jun 2010)
Accountants in IKA scam (23 Jun 2010)
Budget CGT hike fails to deter avoidance opportunities (23 Jun 2010)
JPMorgan Said Barclays Misled Judge in Lehman Deal (23 Jun 2010)
Lloyds wins as tax cuts outweigh levy (23 Jun 2010)
French banks hit out at new tax (23 Jun 2010)
Getting around the UK bank levy, by UBS (23 Jun 2010)
Cambodian-born accountant has been jailed for life in the US for plotting a failed coup attempt (23 Jun 2010)
SEC's New Frontier: 'The Clawback' (22 Jun 2010)
Auditor claims ignorance of fraud by Peoples Bank executives (22 Jun 2010)
EU Extends Approval On WestLB, Hypo Alpe-Adria Aid (22 Jun 2010)
New York fraudster Bernard Madoff 'secretly funnelled £5BILLION to three friends' (22 Jun 2010)
Bernard Madoff 'hid $9bn from prosecutors' (22 Jun 2010)
Lehman trial claims Barclays deal took place in 'total chaos' (22 Jun 2010)
Budget: New capital gains tax top rate (22 Jun 2010)
Capital Gains Tax rises to 28% (22 Jun 2010)
Budget: Insurance premium tax rises (22 Jun 2010)
Banks hit by new £2bn levy (22 Jun 2010)
Budget 2010: Key points at a glance (22 Jun 2010)
City alarmed at Osborne's promise of bank tax (22 Jun 2010)
Budget 2010: high earners offered pensions reprieve (22 Jun 2010)
Budget 2010: broadband tax on telephone lines scrapped (22 Jun 2010)
More than 3 million higher rate taxpayers worse off (22 Jun 2010)
Budget: Osborne to lift tax allowances to help low paid (22 Jun 2010)
Budget: Osborne's 'tough' package puts VAT up to 20% (22 Jun 2010)
VAT rise will cost sector an extra £140m, says Charity Tax Group (22 Jun 2010)
Budget 2010: Govt may resurrect controversial GAAR tax law (22 Jun 2010)
Germany, France, UK commit to bank tax (22 Jun 2010)
Budget 2010: FSB attacks small business tax changes (22 Jun 2010)
Shift to international standards happening, but slowly (21 Jun 2010)
Findel FY profit reduced by £6m after review (21 Jun 2010)
Findel accounting errors worse than first thought (21 Jun 2010)
Annual reports lack governance detail (21 Jun 2010)
Barclays bosses to appear in Lehman bankruptcy case (21 Jun 2010)
Star witnesses take stand as Lehman court battle rolls on (21 Jun 2010)
Nigeria: Naicom Discovers Fraud in Insurers' Annual Reports (21 Jun 2010)
Northern Rock compensation claims taken to European Court (21 Jun 2010)
OFT’s insolvency probe under fire (20 Jun 2010)
At last, someone's making an effort to hold the audit profession to account (20 Jun 2010)
SOX Shift Could Hurt Auditors, Consultants (20 Jun 2010)
BP 'to divest all North Sea assets' in dramatic attempt to reduce its costs (20 Jun 2010)
Barclays to admit risk over Lehman (20 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG administrators close Pilkington's Poole factory (20 Jun 2010)
Car showroom accountant jailed for £32000 theft (20 Jun 2010)
Accountants offered big pay rises to say put (20 Jun 2010)
Will Auditors Ever Answer To Investors For Aiding And Abetting? (19 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young certified BP sustainability review: What did the firm check? (19 Jun 2010)
BP's British shareholders to join US class actions over oil spill (19 Jun 2010)
BP eyes billions of dollars in bank loans and bonds (19 Jun 2010)
Lawsuit Seeks $19 billion in Clean Water Act Penalties from BP (19 Jun 2010)
Gulf Oil Spill: Rig Owner's Avoidance Of US Jurisdiction Angers House Panel (19 Jun 2010)
Padoa-Schioppa will assume the chairmanship of the trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation in July (19 Jun 2010)
UK company risk management left to chance: FTSE 100 companies analysis reveals a lack of transparency over risk in most annual reports (19 Jun 2010)
SEC ends probe of AIG, executives (19 Jun 2010)
Big-Four-only clauses are rare: BBA (19 Jun 2010)
ICAI opposes SBI's idea of appointing single auditor (19 Jun 2010)
Country-by-country reporting supported in the UK House of Commons debate (18 Jun 2010)
Accounting Rules Mustn't Hurt Long-Term Investors-French Official (18 Jun 2010)
Errant auditors would need to pay investors (18 Jun 2010)
KPMG chief calls for audit reform - eyes higher consultancy fees from the crisis (18 Jun 2010)
Two charged in alleged bank loan fraud (18 Jun 2010)
Ex-Mishcon de Reya partner hit with allegation of fraud (18 Jun 2010)
1200 charged in US federal mortgage-fraud probe (18 Jun 2010)
1215 charged in US mortgage fraud crackdown (18 Jun 2010)
600 Parish investors sue accounting firm (18 Jun 2010)
BP oil spill could cost $100bn (18 Jun 2010)
Gold mining in Mali: Who really profits? (18 Jun 2010)
Mining Taxation: An Application to Mali (18 Jun 2010)
Gold Mining and Human Rights in Mali (18 Jun 2010)
GOLDEN PROFITS ON GHANA’S EXPENSE - An example of incoherence in EU policy (18 Jun 2010)
How Much Will BP Really Pay? (17 Jun 2010)
The FSA's chief executive is right to want to enshrine in law that company directors think about more than shareholder value (17 Jun 2010)
With Criminal Charges, Costs to BP Could Soar To $62.9 Billion (17 Jun 2010)
BP Oil Spill Costs: $20 Billion? Try $63 Billion (17 Jun 2010)
BP Waves Goodbye to Whopping $131 Billion in Just 24 Hours (17 Jun 2010)
BP's recent financial statements (17 Jun 2010)
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2009 for the year to 31 December 2009 (17 Jun 2010)
ACCA restructure sees three departures (17 Jun 2010)
SEC Charges Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp With $1.5 Billion Securities Fraud and Related TARP Scheme (17 Jun 2010)
Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Indicted for His Role in a More Than $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank (17 Jun 2010)
Auditors welcome another self-serving ICAEW report (17 Jun 2010)
Out of the counting house: accountancy's future (17 Jun 2010)
PwC partner said auditors will not resist crisis reforms (17 Jun 2010)
Feds say auditor may have let fraud continue at credit union (17 Jun 2010)
Restrictive bank covenants keep the Big Four accounting firms on top (17 Jun 2010)
BP to pay $20bn into trust for clearing up oil spill devastation (17 Jun 2010)
Lehman creditors may get early payout (17 Jun 2010)
Norwegian Church Aid launches online petition for country-by-country reporting (16 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young faces inquiry over Lehman audit (16 Jun 2010)
AADB investigating events at Lehman Brothers (16 Jun 2010)
Who audits the auditors? (16 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young faces UK inquiry over audit of Lehman (16 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young investigated over Lehman audit (16 Jun 2010)
Auditors pressed to broaden role (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG racks up fees of £8.6m at Aero Inventory (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Aero Inventory creditors to get 1p in £1 (16 Jun 2010)
$1 Trillion for Fannie and Freddie? (16 Jun 2010)
Companies lure auditors to walk slippery road of irregularities (16 Jun 2010)
Equitable victims fear £4bn Treasury 'ambush' (16 Jun 2010)
FRC publishes further update on Corporate Reporting & Governance Developments (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: KPMG administrators appointed to Pilkington's (16 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Administrators for Lehman Aim to Return $22 Billion (16 Jun 2010)
Faster pay-out offered to Lehman creditors (16 Jun 2010)
Meeting Held by Mylan Being Probed by SEC (16 Jun 2010)
Norwegian Church Aid launches online petition for country-by-country reporting (15 Jun 2010)
Vantis chief resigns over cash problems (15 Jun 2010)
Accountant fired over internet use 'unfairly dismissed' (15 Jun 2010)
Group tries to draw more blacks into accounting (15 Jun 2010)
FASB Desperately Needs Oversight (15 Jun 2010)
Stanford judge OKs documents review, fraud alleged (15 Jun 2010)
Barclays, RBS and HSBC each boasts more than 1,000 subsidiaries – most of which are secret vehicles created to warehouse lending or direct financial flows in artificial ways (15 Jun 2010)
Stanford's Co-Defendants Try to Flee the 'Circus' (15 Jun 2010)
Dell Sets Aside $100 Million for SEC Settlement (15 Jun 2010)
$501m Riddle in Bank Fraud Case (15 Jun 2010)
US Supreme Court to hear suit of investors vs. Scottsdale drug firm (15 Jun 2010)
Split on standards set to widen (15 Jun 2010)
Emails 'prove BP systematically put safety at risk' (15 Jun 2010)
BP may have cut corners on well, panel says (15 Jun 2010)
Documents: BP cut corners in days before blowout (15 Jun 2010)
BP Oil Spill: Caymans Move Cut Transocean's Tax by $2 Billion (15 Jun 2010)
Oil Drillers Gain Billions From ‘Immoral’ Tax Break (15 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte administrator to holiday company Green Parcs Ltd (15 Jun 2010)
Banking reform report: "fundamental questions" about purpose of audit (14 Jun 2010)
Investors reject fair value proposals (14 Jun 2010)
Auditors to reveal bank talks under new plans (14 Jun 2010)
Vantis shares suspended amid survival fears (14 Jun 2010)
Two thirds of auditors have not yet started to prepare for the new International Standards on Auditing (14 Jun 2010)
RBS defeats Enron 'fraud' accusations (14 Jun 2010)
Two Defendants Settle in Lucent Accounting Fraud (14 Jun 2010)
Skilling speaks: Enron CEO's jailhouse interview (14 Jun 2010)
Accountant Sentenced in Virginia for Role in $2.7 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme (14 Jun 2010)
U2 bassist Adam Clayton sues band's accountant (14 Jun 2010)
A blueprint for better banks (13 Jun 2010)
Banks are carrying on while the rest of us pay the price (13 Jun 2010)
The banks have refused to mend their ways. Beware the next crash (13 Jun 2010)
The Future of Banking Commission Report (13 Jun 2010)
City full of white-collar Foxconns (12 Jun 2010)
Intel probe could cost Dell $100M (12 Jun 2010)
KPMG's stance does little for public trust in auditors (12 Jun 2010)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The PCAOB After The Supreme Court Ruling (11 Jun 2010)
EC weighs in on debate over future role for audit (11 Jun 2010)
Public sector accountants face the axe (11 Jun 2010)
Silence on Failures but looking for more money making scams: Audit needs to evolve says ICAEW (11 Jun 2010)
IFRS for SMEs incompatible with EU directives: EFRAG (11 Jun 2010)
IFRS for SMEs: Ready for Prime Time? (11 Jun 2010)
Dell books $100 mln charge for possible SEC deal (11 Jun 2010)
Dell in Talks With SEC to Settle Intel Claims (11 Jun 2010)
Auditors' Lingering Doubts (11 Jun 2010)
Antigua court wants to remove Vantis from Stanford liquidation (11 Jun 2010)
Ex-CSK Chief Fails to Get Clawback Suit Thrown Out (11 Jun 2010)
Financial Adviser Kenneth Starr Indicted for Fraud by US (11 Jun 2010)
Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights: A Critical Analysis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (11 Jun 2010)
If only we’d used accruals accounting there’d have been no deficit (10 Jun 2010)
Transparency First (10 Jun 2010)
Is ICAEW failing? (10 Jun 2010)
Lunatics Are Running the Asylum: KPMG tops list in corporate responsibility - Now read this (10 Jun 2010)
Lehman is another version of the Enron school of accounting (10 Jun 2010)
Bankers Get Off Easy in Accounting Compromise (10 Jun 2010)
Transatlantic audit row between audit regulators rages (10 Jun 2010)
Equitable Life: Ernst & Young spared the worst (10 Jun 2010)
NYSE-Traded Chinese Company CYD Settles Accounting Case with SEC (10 Jun 2010)
Equitable ruling leaves audit guessing over legal liabilities (10 Jun 2010)
The lessons from Equitable life (10 Jun 2010)
Goldman Faces $1 Billion Suit (10 Jun 2010)
SEC probes second Goldman security (10 Jun 2010)
BP says oil spill costs reach 1.43 billion dollars (10 Jun 2010)
Is BP Headed for Bankruptcy? (10 Jun 2010)
In court with Jérôme Kerviel, the man who lost five billion (10 Jun 2010)
PFF Bancorp creditors seek probe of auditor KPMG (9 Jun 2010)
Creditors seek documents from KPMG following bank's collapse (9 Jun 2010)
PFF Bancorp Creditors Want to Probe KPMG So They Can Determine if They Can Sue KPMG (9 Jun 2010)
Special court begins hearing in Satyam case (9 Jun 2010)
CIPFA signs Nigerian accountancy agreement (9 Jun 2010)
Jérôme Kerviel faces first day of trial over lost billions (9 Jun 2010)
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Issues Subpoena to Goldman Sachs (9 Jun 2010)
Goldman Subpoena Chronology January 2010 to June 2010 (9 Jun 2010)
Nigeria launches $15 mln Daimler bribery probe (9 Jun 2010)
Court told of 'well-targeted scam' to sell Ritz Hotel (9 Jun 2010)
Auditors Under Fire. In The UK. That Is All (8 Jun 2010)
'Rogue trader' Jérôme Kerviel's trial begins in Paris (8 Jun 2010)
Bank of America to pay $108M for Countrywide mortgage abuses (8 Jun 2010)
Goldman Sachs accused of disrupting FCIC's probe into financial crisis (8 Jun 2010)
Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel on trial over £4 billion loss (8 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young Wants Lawsuit Dismissed; KPMG Study Finds Goodwill Impairments Slowing (8 Jun 2010)
ASB proposes Amendments to SSAP 25, FRS 8 and FRS 29 (8 Jun 2010)
G20 demands more involvement from stakeholders in the IASB – but will they listen? (7 Jun 2010)
Communiqué Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Busan, Republic of Korea: We encouraged the
International Accounting Standards Board to further improve involvement of stakeholders (7 Jun 2010)
Inquiries mount after PwC 'failed to notice' JP Morgan mistakes (7 Jun 2010)
PwC called to account over JPMorgan Chase audit (7 Jun 2010)
Equitable affair shows it's time for regulators to bring auditors to book (7 Jun 2010)
How insurers, auditors and regulators failed to protect savers (7 Jun 2010)
Auditors bully the Government: PwC boss seeks an open debate on regulation (7 Jun 2010)
PwC head seeks auditing clarity from Cable (7 Jun 2010)
Polly Peck fugitive Asil Nadir wants to return to Britain to clear his name (7 Jun 2010)
The political economy of International Accounting Standards (7 Jun 2010)
The role of accounting in the East Asian financial crisis: lessons learned (7 Jun 2010)
Problems with IFRS standards for non-listed companies (7 Jun 2010)
From pragmatism to dogmatism. EU governance, entrenched policy paradigms and the financial crisis (7 Jun 2010)
Transnationale private Governance and Fair Value Accounting (7 Jun 2010)
Fair value: the influence of financial economics on accounting (7 Jun 2010)
The IFRS for SMEs: Do we need it? An expert-based study in Finland (7 Jun 2010)

Tycoon Robert Kelbie charged with fraud and has Ferrari seized (7 Jun 2010)
BP's Deepwater Horizon costs hit $1.25bn (7 Jun 2010)
BP and corporate responsibility (7 Jun 2010)
Three jailed for bribes on £1.3m of education quango contracts (7 Jun 2010)
SMOKE AND MIRRORS: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TAX AVOIDANCE (6 Jun 2010)
Equitable boss free to make City comeback (6 Jun 2010)
Supreme Court Expected to Rule Soon on PCAOB's Constitutionality (6 Jun 2010)
Lehman Executives Seek Dismissal of Investor Suit (6 Jun 2010)
FSA may launch probe against PwC over JP Morgan case (6 Jun 2010)
Lloyds shareholders launch £14bn claim (6 Jun 2010)
Country by country reporting: Christian Aid pushes (5 Jun 2010)
Auditor Pricewaterhouse-Coopers is facing the threat of an investigation into its audit work for JP Morgan (5 Jun 2010)
Big four dominance (5 Jun 2010)
Deloitte hit with $30M lawsuit over ERP project (5 Jun 2010)
Lehman Auditor Ernst & Young Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit (5 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young has fine slashed over Equitable Life (5 Jun 2010)
Mortgage lenders fret over FASB hedging proposals (5 Jun 2010)
Threshers owed £24.7m to the taxman when it collapsed (5 Jun 2010)
Ex-Lehman Executives Seek Dismissal of Lawsuit (5 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Fabric nightclub sale on the cards after administration (5 Jun 2010)
Grant Thornton eyes further acquisitions as rivals struggle (5 Jun 2010)
Equitable Life: Former auditors fined and reprimanded (4 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young wins appeal over Equitable Life audit objectivity (4 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young Wins 71% Cut to Fines in Equitable Case (4 Jun 2010)
E&Y pays out almost £3m following Equitable verdict (4 Jun 2010)
Report claims Ernst & Young failed to seek independent advice on crucial Equitable court case (4 Jun 2010)
Ernst & Young (E&Y) fined £½ million and ordered to pay £2.4 million in costs (4 Jun 2010)
JOINT DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL REport ON ERNST & YOUNG AND EQUITABLE LIFE (4 Jun 2010)

Vantis could sell part of firm to cut debts (4 Jun 2010)
Back to the drawing board on audit choice (4 Jun 2010)
Little change in UK audit choice: FRC Recommendations fail to have big impact (4 Jun 2010)
Measures to open up audit market have so far failed (4 Jun 2010)
Work of audit firms in question (4 Jun 2010)
US financial lobby fights fair value proposal (4 Jun 2010)
Former IASB executive refuses to answer lawmakers' questions (4 Jun 2010)
SEC Charges Diebold With Fraudulent Accounting (4 Jun 2010)
Fraudster’s family face losing assets to pay court order (4 Jun 2010)
Why BP but not Wall Street? (4 Jun 2010)
Hong Kong implements new disclosure rules for extractive industries (3 Jun 2010)
FSA levies largest ever fine of £33.32m on J.P.Morgan Securities Ltd for client money breaches (3 Jun 2010)
Insolvency: Cattles shareholders will only receive 1p (3 Jun 2010)
FRC publishes its Fifth Progress Report on the Implementation of the MPG Recommendations on promoting Choice in the UK Audit Market (3 Jun 2010)
Financial services auditors could see a wider role, plus more communication with regulators (3 Jun 2010)
Ex-Diebold CFOs Charged with Fraud (3 Jun 2010)
Diebold to Pay $25 Million Penalty (3 Jun 2010)
Christian Aid calls on giants to open their books (3 Jun 2010)
Marin County sues Deloitte: Alleges fraud on SAP project (3 Jun 2010)
The new UK Corporate Governance Code: What does it mean for directors? (3 Jun 2010)
SEC accuses former Sequenom exec of lying to analysts (3 Jun 2010)
SEC Chairman Schapiro Statement on FASB-IASB Decision to Modify Timing of Certain Convergence Projects (3 Jun 2010)
Huron Consulting Group long term investors file lawsuit (3 Jun 2010)
Accountant Colin Hippey jailed for £240k tax fraud (2 Jun 2010)
Securities and Exchange Commission charged Diebold, Inc. and three former financial executives for engaging in a fraudulent accounting scheme to inflate the company's earnings (2 Jun 2010)
PwC tightens grip on FTSE 100(2 Jun 2010)
Former Vivendi boss Messier admits making 'mistakes' as he faces fraud trial (2 Jun 2010)
Vivendi Universal's 'Master of the Universe' Messier trial begins (2 Jun 2010)
EU GREEN PAPER: Corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies (2 Jun 2010)
SFO seeks £200000 after Deloitte unearths KTG boss fraud (2 Jun 2010)
FASB Chair: Yeah, We're Not Meeting That June 2011 Convergence Deadline (2 Jun 2010)
SEC Charges Elizabeth A. Dragon, the former Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Sequenom, Inc for False Claims About Down Syndrome Test (2 Jun 2010)
FASB Exposure Draft Alarms Bank CFOs (2 Jun 2010)
IASB considers delaying convergence timetable (2 Jun 2010)
PCAOB Provides Guidance to Firms from Outside US (2 Jun 2010)
PCAOB Publishes Updated Staff Guidance Related to Registration Process for Applicants from Certain Non-U.S. Jurisdictions (2 Jun 2010)
SEC Is Boosting Scrutiny of Offshore Accounting, Fagel Says (2 Jun 2010)
Prosecutors Aim To Close FastWeb,Sparkle Probe By End June-Source (2 Jun 2010)
The Auditors And Financial Regulatory Reform: That Dog Don’t Hunt (1 Jun 2010)
Eurozone banks face £165bn in toxic loan losses (1 Jun 2010)
Eric Pickles vetoes £240000 salary for Audit Commission chief executive (1 Jun 2010)
Heavy handed: Eric Pickles vetoed the Audit Commission's pay proposal (1 Jun 2010)
American investors: predictably stupid losers (1 Jun 2010)
Billionaire Convicts And Inmates (1 Jun 2010)
The cult of subprime central bankers (1 Jun 2010)

MAY 2010

Fee dispute with special auditors caused delay in report: NEL Audit Committee (31 May 2010)
SEC Charges Pequot Capital Management and CEO Arthur Samberg With Insider Trading (31 May 2010)
Textron loses bid to shield tax documents (31 May 2010)
Tax collectors expand probe of Canadians hiding money in Liechtenstein (31 May 2010)
Ernst & Young probed over Greek insolvency (30 May 2010)
Accountant gets 19 years for Ponzi scheme (30 May 2010)
BP facing multimillion-dollar legal claim from British pension fund (30 May 2010)
A note to Mohamed al-Fayed: Harrods' pension trustees aren't idiots (30 May 2010)
£67m feast for EAT bosses (30 May 2010)
PwC loses ruling on big Pennsylvania bankruptcy (29 May 2010)
Uma Thurman helps catch accountant to the stars who stole $30m from clients (29 May 2010)
Accountant jailed over £2m loan scam (29 May 2010)
FASB's mark-to-mayhem (29 May 2010)
We not convinced by FASB's Fair Value reforms: ICAEW (29 May 2010)
UK court mulls legal professional privilege for accountants (29 May 2010)
Recognition switch helps Apple overtake Microsoft (29 May 2010)
Five More Banks in US Are Shut (29 May 2010)
Regulators shut 5 banks as 2010 tally hits 78 (29 May 2010)
Detecting Fraud's Early Warning Signs (28 May 2010)
At Least One Accountant Thinks “Legally Cooking the Books” Is A-Okay (29 May 2010)
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: The Reporting Entity (29 May 2010)
Preliminary Views on an improved Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: The Reporting Entity (29 May 2010)
An improved Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: Chapter 1: The Objective of Financial Reporting and Chapter 2: Qualitative Characteristics and Constraints of Decision-useful Financial Reporting Information (29 May 2010)
New briefing – the benefits of country-by-country reporting (28 May 2010)
Auditors now the audited as inquiries gather pace (28 May 2010)
Code overhaul set to shake-up UK boards (28 May 2010)
Corporate Governance Code: a woman's place is in the boardroom (28 May 2010)
Would Fred the Shred have been stopped by new code? Mmmm (28 May 2010)
Reaction to Governance Code divided (28 May 2010)
The Financial Reporting Council issues new Governance Standards for Listed Companies (28 May 2010)
FASB Plan Would Force Banks to Report Loan Fair Value (28 May 2010)
Leases Headed for the Balance Sheet (28 May 2010)
DTI INSPECTORS' REPORTS PUBLISHED SINCE 1945 (28 May 2010)
FASB Loan-Value Rule, India Cash, IRS Bond Audit: Compliance (28 May 2010)
Deloitte staffer becomes first Saudi woman to win licence (28 May 2010)
PwC blocks E&Y's room with a view (28 May 2010)
NY Financial Adviser Starr Charged In $30M Fraud Case (28 May 2010)
FINANCIAL FRAUD AT U.S. PUBLIC COMPANIES OFTEN RESULTS IN BANKRUPTCY OR FAILURE, WITH SIGNIFICANT IMMEDIATE LOSSES FOR SHAREHOLDERS AND PENALTIES FOR EXECUTIVES (27 May 2010)
COSO Study Finds Accounting Frauds Getting Larger, Execs Named in Nearly 90% of Cases (27 May 2010)
Fraudulent Financial Reporting 1998-2007: An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies (27 May 2010)
Parmalat Founder Tanzi Found Guilty In Milan Appeal (27 May 2010)
Bank Of America, Citigroup Incorrectly Hid Billions In Repo Debt (27 May 2010)
Banks Trim Debt, Obscuring Risks (27 May 2010)
Mark-to-Market in Proposed Accounting Standards Overhaul (27 May 2010)
FASB Issues Proposal Requiring Banks to Book Loans' Fair Value (27 May 2010)
Split on standards set to widen (27 May 2010)
'Fair Value' Proposal Could Cost Banks (27 May 2010)
Banking rule may make reporting 'hugely complex' (27 May 2010)
Lehman's Bankruptcy Estate Sues JP Morgan (27 May 2010)
PwC, Ernst & Young Building Defenses Against Each Other's Spies, Peeping Toms (27 May 2010)
Barney Less Than Frank About Auditor Reform (27 May 2010)
US House Committee on Financial Services: OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN PAUL E. KANJORSKI, SUBCOMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS, INSURANCE, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES - HEARING ON ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING STANDARDS: PENDING PROPOSALS AND EMERGING ISSUES (26 May 2010)
US House Committee on Financial Services: Testimony Concerning Accounting and Auditing Standards: Pending Proposals and Emerging Issues by James L. Kroeker Chief Accountant U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (26 May 2010)
US House Committee on Financial Services: Testiomony of Mr. Robert Herz, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) (26 May 2010)
US House Committee on Financial Services: Testomony of Mr. Daniel L. Goelzer, Acting Chairman, U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) (26 May 2010)
The IASB and country-by-country reporting – a new report in response to the IASB proposals (26 May 2010)
Christian Aid wants FTSE 100 to endorse transparency drive (26 May 2010)
IASB chief claims fair value options can be reconciled (26 May 2010)
IASB Chairman Outlines Approach for Reconciling Financial Instrument Standards (26 May 2010)
CFOs Weigh Uses of Fair Value (26 May 2010)
HSBC accounts in Italy probe hold $6.9 bln - police (26 May 2010)
BP oil spill claims could reach $600 million (26 May 2010)
PwC blocks E&Y's room with a view (26 May 2010)
The IASB needs to embrace country-by-country reporting (25 May 2010)
The IASB and country-by-country reporting slides (25 May 2010)
Hong Kong requires country-by-country reporting for extractive sector companies (25 May 2010)
Insolvency: Lloyds' Antler deal raises 'conflict of interest' questions (25 May 2010)
Banks Pay Overseas Madoff Investors $15.5 Billion (25 May 2010)
Treating Workers with Respect – What Accounting Firms Can Do to Improve Their Bottom Line (25 May 2010)
Finance Execs Fret over Accounting Standards Overload (25 May 2010)
Level 2 assets are the new Level 3 (25 May 2010)
The Original Factory Shop put up for sale for £200m (25 May 2010)
Equitable Life victims to be compensated (25 May 2010)
Afghan government accountant sentenced for corruption (25 May 2010)
A country-by-country reporting agenda for Vince (24 May 2010)
Worlds Apart But Two Of A Kind: Glitnir, Satyam And Their Auditor PwC (24 May 2010)
Auditors expect renewed bout of scrutiny (24 May 2010)
Boardroom code to push for regular election of directors (24 May 2010)
FSA spent £16m on consultants last year (24 May 2010)
KPMG's New Paperless Audit Is Going to Be the Best Thing Since Paper (24 May 2010)
Haddrill calls for expanded FRC powers (24 May 2010)
Case Said to Conclude Against Head of AIG Unit (24 May 2010)
KPMG to challenge Australian Securities and Investment Commission on powers (23 May 2010)
Accountancy bodies must improve member monitoring (21 May 2010)
Belfast's Odyssey Pavilion goes into administration over £70m bank debts (21 May 2010)
Schapiro hits back at international accounting convergence myths (21 May 2010)
Heard on the Street: There's No Accounting for China's Bad Loans (21 May 2010)
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reports continuing problems in inspecting foreign accounting firms (21 May 2010)
Professional Oversight Board publishes its Report on the Monitoring Arrangements of the UK Professional Accountancy Bodies (20 May 2010)
First Tier Tribunal Freedom of Information decision rejecting Information Commissioners' Appeal and allowing Prem Sikka to appeal against refusal to publish the Sandstorm Report relating to BCCI (19 May 2010)
Lehman investigation blocked by US-EU regulator stand-off (19 May 2010)
Mysterious letter rattles Ernst & Young's Iraq ambitions (19 May 2010)
Investors Take Aim At Mortgages Ltd.'s Lawyers, Accountants (19 May 2010)
Creditors 'hound' people going bankrupt (19 May 2010)
Former Delphi Executives Will Face October Trial (18 May 2010)
PCAOB Publishes List of Issuer Audit Clients of Non-U.S. Registered Firms In Jurisdictions where the PCAOB is Denied Access To Conduct Inspections (18 May 2010)
ASIC to defend itself against KMPG action in High Court (18 May 2010)
BP rig was offshore in more ways than one (17 May 2010)
Solicitors from Hell: Addison Madden Solicitors - Portsmouth (17 May 2010)
The Dark Side of Transfer Pricing: Its Role in Tax Avoidance and Wealth Retentiveness (17 May 2010)
More Conflict of Interests and Useles Audits as KPMG, PwC eye rating move (17 May 2010)
Firms consider move into ratings arena - KPMG and PwC looking at credit ratings work (17 May 2010)
KPMG considered entering credit-rating market (17 May 2010)
SEC Knew About Suprime Accounting Fraud a Decade Ago (17 May 2010)
Enron, CDOs and BP - Outsourcing Due Diligence (17 May 2010)
US Senate Bill would allow shareholders to file private lawsuits against anyone who aids or abets corporate fraud (17 May 2010)
The People v. the Bankers (17 May 2010)
ICAI seeks jail in audit fraud cases (17 May 2010)
Tony Morris 'central' to fraud case of MoneyPortal (17 May 2010)
PwC raids rival before Middle East step (17 May 2010)
On the Dirty Money Trail (17 May 2010)

The Absorption of Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2002–2006 (17 May 2010)
The Vavasseur Fraud (16 May 2010)
The Vavasseur Prime Bank Securities Fraud (16 May 2010)
HBOS Mortgage Fraud must be exposed & stopped (16 May 2010)
We can’t rely on bankers to curb their pay (16 May 2010)
FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING: VILLAIN OR INNOCENT VICTIM - EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING, BANK REGULATORY CAPITAL AND THE RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS (16 May 2010)
Fat Cats: Chief executive of consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser, has emerged as the FTSE 350’s best-paid chief executive, taking home £92.6m in 2009 (16 May 2010)
Fat Cats: FTSE 100 reveals that chief executive pay increased by an average of 6pc in the past year (16 May 2010)
Executive Pay Report 2010 (16 May 2010)
Welcome to Britain in 2010 where money + class = power (16 May 2010)
More blue-chip shareholders revolt over pay (16 May 2010)
US Bank-Failure Tally Grows to 72 for 2010 (15 May 2010)
Accounting lessons from Enron: fraud, aggressive accounting or the wrong conceptual framework? (15 May 2010)
Transfer Pricing: Profit Exports Import U.S. Tax Cuts for Pfizer, Lilly, Oracle (15 May 2010)
Transfer Pricing Companies Dodge $60 Billion in Taxes Even Tea Party Condemns (15 May 2010)
Forest Laboratories' Globe-Trotting Profits (15 May 2010)
Forest Laboratories Inc and its Transfer Pricing practices help it to Avoid Taxes (15 May 2010)
Transfer Pricing: Multinational firm tax avoidance and tax policy (15 May 2010)
Former Chester chairman suspended over alleged accounting breach (14 May 2010)
Professional Oversight Board publishes its Review of Transparency Reporting by Auditors of Public Interest Entities (14 May 2010)

Audit firms need to compete on quality: FRC (14 May 2010)
Transparency reports lack detail: POB pursues firms that did not produce reports (14 May 2010)
THE accounting practices of collapsed Bill Express and parent company OnQ were fraudulent (14 May 2010)
BP oil spill clean-up costs spiral to $33m a day (14 May 2010)
Accountants storm the UK Treasury (14 May 2010)
Wall St banks in new 'toxic mortgage' inquiry (14 May 2010)
Drug trafficking ring 'run from Australian bank' (14 May 2010)
Cattles targets former directors after £745m loss (13 May 2010)
More woe for Cattles as black hole in finances grows again (13 May 2010)
Directors 'withheld facts' at loss-making Cattles (13 May 2010)
Audit in turmoil over 'derecognition' standard (13 May 2010)
GAAP's Lawsuit Buffer (13 May 2010)
Despite Disputes, US, EU Seek Financial System Reform Harmony (13 May 2010)
Japan Accounting fraud raid targets FOI (13 May 2010)
Irish firms caught up in €100m fraud probe (13 May 2010)
Regulatory lawyers welcome FSA's parliamentary stay of execution (13 May 2010)
US Prosecutors' Probe of Wall Street Widens (13 May 2010)
Accountant gets 13 months for $27m tax fraud (13 May 2010)
Former ABN AMRO Bank To Forfeit $500M In Fraud Case (12 May 2010)
Accounts body seeks new rules for banks' debts (12 May 2010)
IASB Revises Fair Value of Financial Liabilities (12 May 2010)
Accounting board proposes change to liability rule (12 May 2010)
RBS says DoJ deal covered by $500m provision (12 May 2010)
Companies more open about disclosures: 33% supply all theDisclosure and Transparency Rules information (12 May 2010)
EU's Barnier To Urge Regulation Reform Harmonization In US Talks (12 May 2010)
Interpol hunt former Icelandic bank chief Sigurdur Einarsson (12 May 2010)
Fund managers 'sold clients down the river' over Bernard Madoff (12 May 2010)
Wafting on Bay is that there's a deal with Hollinger's litigation trustee (12 May 2010)
A Tribute to Professor Anthony Hopwood 1944-2010 (11 May 2010)
Why SEC Accounting Rules Need More Oversight (11 May 2010)
Fannie Mae asks for $8.4bn in aid (11 May 2010)
APB issues Draft Revised Guidance on the Audit of Insurers (11 May 2010)
Accountant becomes first person guilty of posting 'menacing' Twitter message (11 May 2010)
Is this the end of 40% tax relief on pensions? (11 May 2010)
Accounting Groups Object to Brown Amendment (11 May 2010)
PricewaterhouseCoopers' spring graduate intake is its largest ever (11 May 2010)
Scots accountant held in £156m fraud probe after customs swoop (10 May 2010)
Auditing conflict of interest issues set to be raised at Rentokil AGM (10 May 2010)
Accountant used Twitter to threaten to blow up airport (10 May 2010)
Countrywide, KPMG May Pay $624 Million to Settle (10 May 2010)
Bullying 'did not apply' to PwC partner (10 May 2010)
Fair value is coming! Fair value is coming! (10 May 2010)
EU to get tough with hedge funds and private equity (9 May 2010)
Goldman Sachs may admit negligence charges in deal with SEC (9 May 2010)
Enterprise Inns in £1bn loan deal (9 May 2010)
Goldman to 'sue for peace' on Abacus charges (9 May 2010)
Fixed Assets: A matter of Accounting Choice (9 May 2010)
Price Waterhouse faces Sebi action despite consent plea (9 May 2010)
RBS one of many banks fined for breaking competition law (9 May 2010)
FSA's Margaret Cole wages war against criminals in the City (9 May 2010)
Not To Be Twistin’ Hay… Auditors Mucking It Up In Ireland (8 May 2010)
NY Funds Reach Settlement With Countrywide, KPMG (8 May 2010)
Countrywide Financial in $600m lawsuit settlement (8 May 2010)
Average Investors Fleeced Again By Wall Street (8 May 2010)
Accounting rule changes 'might lead to larger pension costs' (8 May 2010)
Bullying 'did not apply' to PwC partner (8 May 2010)
PwC doesn't account for stress (8 May 2010)
UK BBA: PWC To Report On Impact Of Regulatory Reforms (8 May 2010)
Spanish oil major called on to implement country-by-Country Reporting Standard (7 May 2010)
Audit Deficiencies at Deloitte (7 May 2010)
Deloitte Manages to Tone Down Its Response to This Year's PCAOB Inspection Report (7 May 2010)
Former Kaupthing chief executive detained by fraud prosecutors (7 May 2010)
Women CFOs more reliable? (7 May 2010)
Commentary: Off-balance-sheet assets and accounting need reform (7 May 2010)
PwC manager told Colin Tenner 'real partners do not get sick' (7 May 2010)
PwC ex-partner claims discrimination over stress leave (7 May 2010)
Apparently Ernst & Young Doesn't Buy the “C's Get Degrees” Mantra (7 May 2010)
Class Sues Ernst & Young Over Contract (7 May 2010)
Big Four lag behind consulting rivals on thought leadership (7 May 2010)
Calpers Votes to Split Chairman, CEO Roles at Goldman Sachs (7 May 2010)
Cattles may cull 150 staff (7 May 2010)
Personal insolvencies at new high in England and Wales (7 May 2010)
Insurers give warning about accounting changes (7 May 2010)
FASB Defendant in Suit Alleging Antitrust Violations and Patent Misappropriation (7 May 2010)
British American Tobacco: NZ Subsidiary Being Investigated By Tax Department (6 May 2010)
Liverpool accountancy firm Jackson went bust owing £480000 (6 May 2010)
CIPFA scraps exam fees (6 May 2010)
Freddie Mac seeks further $10.6bn in US aid (6 May 2010)
Bear Stearns's Cayne admits leverage 'was too high' (6 May 2010)
Former Bear Stearns boss Jimmy Cayne blames conspiracy for bank's collapse (6 May 2010)
Testimony of Paul Friedman, Former Senior Managing Director Bear Stearns, Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (6 May 2010)
Testimony of Samuel Molinaro, Former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Bear Stearns Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (6 May 2010)
Testimony of Warren Spector, Former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Bear Stearns, Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (6 May 2010)
FSA fines Alpari and its former money laundering reporting officer, Sudipto Chattopadhyay for anti-money laundering failings (6 May 2010)
Testimony of James E. Cayne, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bear Stearns, Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (6 May 2010)
Bridgecorp accountant tells court of loan suspicions (6 May 2010)
First national certified accountants appear in Azerbaijan (6 May 2010)
Audit chief welcomes debate on international regulator (6 May 2010)
5 of History's Most Spectacular Corporate Meltdowns (6 May 2010)
US Crisis Panel to Probe Window-Dressing at Banks (5 May 2010)
Goldman Sachs and regulator 'in talks' on fraud deal (5 May 2010)
ASB challenges IASB over derecognition (5 May 2010)
Former chief of Bear Stearns to be grilled over collapse of bank (5 May 2010)
Bank of Montreal alleges huge mortgage fraud (5 May 2010)
Buffett May Know More About Derivatives Than Securities Law (5 May 2010)
Deloitte denies link with terror suspect (5 May 2010)
Who'll pick up the Tweedie mantle (5 May 2010)
REMEC Court Decision Could Expose Companies to More Accounting Fraud Litigation (4 May 2010)
A Smoother Approach to Pension Accounting (4 May 2010)
Where now for UK GAAP? (4 May 2010)
HealthSouth puts religious groups in sights for Scrushy money (4 May 2010)
ICAI mulls making names of guilty auditors public (4 May 2010)
Posh bakery owners, accountant arrested in insurance fraud case (4 May 2010)
Settlement is reached in lawsuit against Kratos (4 May 2010)
Who audits the auditors? (3 May 2010)
Ireland Auditors' body will not investigate fraud or unethical behaviour (3 May 2010)
Lakeside park directors arrested over fraud claim (3 May 2010)
Finance is responsible for this savage new era. But it's off the electoral agenda (3 May 2010)
The ex-aide held over '£300000 fraud' that shut Charles charity (3 May 2010)
Bank failures in US bigger than Greek debt crisis (3 May 2010)
How Goldman Derivatives Amplified Crisis (3 May 2010)
The dark side of transfer pricing: Its role in tax avoidance and wealth retentiveness (2 May 2010)
Banks' audit antics have had their day (2 May 2010)
You Complete My Audit (2 May 2010)
US Regulators close 3 troubled banks in Puerto Rico (2 May 2010)
BP faces 'criminal inquiry' into rig explosion (2 May 2010)
It's Complicated: Making Sense of Complexity (2 May 2010)
Madoff's Sons May Be Hit With Tax Evasion Charges (2 May 2010)
FTSE 100 firms prefer overseas women in their boardrooms (2 May 2010)
Goldman Sachs: The real masters of the universe come crashing down to earth (1 May 2010)
Galleon's Rajaratnam Said He Was Duped in Illegal Tax Shelter (1 May 2010)
Tax officers arrest 22 in UK carbon fraud probe (1 May 2010)
Behind the Fade-Out of Options Backdating Cases (1 May 2010)
Prince of Wales's health charity wound up in wake of fraud investigation (1 May 2010)
10 Ways the American Economy Is Built on Fraud (1 May 2010)

APRIL 2010

US seeks secure funding of global accounting board (30 Apr 2010)
The SEC Wants to Help the IASB Meet its 'Arbitrary Deadline' (30 Apr 2010)
FRC Chief Executive says it is time to review whether the value of the audit can be enhanced (30 Apr 2010)
Accountant testifies in slaughterhouse fraud case (30 Apr 2010)
Amendments to IAS19 could cost businesses £10bn (30 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs 'faces criminal investigation' into alleged fraud (30 Apr 2010)
Debt-lag means insolvencies will hit a record (30 Apr 2010)
Enron on Broadway: No Accounting for Bad Behavior (30 Apr 2010)
Miramax Sued for $12 Million in 'Chicago' Profits (30 apr 2010)
Scholar wages FoI battle for bank collapse data (29 Apr 2010)
India Info sought on multinational accounting firms (29 Apr 2010)
Mayer Brown Dodges Another Refco Bullet (29 Apr 2010)
Alleged Ponzi Scam Has Shades of Madoff Affair (29 Apr 2010)
'Cut the clutter' from annual reports, regulator warns FDs (29 Apr 2010)
Miami accountant's workers accused of aiding fraud (29 Apr 2010)
With 'Enron,' Financial Misdeeds Hit Broadway (29 Apr 2010)
Dundee first university in UK to offer Islamic course in financing (29 Apr 2010)
They don't want to be called to account: Senior auditors renew calls for liability reforms (29 Apr 2010)
Accountant's wronged wife and stablegirl mistress in battle over £3.2m property porfolio (29 Apr 2010)
Wall Street History: May Day and Voodoo Accounting (28 Apr 2010)
PwC pays £427000 damages over valuation work (28 Apr 2010)
Brussels to scrutinise role of auditors (28 Apr 2010)
EU turns spotlight on Big Four auditors (28 Apr 2010)
Audit market under scrutiny (28 Apr 2010)
EU executive says auditors need wider scrutiny (28 Apr 2010)
Do we need a Europe-wide audit regulator: Barnier (28 Apr 2010)
Tumpel-Gugerell: ECB against full fair value accounting (28 Apr 2010)
Feltex chief exec says Ernst & Young never questioned him (28 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young faces Lehman litigation following examiner's report (28 Apr 2010)
Debt crisis: UK banks sitting on £100bn exposure to Greece, Spain and Portugal (28 Apr 2010)
Arrests prompt questions about oversight of Prince's charities (28 Apr 2010)
Ideology wars: how Lord Cashcroft's millions are bankrolling the Tories (27 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Farepak customers suffer as liquidators' fees rise (27 Apr 2010)
Banks cried wolf last year about accounting (27 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young Is Added to a Lehman Lawsuit (27 Apr 2010)
Lehman Shareholders Sue Ernst & Young (27 Apr 2010)
Simple steps to keep money safe after the Farepak scandal (27 Apr 2010)
Bank debate stalls in US Senate as industry polishes image (27 Apr 2010)
More Fees for the Big Four: Steep increase in firms at risk of insolvency (27 Apr 2001)
Unauthorised institutions offering ACCA course (27 Apr 2010)
Prince Charles health charity aide arrested over £300000 fraud inquiry (27 Apr 2010)
The Leading Indicator of Repurchase Risk Losses? Audited By KPMG (26 Apr 2010)
SEC vs Goldman Sachs suggests changed days for Wall Street (26 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Farepak savers to receive 15p in the pound (26 Apr 2010)
Treatment of banks and Farepak (26 Apr 2010)
Farepark administrator BDO charged fees of £360-£404 per hour for partners (26 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young US named in Lehman suit (26 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young new defendant in Lehman suit-report (26 Apr 2010)
Were the bank auditors conflicted? (26 Apr 2010)
Lloyds' £1bn profit from pension cuts: Anger as alert issued on boardroom pay (26 Apr 2010)
Summers Says Goldman E-Mails Underscore Need for Transparency (26 Apr 2010)
Behind the $4 Trillion in CDOs: Sneaky Banks and Worthless Ratings (26 Apr 2010)
Complex debt products are “pure intellectual masturbation”, says Goldman banker (26 Apr 2010)
E-mail howlers bring murky credit business out of shadows (26 Apr 2010)
KPMG Submits Resignation As TierOne Independent Auditor (26 Apr 2010)
Dummy Corporations Could Derail Campaign Finance Transparency (26 Apr 2010)
Innocent auditors face £1m bill (26 Apr 2010)
CPA Settles Porn Site Accounting Fraud for $20000 (26 Apr 2010)
UBS, accountant Ernst & Young settle HealthSouth cases for $250M (24 Apr 2010)
UBS to Pay $217 Million to Settle HealthSouth Case (24 Apr 2010)
United Airlines books $64 million from expected expiration of frequent flier miles (24 Apr 2010)
UAL accounting change to boost revenue-filing (24 Apr 2010)
Feltex accountants say they didn't know firm was in breach of ANZ loan (24 Apr 2010)
Managers Who Mislead Auditors Usually Succeed (24 Apr 2010)
Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan (24 Apr 2010)
Shredders secured as auditors move in (24 Apr 2010)
The Accounting Statements of Global Financial Institutions and the Recent Crisis (24 Apr 2010)
The ASB issues draft UITF Abstract 'Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments' (24 Apr 2010)
ASB issues updated UITF Information Sheet: Status of Adoption into UK GAAP of IFRIC Interpretations (24 Apr 2010)
Fraud Happened. The No-Account Accountants Stood By… (23 Apr 2010)
KPMG public affairs head has donated into Clegg's bank account (23 Apr 2010)
Best accounting rules are not enough (23 Apr 2010)
FSA is 'losing' war on insider dealing (23 Apr 2010)
Administrator for Faith as buyout hopes end (23 Apr 2010)
KPMG to up graduate intake as accountant sees market demand (23 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs 'fraud' banker Tetsuya Ishikawa always asked: Where's the brothel? (23 Apr 2010)
European Commission explicitly supports country-by-country reporting (22 Apr 2010)
Tax and Development Cooperating with Developing Countries on Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters (22 Apr 2010)
Bean counter shown door at Royal Liver (22 Apr 2010)
FASB may look at repo accounting after SEC review (22 Apr 2010)
SEC Probes Lehman-Like Accounting (22 Apr 2010)
Feltex 'failed' by its accountants, court told (22 Apr 2010)
US seeks $170 billion forfeiture for Madoff aide (22 Apr 2010)
Convergence talks accused of over-ambitious targets (22 Apr 2010)
Northern Rock finance boss leaves amid FSA inquiry (22 Apr 2010)
US corruption investigation centres on BHP Billiton (22 Apr 2010)
Mining giant BHP Billiton admits it may have bribed foreign officials (22 Apr 2010)
Danielle Steel's bookkeeper sent to prison (22 Apr 2010)
Blofeld and Dr No couldn’t stop Bond, but the accountants have (21 Apr 2010)
Lehman creditors seek Ernst & Young documents (21 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young Gets Pulled Into Lehman Ugliness (21 Apr 2010)
Former Lehman exec says flagged Repo 105, was fired (21 Apr 2010)
SEC begins formal inquiry into Lehman 'tricks' (21 Apr 2010)
Dick Fuld: Lehman Brothers was 'risk averse' (21 Apr 2010)
Lehman Ex-CEO Confronts Accounting Questions (21 Apr 2010)
Fuld Says Lehman Used Repo 105 to Satisfy FASB Rules (21 Apr 2010)
FASB Discussion of Selected Guidance Relevant to Lehman Accounting Practices (21 Apr 2010)
Testimony Concerning the Lehman Brothers Examiner’s Report by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Before the US House Financial Services Committee (21 Apr 2010)
Statement By Thomas H. Cruikshank, former member of the Board of Directors and chair of Lehman Brothers’ Audit Committee, To House Financial Services Committee (21 Apr 2010)
Big banks asked if they use Lehman accounting 'trick' (21 Apr 2010)
Feltex auditors Ernst & Young believed breach had been waived (21 Apr 2010)
What Investors in Goldman Fear (21 Apr 2010)
AIG Considering Potential Claims Against Goldman Sachs (21 Apr 2010)
Pirc urges Barclays investors to vote down pay policies at AGM (21 Apr 2010)
Ex-Collins & Aikman CEO To Pay $7.2M To Settle SEC Allegation Of Accounting Fraud Case (21 Apr 2010)
Korea considers penalty over Standard Chartered (21 Apr 2010)
SEC 'could bring' charges over Lehman (20 Apr 2010)
Lehman Creditors Group Seeks Repo Deal Data From Ernst & Young (20 Apr 2010)
Ex-Ernst & Young Employee Gets Probation In Tax-Shelter Case (20 Apr 2010)
India Supreme Court declines bail to PwC auditor in Satyam scam (20 Apr 2010)
Ex-Lehman Brothers boss Dick Fuld denies using accounting 'gimmick' (20 Apr 2010)
Fuld: SEC, Fed Knew All—Even If He Didn't (20 Apr 2010)
STATEMENT OF RICHARD S. FULD, JR. BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES (20 Apr 2010)
US House Committee on Financial Affairs Hearing: Public Policy Issues Raised by the Report of the Lehman Bankruptcy Examiner (20 Apr 2010)
SEC 'not a prudent regulator' before crisis (20 Apr 2010)
Lehman Investigator: SEC Failed to Ask Crucial Questions (20 Apr 2010)
FASB may look at repo accounting after SEC review (20 Apr 2010)
Former Lehman exec says flagged Repo 105, was fired (20 Apr 2010)
Audit reports ‘not useful enough’ (20 Apr 2010)
SEC, Finra Sued in Luxembourg Over Madoff Fund Losses (20 Apr 2010)
Deloitte adds another firm as chief executive John Connolly steps down (20 Apr 2010)
Revolving Doors: FSA's David Dickinson joins KPMG's RDR practice (20 Apr 2010)
US State sues bank, investment firm in Madoff fraud (20 Apr 2010)
Judge Calls NY Attorney General's Case Against Greenberg 'Devastating' (20 Apr 2010)
Fraud Happened. The No-Account Accountants Stood By… (19 Apr 2010)
Transfer pricing and gold mining in Senegal (19 Apr 2010)
Goldman's Abacus Spin Dodges the Big Question (19 Apr 2010)
FSA begins investigation into Goldman fraud claims (19 Apr 2010)
Anatomy of a CDO (19 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs case opens lawsuit floodgates on Wall Street (19 Apr 2010)
The SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud In Connection With The Structuring And Marketing of A Synthetic CDO (19 Apr 2010)
SEC Fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs (19 Apr 2010)
Audits 'should give more subjective view' (19 Apr 2010)
Rules cannot account for aberrant behaviour (19 Apr 2010)
Statement From Chairman Schapiro on OIG Report 526: "Investigation of the SEC's Response to Concerns Regarding Robert Allen Stanford's Alleged Ponzi Scheme" (19 Apr 2010)
Counting the cost of setting accountants on the BBC (19 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Steel firm Bone Group receivership leaves 113 redundant (19 Apr 2010)
KPMG appointed chief adviser to billion-pound pension fund (19 Apr 2010)
Oil and Gas Accounting: Paul Pacter, international standard setter (19 Apr 2010)
RBS may sue over 'Golman fraud' (18 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs fraud charges could herald the beginning of years of legal action (18 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs finds $5bn for pay and bonuses amid fraud investigation (18 Apr 2010)
FSA probe into Goldman Sachs 'fraud' (18 Apr 2010)
Fat Cats: Goldman Sachs set to pay £3.5bn in bonuses (18 Apr 2010)
Fabulous Fab - the high-flying British banker at centre of huge Goldman fraud (18 Apr 2010)
Insurance companies reforming accounting practices to keep high profit (18 Apr 2010)
Northern Rock cover-up inquiry widens (18 Apr 2010)
Goldman Sachs: At war with Washington (17 Apr 2010)
RBS lost £545m in alleged Goldman fraud (17 Apr 2010)
Goldman SEC Charges: A SarbOx Moment? (17 Apr 2010)
The implications of Goldman's defence (17 Apr 2010)
Staples settles shareholders' options lawsuit (17 Apr 2010)
PwC chases HMRC for $250m Lehmans tax (17 Apr 2010)
SEC lax in probe of Stanford Ponzi scheme, watchdog says (17 Apr 2010)
First Tier Tribunal Freedom of Information decision allowing Prem Sikka to proceed with his late appeal for publication of the Sandstorm Report relating to BCCI (16 April 2010)
SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages (16 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: PricewaterhouseCoopers bill for Lehman Brothers creditors of £10m a month (16 Apr 2010)
Here's Why a Big 4 Accounting Firm Failure Is a Reality (16 Apr 2010)
PwC's hourly rate for its most senior accountants is £650 (16 Apr 2010)
Auditors face ten years of Lehman work (16 Apr 2010)
Financial Journalism and Its Discontents: Covering the Auditors’ Role in the Crisis (16 Apr 2010)
US Senate Report Warns Against Health-Insurer Accounting Moves (16 Apr 2010)
Deloitte's Paul Pacter Appointed to IASB (16 Apr 2010)
Something's fishy in British Seafood's accounts (15 Apr 2010)
Nick Leslau faces losses in British Seafood collapse (15 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: PwC's Lehmans fees top £210m - an average hourly rate of £304 (15 Apr 2010)
Lehman examiner full report adds pieces to puzzle (15 Apr 2010)
Bond-Fund Fraud Suits Leave Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers Speechless (15 Apr 2010)
More money making dross: Top firms launch search for bigger role in company audits (15 Apr 2010)
IASB says "no guarantee" of full US accounting convergence (15 Apr 2010)
IASB and FASB report IFRS convergence issues (15 Apr 2010)
Feltex case reveals Ernst & Young secret files (15 Apr 2010)
Morgan Keegan Tells Investors Fraud Probe Won't Harm Accounts (15 Apr 2010)
BNP's accounts under investigation by Electoral Commission (15 Apr 2010)
A Closer Look at Lehman's Accounting (15 Apr 2010)
Will the proposed corporate governance laws improve a company's ethics? (15 Apr 2010)
Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive paid £2.6million in compensation to curb using his private jet (15 Apr 2010)
Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive is paid $4m to cut use of company jet (15 Apr 2010)
Are Accounting Firms Getting Cheated by the PCAOB? (15 Apr 2010)
We will double advisory fees in three years: Ernst & Young (15 Apr 2010)
Astaire admits £1.4m black hole in its accounts (14 Apr 2010)
Ex-Investment Adviser Bolton Sentenced To 15 Months In Tax Shelter Case implicating Ernst & Young (14 Apr 2010)
Consultant Gets 15 Months in Ernst & Young Tax Case (14 Apr 2010)
More Hot Water For Ernst & Young With New Lehman Allegations (14 Apr 2010)
Securities and Exchange Commission probing whether Lehman Brothers funded investment vehicles for the sole purpose of using them to hold toxic assets and improve its debt-laden balance sheet (14 Apr 2010)
The Repo 18: It's Not the Collateral, It's the Cover-Up (14 Apr 2010)
Investigators Focusing Further on Lehman's Use of Accounting Gimmicks (14 Apr 2010)
Lehman Built a Castle in the Air (14 Apr 2010)
FSA fines and bans former Northern Rock deputy chief executive and credit director for misreporting mortgage arrears figures (14 Apr 2010)
Northern Rock bosses fined for hiding debt (14 Apr 2010)
What Is the Auditor's Role in Finding Fraud? (14 Apr 2010)
Ernst & Young suffers fall in partners' profits (14 Apr 2010)
The Lehman Investigation Focused on the Use of Accounting Gimmicks (14 Apr 2010)
Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up: A Flawed Approach To Audit Risk Assessment (13 Apr 2010)
Spotting creative accounting on the balance sheet (13 Apr 2010)
Politicized accounting (13 Apr 2010)
UK Audit inspections will target banks in 2010 (13 Apr 2010)
The Professional Oversight Board announces the scope of the Audit Inspection Unit's work for 2010/11 (13 Apr 2010)
Transfer pricing windfall for tax authority (13 Apr 2010)
Is the US Fed Helping the Big Banks to Cook Their Books? (13 Apr 2010)
When Are Repo Transactions Fraud? (13 Apr 2010)
UK's big firms warn of danger within new corporate code (13 Apr 2010)
Lehman Channeled Risks Through 'Alter Ego' Firm (13 Apr 2010)
US slaps new fraud indictment on Kuwait's Agility (13 Apr 2010)
The Labour Party Manifesto 2010 (12 Apr 2010)
Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice on the missing report (implicates Price Waterhouse) on the collapse of Ramor Investments Limited (12 Apr 2010)
Decade of plenty is over for consultants (12 Apr 2010)
Pension funds chasing highest returns on investment force behind recession (12 Apr 2010)
How $1 Trillion Time Bomb Posts a Phony Profit (12 Apr 2010)
Profit for Banks Dimmed by Home-Equity Loss Seen at $30 Billion (12 Apr 2010)
Banking Crisis and Auditors Asleep on the Job: Accounting elites shown no remorse to the Treasury Committee (12 Apr 2010)
UK's big firms warn of danger within new corporate code (12 Apr 2010)
Annual elections could spook company directors: Sainsbury's (12 Apr 2010)
Lighter regulation on main market creates uncertainty for Aim (12 Apr 2010)
How Fannie and Freddie foiled regulators (12 Apr 2010)
Taking the FSA's corporate governance agenda forward (12 Apr 2010)
The Information Commissioner says that the UK Treasury does not need to publish its secret report "The Sandstorm Report" (implicates Price waterhouse) on the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (11 Apr 2010)
Can Public Companies' Financial Statements Be Trusted? (11 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Bank calls in £4m loan – at an hours notice (11 Apr 2010)
U.S. moves toward global accounting (11 Apr 2010)
New Zealand accountancy firms outsourcing work to India (11 Apr 2010)
2012 to bring changes to SMEs accounting (11 Apr 2010)
Profit warnings at lowest for decade but likely to rise (11 Apr 2010)
Curb top pay in the City as well (10 Apr 2010)
Ex-Lehman Officials, Auditor (Ernst & Young) Sued Over Repo 105 Transactions (10 Apr 2010)
US bank accounting 'masks true debt levels' (10 Apr 2010)
Wall Street banks accused of window dressing debt (10 Apr 2010)
Big Banks Mask Risk Levels (10 Apr 2010)
KPMG HK employee faces bribery charge (10 Apr 2010)
India Court to hear Satyam cases on April 21, 29 (10 Apr 2010)
Outsourcing: NZ Accountants send number-crunching to India (10 Apr 2010)
Will Investors Dance to EMI's Tune? (10 Apr 2010)
Symbol Executives Settle Accounting Case (10 Apr 2010)
The Greek crisis - the Euro and its effects on accounting instruments (10 Apr 2010)
John Moulton buys Reader's Digest UK from administrators Moore Stephens (10 Apr 2010)
ICAS fines Surrey accountant £60000 (10 Apr 2010)
KPMG man on bribe rap over Hontex float (9 Apr 2010)
HK charges KPMG man with bribery (9 Apr 2010)
FSA fines Credit Suisse (£1.75m fine), Getco Europe Limited (£1.4m) and Instinet Europe Limited (£1.05m), totalling £4.2m for transaction reporting failures (9 Apr 2010)
Insolvency: Deloitte grilling Keydata victims by phone on literature claims (9 Apr 2010)
PCAOB warns auditors over risk: Unusual transactions should be scrutinised (9 Apr 2010)
Barclays asks to hold on to Lehman assets (9 Apr 2010)
Lehman Judge to Decide on Pursuit of $11 Billion From Barclays (9 Apr 2010)
PwC settles with Lehman Brothers micro-creditors (9 Apr 2010)
Closing arguments to continue in Bruce Karatz options-backdating case (9 Apr 2010)
Former Polaroid owner Tom Petters jailed for 50 years for Ponzi fraud (9 Apr 2010)
External auditors: Key legislation under which they operate (9 Apr 2010)
City accountants paid more than peers (79 Apr 2010)
Former Deloitte student admits £8k bill from online gambling (9 Apr 2010)
SEC Charges Morgan Keegan and Two Employees With Fraud Related to Subprime Mortgages (9 Apr 2010)