'Proxies don't prove a thing' says Andersen
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Andersen says that comments by Laura Unger, acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, about proxy reports justifying potential conflicts of interest on the part of auditors are unfair to them.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2001
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Fair values, wrong answers
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The Association of Corporate Treasurers protested that the Joint Working Group for international standard-setters had not consulted it before the group published its Financial Instruments and Similar Items.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2001
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Former PwC partner barred after dotcom disaster
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) investigation of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its audit of MicroStrategy has been completed. The SEC has taken no enforcement action against the firm.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2003
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