PCAOB approves the Big Four's auditing.(Trends: in financial...

Strategic Finance;  October 1, 2004 ;     441 words ......inspection reports on accounting firms' auditing of public...Oversight Board (PCAOB) found that each...it created the PCAOB in 2002 under...Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The accounting firms contend that the...Act requires the PCAOB to conduct annual...of registered accounting ...

An historical perspective on mergers and acquisitions by major US...

Accounting History;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......mergers and acquisitions by major US accounting firms throughout the twentieth century with...the formation and growth of major accounting firms; (2) the relationship between the...the internationalisation of major accounting firms; and (3) the ways in which accounting...

A Survey Investigation into the Use of the Internet among Accounting Firms

International Journal of Management;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......that businesses operate. How would accounting firms take advantage of the internet to...explore the internet applications of accounting firms in Taiwan. Data were collected through...study found that the main reasons for accounting firms implementing the internet were for...

Profile: News SEC rules for accounting firms who audit and consult for the...

NPR Morning Edition;  November 15, 2000 ;     652 words ...00-00-0000 Profile: News SEC rules for accounting firms who audit and consult for the same...potential conflicts of interest when large accounting firms work for the corporations they also...specifically lay out the kinds of work accounting firms can do for their corporate clients...

China Reorganizes Certified Accounting Firms

Xinhua English Newswire;  June 25, 1998 ;     196 words ......been carried out on China's certified accounting firms and certified public accountants to...of the check-up. In addition, 103 accounting firms and nearly 1,000 branches of which...young certified accountants joining accounting firms during the past year. The check-up...

Prosecutors, Regulators Step Up Pace of Auditor Probes; In Effort to Avert...

The Washington Post;  January 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......a way that will not put accounting firms out of business. Some prosecutors...first line of attack against accounting firms will probably be civil rather...part of the settlement. Accounting firms say privately they are concerned...

SEC Proposes Curbs On Accounting Firms; Auditors' Consulting Would Be...

The Washington Post;  June 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ......limiting the consulting services that accounting firms can offer to clients that they audit...from some of the nation's largest accounting firms. The draft rules, which will soon...regulators. Officials are concerned that accounting firms, which have grown into massive global...

China revokes the licenses of five accounting firms.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  March 5, 2002 ;     184 words ......COMTEX) -- Five Chinese accounting firms have had their licences...Ministry of Finance. The accounting firms are Zhonglianxin, Shenzhen...Tianyi and Zhongshen are two accounting firms which have been given a...

FINANCE MINISTRY CRACKS DOWN ON ACCOUNTING FIRMS

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  May 4, 2005 ;     166 words ......suspending the licenses of 627 accounting firms, "Kommersant-Daily" reported on 4 May. There are some 6,100 accounting firms in Russia, and the directive...licenses in March 2004 of 57 accounting firms, none of whom have had their...

ATTORNEYS MOVE TO DEFEND TURF: FEAR ACCOUNTING FIRMS MAY OFFER NONTAX...

Crain's New York Business;  August 31, 1998 ;     597 words ...The Big Five accounting firms and some of Manhattan's largest...increasingly perceive the large accounting firms as a threat to their livelihood...recent moves by the Big Five accounting firms to establish law firms in Paris...

The impact of Sarbanes-Oxley act on non-U.S. accounting firms.

Journal of International Business Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the Act also subjects any non-U.S. accounting firms who prepare or furnish an audit report...involving U.S. registrants or any foreign accounting firms whose audit opinion is relied upon...and auditing practices for foreign accounting firms that may or may not be practically...to ...

SOX, Economy Drive Accounting Firms; Challenge: New Talent

Orange County Business Journal;  July 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......employee growth at Orange County's top accounting firms. Local accounting firms boosted employ- & ment 6% to 4,138...grew 9% to 563,111 people. The county's accounting firms grew their stable of certified public accountants...

67 ACCOUNTING FIRMS MADE CNY2.57BN FROM SECURITIES SERVICE

AsiaInfo Services;  August 15, 2008 ;     207 words ...AsiaInfo Services 08-15-2008 67 Accounting Firms Made CNY2.57bn from Securities Service...SinoCast via COMTEX) -- Sixty-seven accounting firms in China brought in CNY 2.569 billion...country. Like securities companies, accounting firms with securities service qualifications...

Watchdog Says Accounting Firms Have Much to Do to Restore Credibility.

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  April 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......29--More than 830 accounting firms have registered with...Buffalo. In particular, accounting firms must comply with a...They can see the PCAOB as their overseer...experience from the major accounting firms. McDonough said he...Oct. 22, 2003, U.S. accounting firms ...

Steps to improve accounting firms

New Straits Times;  July 27, 2007 ;     423 words ......Times 07-27-2007 Steps to improve accounting firms Byline: Kang Siew Li Edition: Main...has proposed measures that major accounting firms can take to improve the quality of...a statement yesterday. "Secondly, accounting firms should penalise partners and staff...