Article: America's Largest Private Companies

Article: SEC Proposes Sweeping Rules; Ripple Effect Could Impact Firms ...
CPA Letter;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Putting the very future of the CPA profession on the line, the Securities and Exchange Commission in late June proposed sweeping rules that, if enacted in their current form, would force a restructuring of the accounting profession ...

Article: SEC Adopts Proposed Changes To Rule 144 And Rule 145.(Securities ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  January 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ...In a dramatic move that will enhance liquidity for public and private companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") recently adopted amendments to Rule 144 and Rule 145, which become effective ...

Article: AICPA, FASB explore private co. standards.(private ...
Accounting Today;  July 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... impact of its standards on private companies. The other is that the ... emphasized the role of private companies in the U.S. economy ... with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Private companies and the constituents of ...

Article: SOX neither warm nor fuzzy: private companies with ...
Arkansas Business;  August 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... resulted in a pool of more than 500 shareholders, the magic threshold at which the Securities & Exchange Commission requires private companies to start filing the same disclosures as a public company. And there's no point in taking on the ...

Article: PRIVATE COMPANIES FACE FINANCIAL REPORTING DILEMMA
Evansville Courier & Press;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... those states. Most private companies adhere to what are ... of extending it to private companies believe the cost of ... to Securities and Exchange Commission rules, about 70 percent of private companies prepare GAAP financial ...

Article: Private investors often get burned at the stake. (risk of ...
Business North Carolina;  March 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... investors in private companies are unprotected ... Securities and Exchange Commission or the stock exchanges ... investments in private companies often pay little ... specializes in private companies, warns the unwary ...

Article: Private companies may need auditors' services.(The ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... having an impact on private companies as well. And ... experts say that as private companies look to beef up ... Securities and Exchange Commission-related reporting ... in public and private companies. Candidates may ...