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Crowe Horwath takes first place in Public Accounting Reports SEC audit rankings

03/17/2010 - 01:34 - 420 reads

Public Accounting Report named Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the U.S., the winner of its annual analysis of auditor changes for SEC entities.

Opinion: SEC IFRS support not all it's cracked up to be

02/25/2010 - 15:57 - 1422 reads

The SEC has announced its support for a single set of high-quality, globally accepted accounting standards as well as for the ongoing convergence of GAAP and IFRS. What does this mean for U.S. accountants? Nothing.

The SEC approves Work Plan to assess U.S. adoption of global accounting standards

02/25/2010 - 12:15 - 2643 reads

The SEC has approved a Work Plan that would aid the Commission as it evaluates the impact that the use of IFRS would have on the U.S. securities market.

SEC mulls further measures against naked short sales amid criticism from lawmakers

10/01/2009 - 00:16 - 2525 reads

The SEC once again tackled naked short selling issues as a panel of experts at its “roundtable” on short selling looked at a possible requirement to pre-borrow shares before selling them short, a procedure also known as “hard-locate.”

SEC gives initial approval to measure on pay transparency

07/02/2009 - 17:03 - 1106 reads

The SEC voted unanimously in favor of putting out a rule that would require all public companies to disclose more about executive compensation and cor...

AICPA comments on SEC proposed IFRS roadmap

04/09/2009 - 11:16 - 2571 reads

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has submitted its comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed Roadmap for the...

Claiming a Warren Buffett connection couldn't save these investment bad guys

03/26/2009 - 10:12 - 1364 reads

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to halt an ongoing scheme by a Palmdale, CA company and two individuals w...

SEC freezes assets of Chicago-area investment advisor

03/26/2009 - 10:07 - 1260 reads

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order freezing the assets of a Chicago-area investment adviser and two of its p...

New SEC Chairman Shapiro vows to protect investors

02/02/2009 - 11:27 - 1119 reads

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sworn in Mary L. Schapiro as the 29th Chairman of the SEC. "Seventy-five years after this great agency was ...

SEC releases final rules mandating XBRL

12/18/2008 - 12:06 - 3323 reads

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved final rules which require companies to submit Financial Statements in XBRL format with their ...

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