Corporate Governance News

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued a new international financial reporting standard titled, "Financial Instruments: Disclosures," as well as an amendment to its "Presentation of Financial ...2.7

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and ...3.1

Fairgrounds initiative petition rejected, again The Lewis and Clark County Attorney's office has rejected a second petition from a group seeking to nullify proposed fairgrounds improvements.2.7

Compassoft Inc. of Scotts Valley, a maker of compliance visibility software, has released its public beta version of Compassoft visibility software, which helps financial and information technology departments ...3.1

NEW DELHI: IT solutions and services provider, R Systems Inc., and Xceleris Corporation which is a technology consulting services company, have announced a tie-up to provide business process enhancement, ...2.7

Chicago-based gym operator Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. today extended a deadline for its bondholders to agree to extend waivers of some of the financial reporting covenants attached to the company's debt.2.7

Walt Disney Co. will require board members who fail to get majority support in company elections to submit letters of resignation, the company said Thursday.4.2

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK + James Shaughnessy, a senior executive at both PeopleSoft and HP, is the new general counsel for Lenovo Group.2.7

Kuala Lumpur: The Securities Commission Wednesday reminded Public Listed Companies , their directors and chief executive officers of the need and importance to follow proper accounting standards in their ...2.7

When Elmer's Restaurants Inc. held its initial public offering in 1985, Enron was an unknown name ... But the phase-in this year of the accounting and auditing portion of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform legislation, known as Section 404, was the brick wall that threatened to end the Portland-based restaurant chain's growth -- a $468,000 brick ...2.7

OpenPages, a provider of Sarbanes-Oxley software, unveiled SOX Express 3.1, their latest Web-based software for compliance with Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.2.7

Experts may still be debating whether good corporate governance results in higher stock prices.2.7

Please send resume as an attached word document entitled with your first and last name*** One of the largest wine suppliers in the United States is looking for a Controller.

Changes to securities offering rules take effect Dec. 1, 2005. By John S. McClenahen And Traci Purdum Sept.2.7

Recreational vehicle maker National R.V. Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss, reversing a year-earlier profit, as an increase in sales incentives and overhead costs outweighed higher sales.2.7

The Walt Disney Co. has become the latest major company to require that directors receive a majority of the votes cast in order to secure their seats.2.7

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - sometimes referred to as SOX - has come under heavy fire from business groups for adding to the cost of annual corporate audits.3.1

VSUS Technologies, Incorporated announces a new, massive awareness program for its integrated ProPTC solutions.2.7

J. Jill director Jonathan P. Ward quit Monday. Quincy, Mass.-based J. Jill said Ward, who is CEO at ServiceMaster , had been a director since June 2001 and was a member and chairman of the Nominating and ...2.7

A. Confidence in our profession is on the rise. As we heard at the May Council meeting in Washington, new research shows that C-suite executives are satisfied with the skills and objectivity of CPAs, and that ...2.7

They parked in the company lot. They wore suits. They drank coffee ... It's required by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law.2.7

The Securities and Exchange Commission has planned to set up an institute for issuing licences to brokers and dealers and train officials engaged in the market, sources said yesterday.4

Sarbanes-Oxley wasn't good idea to begin with By BRUCE BARTLETT The latest jobs report shows that the real economy is strong and growing impressively.2.7

Alternate proposals for resolution of contentious issues on Sarbanes-Oxley Act content in state regulation displaced regulators' attention Thursday from further review of NAMIC's cost-benefit study on the same ...2.7

A program to improve corporate governance, broaden board membership, emphasize ethics and help promote peace was launched Friday in Minneapolis with the creation of a Corporate Directors Academy.2.7

DURHAM + Cynthia Merrell, the chief financial officer at Cree since 1998, is stepping down.2.7

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won't be able to enforce new corporate-governance rules for mutual funds until after a lawsuit opposing the measures is heard, according to a federal court order.2.7

Updated from 9:28 a.m. EDT If Krispy Kreme's management lied last year when it blamed sales shortfalls on low-carb diet fads, a report released Wednesday says that was only the tip of the iceberg.2.7

Spammers have tired of their traditional hard-sell sales tactics and are switching to scare tactics instead, a messaging security firm said Wednesday.2.7

Food Lion has named Tom Kelly director of financial accounting. In his new position, Kelly oversees Food Lion's internal financial reporting and external SEC reporting for Food Lion's parent company, Delhaize ...2.9

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