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Internal audit at Satyam

New charges in the Satyam scandal were laid by India’s Central Bureau of Inves­ti­gation, for “creating fake invoices to inflate revenues by US$94 million and forging company board resolu­tions to obtain unautho­rised loans worth US$265 million” according to this story … Continue reading

09. December 2009 by Neil
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Enron chronicle provides some holiday reading

I have been on vacation for the last half of this month, and that along with Christmas has resulted in much less activity on this blog than is normally seen. Additionally, I have been immersed in a great book on … Continue reading

27. December 2007 by Neil
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Big Four dominate professional services globally

The Managing Partners’ Forum was estab­lished in 1995 and is “dedicated to enhancing leadership and the status of the management team in profes­sional firms worldwide.” They recently released the inaugural Global 500, a ranking of the top 500 profes­sional services … Continue reading

12. July 2007 by Neil
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Scots tout principles in the Big Apple

The Scotsman: The Institute of Chartered Accoun­tants of Scotland will tell high-powered US financiers at a conference in New York that individual judgment should play a bigger role than strict adherence to a rule book. Ah, this old classic. Once again … Continue reading

04. April 2007 by Neil
Categories: Accounting Standards | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 comments

Canadian bank “shakes” Enron related audit rules

From the (Toronto) Star: Banking author­ities in Canada and the United States have lifted an enforcement action that they imposed on the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce three years ago over its involvement with Enron Corp. The action put restric­tions on … Continue reading

31. December 2006 by Neil
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