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Barclays Must Answer 'Where Were the Controls?'

...behind traders' books to avoid losses and keep liabilities in check. These include the risk-management staff, outside auditors and legal counsel. Did any of them conduct routine, or even occasional, inspections?- "When did you first learn...

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...amount of misappropriated funds is unknown but likely was in the neighborhood of a few hundred dollars. He said outside auditors will be brought in. Bob Quanrud of the Crookston Police Department said Kerr was taken in for questioning by police...

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NYSE, Nasdaq seek stricter corporate governance rules to improve public confidence

...several other companies, including Global Crossing and Tyco, have raised questions about whether corporate boards and outside auditors were doing their jobs. The separate proposals put forward Thursday by the Nasdaq and NYSE overlapped in many areas...

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WorldCom studies files for more bad accounting

...review its records for possible problems during the period. KPMG took over from Arthur Andersen LLP as the company's outside auditor in mid-May. Andersen had approved the company's financial statements for 2001 and the first quarter of this year...

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Attorney general files suit against Allina

...and massive consulting contracts, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported Wednesday. The attorney general and an outside auditor whom he hired to lead the investigation estimate that as much as 47 percent of the health insurance premiums paid...

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Key senator to hold hearing on Allina spending

...executive bonuses even when financial goals weren't met and massive consulting contracts. The attorney general and an outside auditor whom he hired to lead the investigation estimate that as much as 47 percent of the health insurance premiums paid...

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Fling open the Enron mess

...The SEC's staff needs to be expanded, the consulting work that accounting firms can do should be restricted and outside auditors who leave the profession should be barred from immediate employment in the industry they were supposed to keep honest...

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Enron says 'outside' accountants also did inside audit of firm

...Arthur Andersen wasn't just the outside auditor for bankrupt energy trader Enron...abandoned the company. When the outside auditor also does internal auditing...to do internal audits. Outside auditors have a different responsibility...

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AOL Time Warner under criminal probe

...Time Warner said its accounting conforms to generally accepted accounting principles, which it confirmed with its outside auditor, Ernst & Young LLP. The company declined to comment beyond its written statement. The Justice Department and SEC...

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