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Directors' pay heads north

Company directors fees are rising. They says it's because they have too much work.

Audit squeeze

More evidence that Sarbanes-Oxley ahs been a bonanza for accountants. Median fees earned by the world's top auditing firms shot up by 345 per cent in the five years to 2006. Now, more attention is paid on compliance work and internal control testing. Extra work created by Sarbanes-Oxley.

The private equity boom: back to the "greed is good" era

The private equity boom is ushering in a new era of greed. Using all sorts of tricks to gouge corporations, they are loading firms up with debt and finding all sorts of creative ways to extract fees. This is a boom based on greed, debt and excess.

Fees for CPAs skyrocket

No secret that Sarbanes-Oxley has been a bonanza for accountants. Now there's new data showing it's been the best year for CPAs since 2000.