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- CEOs hate SOX
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  Nearly six years on, and most US executives still hate Sarbanes-Oxley
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- Average 2007 SOX compliance bill: $1.7 Million
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  Average compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley has now hit $1.7 million for big companies with average annual revenues of $4.7 billion. And while compliance costs are actually slipping, that hasn't stopped auditors from cashing in big time.
  
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- SOX-related boardroom changes and share price
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  Sarbabnes-Oxley related changes to governance have affected the share price of companies
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- SOX and the Bear deal
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  Sarbanes-Oxley could not stop Bear Stearns from imploding. It did not protect investors. And the investment bank's implosion has raised serious questions about the Securiities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve
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- Subprime's parallels with Enron and WorldCom: Michael Oxley and Paul Sarbanes
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  The subprime crisis has some eerie parallels with Enron and WorldCom, say the two Sarbox co-authors. Michael Oxley and Paul Sarbanes says what's needed is more regulation
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- No reduction in Section 404 controls
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  Welcome to the nightmare. The biggest grip about Section 404 controls is that they will not get easier and will not reduce over time. No matter how long companies have to get used to it. Now five years into Sarbanes-Oxley and it looks like those concerns are justified.
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- Creative Weblogging - an error has occured
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  A court has ruled that a former senior employee of global consulting firm Accenture, who was stationed in Paris, can sue for damages under Sarbanes-Oxley.
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Jon comments on:
Does Sarbanes-Oxley stop risk-taking?

Looks like paid-for research from a conservative that doesn’t like regulation.

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10:27 pm 6/22/07

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Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.
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Sarbanes oxley

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