Archive for July, 2007
Japan insurer Millea quits Nasdaq, U.S. accounting
0 Comments Published by megan July 5th, 2007 in SOX, Asia, Company News, Accounting rules, Sarbox Tags: accounting, combat fraud, enron scandal, foreign companies, holding company, insurer, nasdaq market, sarbanes oxley act.Japanese insurer Millea Holdings Inc. (8766.T) said on Thursday it will voluntarily have its shares delisted from the U.S. Nasdaq market and stop reporting its earnings under U.S. accounting rules to save costs.
Millea, a holding company with both life and non-life insurance operations, also announced plans to buy back up to 7 million of its […]
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Oxley says reforms’ effects overblown
0 Comments Published by megan July 5th, 2007 in SOX, North America, Accounting rules, Sarbox Tags: accounting, arthur andersen, capital markets, collapse, internal financial controls, sarbanes oxley act.Critics of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley act say the bill’s post-Enron/WorldCom accounting reforms have made U.S. capital markets less competitive with those overseas. It’s no surprise that one of its authors, former U.S. Rep. Michael Oxley, says that’s hardly the case. Oxley says recent refinements to the section of the act requiring companies to monitor internal […]
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House Votes to Give Small Companies More Time on Sarbanes-Oxley
0 Comments Published by megan July 1st, 2007 in News, SEC, SOX, North America, Accounting rules, small business, Sarbox Tags: compliance burdens, house of representatives, lawmakers, representative scott, republican, sarbanes oxley act, small companies.(Bloomberg) — The U.S. House of Representatives moved toward giving small companies an additional year to adhere to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s accounting rules, which are being revised by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
House lawmakers voted 267 to 154 to delay a deadline for companies with less than $75 million in publicly available shares to start […]
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- Oxley says reforms’ effects overblown
- House Votes to Give Small Companies More Time on Sarbanes-Oxley
- CFOs and controllers at U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese firms begin implementing the Japanese version of Sarbanes-Oxley.
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