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• Despite Supreme Court Decision, Arthur Andersen's Actions Factor in One of Nation's Biggest Corporate Scandals, Says K-State Ethics Professor

  - 2005-06-01

  MANHATTAN, Kan., June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Don't believe the hype. Despite a decision on Tuesday by the Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, a Kansas State University business ethics experts says this decision shoulMANHATTAN, Kan., June 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Don't believe the hype....

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• Melissa Hooley: life after Enron

  - 2005-05-01

  Melissa Hooley will never forget those grim days in 2002 when the Enron Corp. scandal swept the nation, taking many innocents in its wake. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] She had worked for Arthur Andersen for 15 years and was on the cusp of making partner when the accounting giant's Houston...

  Tags: accounting, ACM, Arthur Andersen, CAREER, Enron Corp., FINANCE, women

• Why the bubble popped.(stock market crash)(Bibliography)

  - 2004-05-03

  This clutch of books offers an excellent retrospective on the recent stock-market crash, which wiped out $8.5 trillion in market value. The value of individual retirement accounts dropped by one-third, and in just twelve months, 2 million Americans lost their jobs. But the lessons...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, bank, bubble, deregulation, Enron Corp., Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, Investment, Robert, SEC, stock, telecommunications, WorldCom Inc.

• Investors Win Case against Thai Auditors.

  - 2003-10-13

  By Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--In a landmark ruling, the Civil Court last week awarded damages of 688.8 million baht against auditor Sa-nga Sriariyamettha and accounting firms SGV Na Thalang and Arthur Andersen for improperly ...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, Bangkok Post, FINANCE, investor

• Smaller CPA firms pick up the pieces of scandal.(Focus: professional services)(Enron, Arthur Andersen scandal)

  - 2003-09-15

  The post-Enron accounting business in Fairfield County is a lot like the pre-Enron accounting business, only better. "For a small firm like ours, there's more business around from the increase in charges by the larger firms," said Neil Baye The post-Enron accounting business in Fairfield County...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, Bayer AG, Enron Corp., professional services

• The effects of firm-wide and office-level industry expertise on audit pricing.

  - 2003-04-01

  I. INTRODUCTION This study investigates the effect of industry expertise on audit fees of Big 5 accounting firms and is motivated by recent findings in Ferguson and Stokes (2002), who document a decline in audit fee premia for industry specialists during the 1990s. Specifically, they report evidence that...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, audit, Deloitte LLP, Editor, Ferguson, FINANCE, Strategy

• US official puts lawyers on notice.

  - 2003-01-24

  Jan 23, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The head of the US Justice Department's criminal division, Michael Chertoff, has corporate lawyers in his sights. In mid-January 2003, he said they may face governmental investigations and even criminal charges similar to...

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• IRAN: A NEW CLIENT FOR ARTHUR ANDERSEN?(Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh proposes use of modern accounting methods, foreign experts)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-01-16

  Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh said on 5 January at the Second Seminar of Management Accounting that Iran needs to use modern accounting methods to facilitate commercial exchanges and economic activities, IRNA reported. He added that poor a Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh said on 5 January at...

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• Firms 'looted' Andersen: Suit.(News)(lawsuit charges four rivals of looting Arthur Andersen L.L.P. of partners and clients)

  - 2002-11-18

  Byline: MICHAEL PRINCE INDIANAPOLIS-A lawsuit filed earlier this month charges four accounting and consulting firms with looting Arthur Andersen L.L.P. of its partners and clients and causing the collapsed accounting firm to terminate its benefits Byline: MICHAEL PRINCE INDIANAPOLIS-A lawsuit...

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• An Icon Crumbles; Long before the Enron scandal, cracks were eroding the foundation of the accountancy revered for its unwavering standards.(News)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-10-07

  Byline: Steven R. Strahler Arthur Andersen LLP's spectacular skid from an auditor above reproach to a criminal organization convicted of obstruction of justice is supposed to be either a mystery or a travesty-too much of a colossal irony, or injus Byline: Steven R....

  Tags: accountancy, accounting, Arthur Andersen, audit, consulting, Enron Corp., SEC