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• 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.

• The Grand Disillusionment

  - 2002-07-01

  One way to gauge the public's distrust of the financial world-and see if it can be assuaged-is to compare current scandals to past sins. On the surface, the parade of politicians, plaintiffs and big business pariahs looks a lot like a movie version of a play that ran 12...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, FINANCE, financial, Investment, investor, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

• Plans to sell stock proceed

  - 2002-05-31

  Western replaces Arthur Andersen Western Resources announced Thursday that Deloitte & Touche LLP has been appointed as the company's auditor for 2002. Deloitte & Touche will replace Arthur Andersen, whose image has been tainted by its involvement with Enron. Western said Arthur Andersen provided "a high...

  Tags: Arthur Andersen, Deloitte LLP, FINANCE, Investment, shareholder, stock

• Western Resources Appoints Deloitte & Touche as Auditors and Terminates PNM Transaction

  - 2002-05-30

  Business Editors TOPEKA, Kan.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 30, 2002 Western Resources (NYSE:WR) today announced that Deloitte & Touche LLP has been appointed as the company's independent auditor for 2002. Deloitte & Touche will replace Arthur Andersen LLP as the independent auditor for the company. The appointment of Deloitte...

  Tags: accounting, agreement, Arthur Andersen, Deloitte LLP, FINANCE, Investment

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Business Briefs Column.

  - 2002-04-13

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13--LTV ACQUISITION COMPLETED: An investment group said yesterday it had completed its $394 million purchase of bankrupt LTV Corp.'s steelmaking operations and had signed a letter of understanding with the United Steelworkers union to hire former LTV...

  Tags: Arthur Andersen, bankruptcy, BlackRock Inc., Center for Democracy and Technology, Deloitte LLP, FINANCE, Investment, Litigation

• Andersen Affiliates in Hong Kong, China, Russia Agree to Mergers.

  - 2002-03-22

  By Judith Schoolman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--Arthur Andersen affiliates in Hong Kong and China agreed to merge with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen's Russian partners joined Ernst & Young after talks with KPMG fell apart. ...

  Tags: accounting, Arthur Andersen, China, Ernst & Young LLP, FINANCE, Investment, KPMG Consulting Inc., merger, U.S.

• -THE WHITE HOUSE: President names Bert Edwards for Chief Financial Officer at U.S. Dept of State

  - 1998-07-07

  M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President names Bert Edwards for Chief Financial Officer at U.S. Dept of State C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020798 The President today announced his intent to nominate Bert T. Edwards as Chief Financial Officer at...

  Tags: Arthur Andersen, CAREER, CFO, FINANCE, Investment, Outsourcing, president, White House

• U.S. Xpress Enterprises names Ray Harlin CFO

  - 1997-05-30

  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 30, 1997--U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: XPRSA) announced today that Ray M. Harlin has been named chief financial officer of the company. Harlin joins U.S. Xpress after a 25-year career with Arthur Andersen LLP. Harlin most recently served as managing partner of Arthur...

  Tags: Arthur Andersen, Business Wire, CAREER, CFO, FINANCE, Investment