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Sarbanes-Oxley: a corporate governance law which came into effect in 2005. Created in the aftermath of a raft of high-profile financial scandals, including Enron and Worldcom, Sarbanes-Oxley aims to overhaul corporate...; Sarbanes-Oxley definition on BNET »

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Hybrid Fuels Inc. Files SEC Form 15: Hybrid Fuels Inc. HRID ("the Company") (OTCBB: HRID) announced that the Company filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on October 14, 2008, thereby, voluntarily suspending its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result of filing the Form 15, the...; Tags: Company, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-10-16
SEC extends small business deadline for SOX audit requirement: The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a one-year extension of the compliance date for smaller public companies to meet the Section 404b auditor attestation requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.; Tags: audit, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-08-01
Small Companies Get Break on SOX Reports: Small companies can breathe a sigh of relief after receiving a reprieve from a Sarbanes-Oxley auditing provision widely considered complicated and costly. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced late last month that it has approved a one-year extension of the date by which small public companies must comply with Section...; Tags: compliance, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-07-21
SEC Study on Sarbanes-Oxley Expected Soon, Small Businesses Affected: When it comes to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, one thing is clear: Smaller businesses will be hit by more of its provisions soon. What's not so clear is exactly what they're going to be hit with. Earlier this year the securities and Exchange Commission launched a study of the compliance costs...; Tags: audit, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-07-21
Regulation Watch: Employer groups are expressing concern about new federal regulations under the Americans With Disabilities Act proposed last month by the Department of Justice. The rules implement guidelines enacted three years ago to update the disabilities act, which passed in 1990. They are meant to address ambiguities in the original law...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, phone, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-07-07

SEC report card 2007; The commission tackled proxy access, Sarbanes-Oxley refinements, terrorism ties, securities markets globalization, and other business and financial-reporting developments. How did it measure up?: LAST YEAR WE GRADED the SEC's performance in 2006, and came out with a harsh critique. This year, we are more optimistic, although it is a cautious optimism. We note two trends driving the SEC. The first is its continued move to clarify and simplify Sarbanes-Oxley--a law that continues to...; Tags: commission, Companies, Cox, FINANCE, financial, globalization, Government, PCAOB, Regulations, SALES, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, terrorism; Research articles 2008-06-22
IMA advocacy efforts spotlight and advance your profession: As a professional association, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA[R]) has the opportunity to serve as a spokesperson on behalf of management accounting and finance professionals, using the entire weight of our membership to influence rule-making, legislation, and public policy affecting the profession and the work our members perform every...; Tags: accounting, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-05-01
Whistle-blower claims rejected: Allen v. Administrative Review Board, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 5th Cir., No. 06-60849 (Jan. 22, 2008). Employees could not state a retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX when their alleged activities did not implicate one of its six enumerated categories of prohibited conduct, according to the 5th U.S....; Tags: billing, FINANCE, Government, HARDWARE, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Servers; Research articles 2008-04-01
SOX audits of small companies' internal controls delayed: Acknowledging that the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX compliance have been "significantly higher" than the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC] originally projected, the SEC has delayed the application of SOX Section 404b to small public companies until 2009.; Tags: audit, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-04-01
SpiralFrog Files Form 15: NEW YORK -- SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com) ("the Company"), today announced it has filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. Upon the filing of the Form 15, SpiralFrog's SEC reporting obligations will cease. Effective immediately, the Company will no longer be filing current and periodic reports, such...; Tags: Company, FINANCE, Government, INTERNET, MARKETING, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, SpiralFrog; Research articles 2008-03-29
Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. to File Notice of Deregistration: JASPER, Ala. -- Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc. (OTCBB: PCLB), the holding company for Pinnacle Bank, Jasper, Alabama, today announced that it will file a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister its common stock and suspend its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As...; Tags: Alabama, Benefits, Company, FINANCE, Government, Pinnacle Bancshares Inc., Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-03-27
SOX Relief for Smaller Banks: There is no question that the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 has been tough on banks, and perhaps rightfully so. Headlines of “bad corporate behavior” and “greedy executives” have likely persuaded most companies that promoting good governance concepts and transparency is good for business, and beneficial to the bottom line. ...; Tags: bank, compliance, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-03-01
SEC analyzes SOX 404 for small biz: An SEC study of impending auditor attestation requirements for smaller companies under Sarbanes-Oxley Act Sec. 404b will analyze cost and benefit data from a broad array of companies currently complying with Sec. 404. The study will help determine if the requirement indeed results in reduction of Sec. 404 compliance costs...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-03-01
Congressional update on AMT, research credit, SOX: Readers of this publication have a great interest in issues that may affect their business. Having now served for 10 years as a Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, I continue to work closely with business leaders from the San Fernando Valley and across the country to enact...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Taxes; Research articles 2008-02-18
Kerry, Snowe Praise Sarbanes-Oxley Extension for Small Businesses: To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Laurel Brown for Senator Kerry, +1-202-224-0216; or John Gentzel for Senator Snowe, +1-202-224-8667, both of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) praised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, senator; Research articles 2008-02-01
Small companies granted Sarbanes-Oxley reprieve: THE U.S. SECURITIES and Exchange Commission SEC has once again postponed the compliance requirement for the smallest public companies to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Unless there is an additional deferral, small firms will now be expected to comply with the law beginning with fiscal years ending after...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, Regulations, SALES, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-02-01
Jon Jordan.(News and Notes): Jon Jordan of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Miami presented "Financial Reporting Issues from Recent SEC Enforcement Cases" at the "Advanced SEC Reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance" course, which was sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute and Executive Enterprise Institute. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, Miami, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-02-01
Compliance: Overseeing “Legal” Insider Trading: The general public sees insider trading in terms of grand jury indictments and perp-walking CEOs. But regulators themselves are just as interested in the more innocuous, everyday—and legal—activity that’s at the center of most executive compensation plans and major stakeholder investments. That’s why when reporting insider trading transactions to...; Tags: compliance, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-02-01
IBSG International Engaging Jewett, Schwartz, Wolfe & Associates as New Independent Accountants: Choice to be Ratified at February Shareholder Meeting CELEBRATION, Fla. -- IBSG International, Inc., (the "Company"), (OTC BB: IBIN) announced today that it is engaging Jewett, Schwartz, Wolfe & Associates JSWA, as its new independent-registered-public accounting firm. For over 30 years, Jewett, Schwartz, Wolfe & Associates, located in Hollywood,...; Tags: accounting, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, revenue, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, software, U.K.; Research articles 2008-01-23
First-of-Its-Kind Report Quantifies Actual Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies: Average first-year cost of $78,000 is 14% less than SEC initially predicted WORCESTER, Mass. -- Lord & Benoit, a SOX research and consulting firm, recently gathered empirical cost data to answer a crucial question that government officials, legislators, and business executives have been asking since June of 2007: "what...; Tags: audit, compliance, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC; Research articles 2008-01-09