Audit TrailAudit TrailAudit Trail is the official blog of Approva- tracking the latest news, opinions and trends in governance risk and compliance. Audit Trail provides visitors with informed views on issues that matter to finance compliance, and audit professionals. Articles
Daily News: Shooting the Breeze with the SEC
2007-06-27 20:44:00 Our hometown paper has some good reading on yesterday?s congressional oversight hearing with SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and his five SEC commissioners. There were handshakes, hearty slaps on the back ? and pointed questions from both sides of the aisle about recent SEC action on everything from enforcement policies to investor lawsuits, among other issues. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Breeze , Shooting
Daily News: Shooting the Breeze with the SEC
2007-06-27 20:44:00 Our hometown paper has some good reading on yesterday?s congressional oversight hearing with SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and his five SEC commissioners. There were handshakes, hearty slaps on the back ? and pointed questions from both sides of the aisle about recent SEC action on everything from enforcement policies to investor lawsuits, among other issues. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Breeze , Shooting
Daily News: A Chinese CEO Hates SOX, but Paying Taxes Soothes the Soul
2007-06-19 22:04:00 Something tells us we haven?t heard the last of this story out of China, where the country?s largest e-commerce company has decided to list its IPO in Hong Kong rather than the U.S. — reportedly because they view the U.S. Regulatory environment as too tight. Not too terribly surprising from a company whose CEO ... More About: News , Daily , Taxes , Daily News , Soul
Daily News: Cox?s Balancing Act
2007-06-18 18:07:00 What?s that line about pleasing some of the people all of the time, but never pleasing everybody all the time? Sounds like something SEC Chairman Cox must be very familiar with. Bloomberg has a nice piece today on the balancing act he?s doing at the SEC, trying to balance rigorous enforcement with manageable ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Dail , Alan
Daily News: Some Good News for Small Biz, and Cox as AG?
2007-06-15 15:42:00 We wanted to call attention to a Business Week piece that ran this week. Karen Klein interviewed Jeffry Netter, a prof of finance at the Terry College of Biz, University of Georgia. And, his colleague, James Linck. The bottom line: new guidance which focuses on risk assessment and management SHOULD reduce the burden on small ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Good News , Small
Don?t Shoot the Messenger
2007-06-13 22:03:00 Okay, this qualifies as WEIRD. Not to beat our feminist drum over here, but the IL CPA Society did a study that shows that women executives lag in the accounting industry. 50% of the industry = women. 13% of management = women. Hm. Judy Meguire, managing director at Chicago-based RSM McGladrey Inc., said the survey ... More About: Messenger , The Messenger , Messen , Shoot , Mess
Daily News: Another Window Opens on Executive Compensation
2007-06-13 21:29:00 We don?t know about you, but we read everything we can about executive compensation. Call it jealousy, envy, or just plain curiosity, but it?s an interesting window into a world far, far from our own. So we were thrilled this morning to read our little window just got clearer, with news from the ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Executive , Compensation
Daily News: Hot Under the Collar
2007-06-07 16:22:00 According to those attending, Small Biz Chair Velazquez (D-NY) was ?visibly testy,? as she sought another small biz extension from the SEC and PCAOB. Her position? The internal controls section of the law can?t be so burdensome that small biz is crippled with costs. In the past, extensions have been forthcoming. The SEC has held ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Dail , Under
Thoughts from the CEO: As The Dust Settles
2007-06-01 15:16:00 Prashanth “PV” Boccasam is the CEO of Approva. PV has an unrivaled appreciation for spotting the convergence of business and IT trends and conceiving how new technologies can be applied to address problems that are top priorities for C-Level executives. What is the bottom line impact of the SEC Section 404 and PCAOB AS5 guidance? ... More About: Thoughts , The D
Daily News: Brocade and Mercury Pay Big as SEC Continues to Crack Down
2007-06-01 14:31:00 Brocade and Mercury pay up. This is no small news. As part of the settlements, Brocade is paying $7 million and Mercury is paying three times that to settle issues related to stock option dating. Here is SEC Chairman Cox on the matter. “This enforcement action clearly demonstrates the SEC will use all the weapons ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Crack , Dail
G.reat R.umble C.oming
2007-05-30 20:15:00 Caveat: IS this post going to help you do your job better? Make you smarter? No, maybe not. But it is Weird Wednesday after all. For those of you who prefer edification to distraction, come back later. We have some great commentary coming up ? from more than us chickens. And, for the rest of ... More About: Ming
Daily News: Come Play With Us?
2007-05-30 19:59:00 How about this for some free advertising? Compliance Week?s Conference is right around the corner. John White from the SEC and Mark Olson from PCAOB are headlining and then GRC speakers include leaders from HP, Google, GE, Coke, McDonalds and Sprint. And, we?ll be there. Which should be reason enough to come. So, sign up. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Play , Dail
Approva Receives American Marketing Association Award for Best Integrated B
2007-05-30 19:53:00 We won the AMA-DC M Award this year. On one hand, we?d like to be all hipster cool and not draw attention to it, but what fun is that? Yes, we are psyched. We had our acceptance speech in the can for months just hoping to be called onto that stage. Personally, we?re thrilled because ... More About: Marketing , American , Association , Mark
Daily News: Hook, Line and Sinker
2007-05-24 16:29:00 While it may be old news, yesterday’s coverage of the SEC was interesting for this, and perhaps this alone, media reports looked for the “hook.” Okay, so what is new, right? But, seriously. Check it out. Those quoted were by and large critical of something — somehow. The Chamber was outspoken about the undue burden, ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Line , Dail
It?s a Bug Hickey Kind of Day
2007-05-16 23:16:00 Okay. Well, accounting related it isn’t. But nothing is weirder this Wednesday than Matt Lauer trying to maintain his composure with a big ol’ green bug stuck to his face. Come on, we all have a human side. And, this is just too bizarre too pass up. Check it out, folks. And we promise to ...
I Love A Good Audit.com - Share The Love
2007-05-16 18:40:00 Have you been to I Love a Good audit.com lately? Not that we are promoting the use of company technology for personal use or anything, but when you have a few free minutes, be sure to save I Love A Good Audit .com as a favorite. Remember your college days when the fridge in ... More About: Share
Daily News: You Go Girl!
2007-05-16 18:39:00 Check out private income club manager Yolanda Holtzee ? she?s a self-appointed Wall Street cop in her spare time, with quite a track record for identifying suspicious goings-on. Just call her Jane Bond. Records are made to be broken, right? It was another landmark day for fraud ? Tyco?s investors just reached ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Girl , Dail
Daily News: Impending Doom as Compliance Deadlines Loom?
2007-05-15 19:26:00 Time flies when you?re having fun ? and it positively zooms when compliance deadlines loom. Just ask the small business leaders who testified to Congress last month about the many joys of getting 404-compliant by the end-of-year deadline. It?s a landmark week in the stock options backdating hullabaloo? the scandal?s very first prison ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Ending , Doom
Daily News: The SEC and DiBella, Three Years and Counting
2007-05-11 19:17:00 For the scandal mongers among us, it is worth keeping an eye on New Haven in the coming weeks ? DiBell a heads to More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Years
Daily News: Credit Suisse Banker Jailed for Insider Trading
2007-05-04 19:04:00 Even with rules like SOX in place, there is still plenty of fraud and corruption to go around. In news from practically everywhere, including the NY Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, and BusinessWeek, a Wall Street Banker from Credit Suisse has been jailed for insider trading related to 9 deals. The junior investment banker, Hafiz ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Trading
Daily News: Jobs Still has a Job and The Dumbest Business Moments
2007-04-26 18:37:00 Often celebrity CEOs get a solid backing from their boards ? in even the stickiest of moments. Yesterday, Apple Inc.?s board defended Steve Jobs regarding his connection with the backdating of stock option grants. In other business-blunder news, here?s the link to Business 2.0?s ever popular annual coverage of the dumbest moments in business. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News
Wacky Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
2007-04-18 23:43:00 Just in case you needed a few original ideas on how to spend your tax refund, I give you a break from the normal “vacation, car, pay off debt” speech. Instead, how about a $300,000 luxury cell phone? I kid you not. The latest from Nokia’s luxury brand, Vertu, brings us new ... More About: Your , Fund
Daily News: Got Work-Life Balance?
2007-04-18 18:11:00 It?s officially safe to say that a solid work-life balance helps create happy, productive people. It also enhances ethical behavior in corporate America ? according to a recent study from Deloitte & Touche. For those of you who need a formula: Work /Life = Happy Person = Ethical Behavior. In other news, Michael ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News
Approva Announces Record First Quarter Results With Expanded Product Offeri
2007-04-16 19:09:00 Audit Trail is pleased to bring you the latest news from Approva. Approvaź Corporation, the leader in continuous controls monitoring and audit automation software, announced strong growth for the quarter ending March 31st, 2007. First quarter revenue bookings significantly outpaced results from the same period in 2006 and marked the most successful start to a fiscal ... More About: Product , Results , Arte , With
Daily News: 24 Hours to Tax Day, and Life Continues As Usual
2007-04-16 16:18:00 CA exec pays up 52 million to victims of accounting fraud. Take-Two (Grand Theft Auto) sees its woes deepen, and the student loan arena deals with big changes: including more deals with Cuomo and a Sallie Mae buyout. For those who tire of the accounting life, a career as a novelist might be worth considering. ... More About: News , Life , Daily , Tax , Daily News
Daily News: Monday Business Mix
2007-04-09 15:55:00 So, maybe you are ONLY reading Audit Trail. In that case - good for you. If not, read on because you are sure to have stumbled across the Kathy Sierra, Chris Locke, et al blog brouhaha. And by brouhaha we don’t mean to imply the dust up wasn’t serious - the Kathy ... More About: News , Business , Daily , Daily News , Ness
Daily News: Irony in IRS Audit
2007-04-06 17:43:00 Audits come in all shapes and sizes, and can be for just about anything. Today especially, we feel compelled to let all the little people know that in a recent security audit by the Department of Treasury, the IRS has lost over 500 laptops and thus leaving more than 2,000 taxpayers at risk for ... More About: News , Daily , Audi , Daily News , Irony
Daily News: 404 To Hit The Floor
More articles from this author:2007-04-04 15:41:00 SEC meets to debate today. This is about as fractious as issue as the coming election, as reported in the Washington Post. Businesses stand to make or loose millions - and the implications for fraud and funny business are much argues. Are you one of the good guys? Check out the ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Dail , Floor 1, 2, 3 |
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