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CFO May 1, 2005 Tim Reason	Feeling the Pain Are the benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley worth the cost? Many companies are voicing their concerns to the SEC. The top complaint about 404 is that auditors must point out management's own assessment of internal controls.
CFO September 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg	Sticker Shock When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it didn't worry about how much it would cost companies. Today, CFOs are totting up the compliance bill -- and they don't like what they see.
CFO March 15, 2006 David M. Katz	A Tough Act to Follow What CFOs really think about Sarbox -- and how they would fix it. Included are the results of an exclusive survey of finance executives on the topic.
CFO September 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea.
Reason January 2006 Brian Doherty	You Can Be Too Careful How the U.S. government's new corporate accounting rules impede efficiency and stifle innovation.
CFO August 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before.
InternetNews August 29, 2005 Jim Wagner	Work Remains for Sarbox Compliance Businesses have a lot of work ahead of them before they're fully compliant with federal data retention and financial reporting rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a new study concludes.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Henry et al.	Death, Taxes, & Sarbanes-Oxley? As the final stages of reform mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 go into effect, much of Corporate America is in an uproar.
CIO May 15, 2003 Ben Worthen	Your Risks and Responsibilities You may think the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has nothing to do with you, the CIO. You'd be wrong.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Rich Duprey	Gee, Thanks: More Time in the Maze Companies under $700 million market cap get Sarbanes-Oxley filing extension.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Phillip Britt	The Price of Being Public How small-cap REITs are handling the financial squeeze from Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations.
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end?
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InternetNews May 27, 2005 Clint Boulton	Taking The Sarbox Challenge A look at the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, one of the most demanding and challenging compliance regulations for regulating corporate finances, and how IT factors into it.
InternetNews December 15, 2006 Roy Mark	SEC Brings Proxies Online Shareholders will soon be able to find proxy statements and annual reports online, according to new voluntary rules approved this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Ann Weinstein	Sarbanes-Oxley Alters the Playing Field The need to ensure the adequacy of financial controls is fast becoming a competitive necessity for companies that provide services to public companies. Real estate service providers are confronted with this new reality.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Nanette Byrnes	Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others
CFO March 15, 2004 Craig Schneider	A World of Trouble Even with an extended deadline for Sarbox compliance, questions about offshoring have companies on edge.
CFO May 1, 2004 Lori Calabro	Looking Under the Hood New attestation standards for internal controls put more power in the hands of auditors.
U.S. Banker January 2010 Rob Garver	No (More) Quarter...Perhaps The SEC says we've seen the last of the reprieves for small companies that have so far avoided complying with the 404(b) provision in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Community bankers best hope now is that Congress will step in and give them a permanent exemption.
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CFO March 15, 2006 Helen Shaw	The Trouble with COSO Critics say the Treadway Commission's controls framework is outdated, onerous, and overly complicated -- especially for mid-level financial managers. But is there an alternative?
HBS Working Knowledge November 3, 2003 Jim Heskett	Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? The collapse of companies like Enron and WorldCom cost investors tens of billions of dollars. But that amount may be dwarfed by the cost of conforming to new laws driven by those corporate scandals -- laws that are intended to protect investors.
CFO May 1, 2008 Alix Stuart	Auditor Angst Want faster, cheaper audits? Your auditor humbly suggests you avoid last-minute data dumps and other less-than-helpful practices.
CFO May 1, 2003 Arthur Levitt	You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting.
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Investment Advisor May 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: SOX and You Sarbanes-Oxley may affect advisors in unlikely ways. When delving into the specifics of the Act, financial advisors should focus on Title 11.
U.S. Banker March 2008 Christopher Myers et al.	SOX Relief for Smaller Banks The SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board apparently agree that SOX may be too burdensome on small companies, and some relief may be on the horizon.
CFO September 1, 2004 Alix Nyberg	Raising Red Flags As they identify control weaknesses, companies find a common one: inadequate finance staffs.
Inc. August 2005 Amy Gunderson	Can't Find an Accountant? Sarbanes-Oxley has so overwhelmed accountants that companies are having trouble getting their books audited.
CFO September 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan	The Case for Clarity You know about the cost of Sarbox. What about the benefits?
CFO July 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick	How Audits Must Change Auditors face more pressure to find fraud.
CIO July 1, 2004 Christopher Koch	The Sarbox Conspiracy Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts are eating up CIO time and budgets. Worse, CIOs are being relegated to a purely tactical role. And that may be the CFO's plan.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Answer to Japan's Enron The scandals that shook investors' trust in Japan's executives have led to a new law. Investors everywhere ought to benefit from the greater transparency that will result.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Amy Borrus	Auditors: The Leash Gets Shorter Providing tax services to audit clients will no longer be allowed.
InternetNews November 2, 2005 Erin Joyce	Movaris And The SOX 'Last Mile' Movaris' OneClose software wants to cast new light on companies' "last mile" accounting issues.
CFO October 1, 2011 Sarah Johnson	Making Audits More Audible New rules would require auditors to speak up about possible problems, and describe in more detail what they do and don't look at.
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game.
CFO October 1, 2002 Julia Homer	How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again.
CFO May 8, 2006 Russ Banham	Party of Three With corporate reputations -- as well as their own -- on the line, finance managers are increasingly relying on outside advisers to help with internal controls.
Inc. September 2005 Amy Feldman	Five Ways that Smart Companies Comply Some tips for playing by the Sarbanes-Oxley rules.
Entrepreneur August 2007 Jennifer Pellet	The Land of the Audit-Free Small businesses are being liberated from SOX restrictions. The changes come at a critical time for companies with less than $75 million in market capitalization, which are to begin complying with the management guidance part of SOX during the 2007 audit cycle.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Matt Valley Editor	Sarbanes-Oxley is onerous What Corporate America needs is more integrity, not more due diligence and documentation. Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley consumes time that could be spent creating shareholder value and may encourage some public companies to go private.
CFO September 1, 2005 John Goff	Fractured Fraternity Oh for the days when auditors were counselors and not pricey overseers. In fact, some CFOs say dealings with external auditors have become a lot like encounters with the Internal Revenue Service: shrill, chilly, and frustrating as hell.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Paula Dwyer	A Talk with William McDonough The new accounting oversight board's chairman says the profession should see the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) as "its mentor-cum-ally."
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 David Henry	Where's That Quarterly Report? Companies, striving to clean up their books, are filing late -- and seeing shares fall.