The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Bert Caldwell column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  November, 2004  

Tags: accounting, audit, auditing, FINANCE, Government

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By Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 4--ACCOUNTING WOES COME HOME TO ROOST: The accounting profession, lashed for its complicity in some of the most infamous corporate scandals in U.S. history, is thriving thanks to legislation intended to prevent more such disasters.

Publicly traded companies that cannot meet more stringent audit requirements in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission risk harsh backlash from investors grown weary of numbers games. Executives who must sign off on the books fear ...

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