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PricewaterhouseCoopers quits as Sands auditor, no dispute cited
ReutersBy Ronald Grover April 26 (Reuters) - Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino company, said on Friday that accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will not stand for re-election as the company's auditor, ending a 25-year relationship with Sands founder and...Tags: Business Enterprises, Corruption, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Crime, Accounting and Auditing
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UK lawmakers criticize accounting firms on tax avoidance
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - UK lawmakers criticised the role of accounting firms in helping big companies avoid paying tax and said in a report on Friday that close corporate relationships with government raised concerns about undue...Tags: Business Enterprises, KPMG, Ernst & Young, United Kingdom, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
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EU lawmakers water down accountancy reform
Reuters* Companies can keep same accountant for 25 years * EU lawmakers scrap caps on market share * PwC says any cap on audit tenure bad for companies By Huw Jones LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - European Union plans forcing companies to change accountants...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, International Organizations, Marketing, Parliament
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EU lawmakers in tentative deal on accounting cap -sources
Reuters* Tentative deal set to trigger relief among Big Four accountants * Vote is first key milestone to end months of deadlock * EU states have joint say on audit reform By Huw Jones LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Companies would have to change their...Tags: Business Enterprises, Politics, International Organizations, Parliament, KPMG
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PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - April 24
ReutersCompiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) --Lotteries company Tatts Group can learn from the demise of camera company Kodak as...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Deutsche Bank AG, Economy, Business and Finance, BHP Billiton Plc.
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Not all fun and (video) games
Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...
Tags: Timonium, Highlandtown, Automotive Equipment, Zynga Inc., Curt Schilling
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Finalists named in Maryland's startup contest
Maryland's competition for startup companies — with three grand prizes of $100,000 each — was narrowed to nine finalists Monday. The companies, based largely in Baltimore and Montgomery County, were part of an original field of nearly 260...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Manufacturing and Engineering, Cecil County, Marketing, Science and Technology
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As 'telehealth' grows, experts question cost benefits
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called 'telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense. The findings will fuel...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Microsoft Corporation, Heart Failure, London School of Economics, Science and Technology
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Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Companies and Corporations, Iron Man 3 (movie), Michael Eisner, Politics
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Hartford's XL Center Faces Daunting Challenge For Redevelopment
The Hartford CourantFrom the street, the XL Center in downtown Hartford exudes recent redevelopment, all stainless steel and glass, opening into an airy atrium. But walk a little farther through the interior doors of Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, and it might as well be the...Tags: Providence Bruins, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dunkin' Donuts, American Hockey League, XL Center
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Staying rich means never messing up a sure thing
Here's the big question for Mary Jo White: If she becomes chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where will her interests lie? With the public that pays her salary? Or with the people handing her the big bucks? White is the white-collar...
Tags: Values, Politics, White House, Labor Legislation, Laws
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Letters: What S&P knew, and what it did
Re "Is S&P to blame?," Editorial, Feb. 6 Wall Street knew before the financial crisis that highly rated mortgage-backed securities were problematic. According to Michael Lewis' book "The Big Short," everyone close to the situation — including...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings, Finance, Mortgages
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