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The notion that Bear Stearns and Enron both were felled by panicked runs has been floating around recently. It's a tough issue. Enron's fall was preceded by massive fraud (according to the Lay and Read more...

Some of you would argue that Sarbanes-Oxley adequately addresses the issue of stock options backdating. By forcing disclosure within two days of grant, it makes it harder to play games with grant Read more...

The presidential campaign is already heated, but not because of Sarbanes-Oxley; that has failed miserably to even spark interest as a campaign issue. In fact, the term has rarely, if ever, has come Read more...

I've said it before, and it's worth repeating: the Sarbanes Oxley act ought to be the accountants' full employment and high-pay act. This is how a PricewaterhouseCoopers manager tells the story to Read more...

The crunch on Wall Street has had a big effect on the staffing industry, which has taken its lumps as demand from financial firms falls off. But Barron's makes a case that Robert Half has been Read more...

Many people have argued long and hard that companies are eschewing public offerings because of Sarbox. I am not completely sold on this, but one could point to as evidence recent trends in the Read more...

You night have been tempted to think the "twilight of New York as a financial center" story was a fleeting one. But the city has done a good job keeping it in the news. The latest: Senator Charles Read more...

We've noted before that New York City officials are more than chagrined about the perceived flow of underwriting business to London. The conventional wisdom holds that Sarbanes Oxley is the main Read more...