Arthur Andersen fined $7M by SEC

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Arthur Andersen and Co on Jun 19, 2001 was fined $7 million by the SEC for signing off on financial statements for Waste Management Inc that inflated the trash hauler's income by over $1 billion between 1992 and 1996. According to the SEC, Arthur Andersen 'knowingly or recklessly issued materially false and misleading audit reports on Waste Management' over four years. Also, the SEC sanctioned four partners at Arthur Andersen. The accounting firm agreed to a settlement but did not admit or deny any wrongdoing.

Legal issues & crime, Refuse Systems, Waste Collection, Accounting, auditing, & bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing Services, Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services, Waste management industry, Waste Management Inc. (Houston, Texas), UW, Arthur Andersen & Co. (New York, New York)

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Color me popular: marketers shape up packaging

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Package design has become an increasingly important means of product differentiation. Its aim is to propel a product across the threshold from shelf to shopping cart. Shape, color and texture offer subtle but tangible cues that do not make it across the airwaves in a commercial. Done well, they make an emotional link to a consumer at the point of purchase. That is why packaging design represents a business with more than $100 billion in annual billings and sales.

Market information - general, Advertising Agencies

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Anti-war protesters take aim at American brands

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Peace activists around the world who demonstrate against the war in Iraq are boycotting U.S. product brands in many forms, and harming the finances of U.S. multinational companies.

Belgium, Public affairs, Ethics, Cover Story, Demonstrations and protests, Ethical aspects, Public opinion, Brand name products, Brand names, British, Asians, Germans, Canadians, Pacifists, Peace activists, Iraq War, 2003-

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