Post-Enron audits: Meticulous and costly

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High-profile companies from Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. to Nortel Networks Corp. are delaying their financial reports, risking almost certain collateral damage to their share prices. The compliance laws under the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act and comparable rules in the wake of Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc. scandals have activated high anxiety among managers and directors of public companies, not to mention their outside auditors.

Management dynamics, Other General Government Support, Government Enterprises-Total Govt, Management, Company business management, Government business enterprises, Public enterprises, Scandals

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It's risky business for energy firms far from home

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The legal, political and tax problems of oil and gas companies outside Canada are discussed based on the recent fine against PetroKazakhstan.

International aspects, Energy industries, Energy industry

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