Expected Returns (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... in fact, I would actually argue the exact opposite. Just think back to the days of Enron and Arthur Anderson, and the shoddy accounting standards that scared investors away from the stock market. We pride ourselves in our relatively transparent system, which allows investors to make rational, informed decisions. Investors hate secrecy and uncertainty. I think it's fairly obvious to...
Development Dialogues (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=The%20truth%20about%20Bt%20brinjal&artid=0vE7SUApjj0=&SectionID=XVSZ2Fy6Gzo=&MainSectionID=XVSZ2Fy6Gzo=&SEO=Hillary%20Clinton,%20ICAR,%20kathirikai%20poriyal,%20baingan&SectionName=m3GntEw72ik= By K P Prabhakaran Nair At a biotech industry conference in the US in 1999 a representative of the leading consulting firm Arthur...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A prosecutor argued Thursday that Heather Nicole Miller, 24, committed felony murder with child abuse leading to a 3-year-old Mesa boy's death, as her trial started before Judge Arthur Anderson in Maricopa County Superior Court.
State of the Division (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... consultancy. How could one be an impartial accountant while trying to sell consulting services? Arthur Anderson imploded alongside Enron for such shenanigans. A longtime Southern Senator was taken aback by Haley Barbour's taking money from defense firms. He said something like, "we make decisions about those companies, how can we take their money?" Washington, D.C. is now...
The Left Coaster (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... Joe is wholly owned by Aetna and other large insurers, and can be credited with helping Enron and Arthur Anderson avoid accountability from SEC chairman Arthur Leavitt in the 1990’s, so we can dispense with that “he’s mostly a good guy” crap. He does what the industry wants , plain and simple. He artfully worded his statement of opposition today by saying...
EconoSpeak (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... on its momentum. The now largely forgotten corporate accounting scandals of 2001-2002 -- Enron, Arthur Anderson, WorldCom, Adelphia, Dynergy, Duke Energy, Tyco International, etc., etc. -- clearly demonstrated that the accounting system in place in the U.S. was no less prone to manipulation and gaming than had been the account for Soviet state-owned enterprises. The financial crisis...
ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... A similar strategy was successfully used in the Enron swindle, by holding the accounting firm Arthur Anderson complicit in the fraud. Attorney Joe Cotchett, of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, also named Madoff’s two sons, brother and various other business associates claiming they either knew of the fraud or should have detected it. Cotchett, a well known trial attorney, began his investigation...
