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Jewelry Bargains at Jared.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 14, 2008
...h all the years to come. That's why we guarantee our jewelry for a lifetime, as long as 6-month inspections have been performed and documented by an authorized representative.
Shopping for jewel...
SEC Compliance Alert
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... and legal professionals," said Lori Richards, Director of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. "Many industry compliance staff told us that, after reading it, th...
Salmonella and Tomatoes
in Latina Viva, on June 9, 2008
...s:
As the food industry has rapidly grown in the past 35 years, the study said, the FDA has cut inspections by 78 percent. Now, inspectors visit a given food manufacturing plant once a decade; no i...
PCAOB targets mortgage securities
in Sox First, on May 1, 2008
Here's a warning to all audit firms: the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has signalled that it will target securitized mortgage loans and collateralized debt offerings when it inspects 2007 annual reports. That's come out clearly in its latest report slamming the way ...
PCAOB's fifth birthday
in Sox First, on April 27, 2008
...e has come up with some good stats too. 4000 public company audits reviewed in just five years, 700 inspections of small and large firms, 17 enforcement actions against auditors and firms and 17 Deloi...
Aviation News Update
in The Aviation Weblog, on March 30, 2008
...iced a smoky smell in the cabin. The airline says Friday morning's problem isn't related to inspections of wiring bundles on other MD-80 jets that led the company to cancel hundreds of flights...
American and Delta Airlines Cancel Flights
in The Aviation Weblog, on March 27, 2008
...ficially announced the number of flights it was canceling on Thursday.
American said it began its inspections after an audit of the carrier by a joint team of inspectors from the Federal Aviation Ad...
Expert Predicts "Flat Traffic" During Holiday Season
in The Aviation Weblog, on December 17, 2007
...sual security lines, especially on the busiest travel days, and to pack any gifts unwrapped to ease inspections.
The passenger forecast comes as a large winter storm settled in across the Nort...
PCAOB's global inspections
in Sox First, on December 7, 2007
... proposed policy statement that would allow it to rely hand over to its international counterparts inspections of non-US audit firms going over the books of US public companies. The PCAOB has noted a...
Turnkey Home Based Business Ideas: Home Related Services
in Home Based Business, on October 31, 2007
...or as little as $25,000, you can start a turnkey business offering home inspection services . Home inspections are often required for valuations when people want to buy or sell houses. If you live in...
PCAOB slates audits of small firms
in Sox First, on October 26, 2007
With a looming Sarbanes-Oxley deadline for smaller companies, can smaller entities cope when there is an expected shortage of auditors? After December 15, between 13,000 and 14,000 companies will for the first time have to comply with complex auditing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. And a...
Aviation Authorities Asks Airlines to Inspect Cockpit Windows
in The Aviation Weblog, on October 21, 2007
...out, causing a rapid loss of cabin pressure and an emergency landing.
The FAA recommended repeated inspections of nearly 800 737-series models in the U.S. fleet to detect any cracks in vinyl supports...
Tips for Maintaining Quality When Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 25, 2007
...pplier.
Specify everything.
-Have a clear quality plan including independent Quality control inspections during production and prior to shipping.
-Build up a good working relationship with your...
OurLikes Finds Lovers Through Photo Quizzes
in Wangtam, on September 21, 2007
- OurLikes Finds Lovers Through Photo Quizzes
OurLikes is a new dating site that matches you based on things you like. There's an ongoing image questionnaire of sorts that lets you say how much you like something in particular, such as an activity, movie, car, or person, which can be ranked...
FAA Requiring 737 Wing Inspections
in The Aviation Weblog, on August 28, 2007
... Today, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it's requiring inspections on all 737 airliners. The move was prompted by a series of airline incidents and crashes, most notably, the China ...
Audit deficiencies
in Sox First, on August 27, 2007
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It's finally happened. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been conducting inspections of audit work for a few years now. At last, we have good analysis of the kind of audit mis...
Children's Jewelry from China Unsafe?
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 7, 2007
...nds of tainted items are still being sold across the United States, the U.S. government has found.
Inspections by the Consumer Product Safety Commission of 85 pieces of jewelry collected since last a...
PCAOB roasts KPMG
in Sox First, on July 30, 2007
KPMG has been hauled over the coals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for some pretty basic deficiencies. Read through the PCAOB report , and you realize we are talking Accounting 101. The deficiencies cover a broad range of areas, from a failure to obtain sufficient compet...
Watchdog slates Deloitte
in Sox First, on June 20, 2007
Accounting giant Deloitte & Touche has been savaged by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for shortcomings in its handling of clients' books. The PCAOB report makes interesting reading and the problems it reveals are pretty mind-boggling. It found, for example, that De...
Trucking: New Inspections U.S. Canada Border Crossings
in Small Business Unplugged, on June 3, 2007
The U.S. started charging a new fee for inspecting Canadian trucks and railway cars.
Calling Canada a potential conduit for bioterrorism, Pests and disease, the U.S. government is boosting its northern border inspection muscle - and making Canadian commercial shippers foot the bill. Via ...
BMW's '08 M5 Borrows From The Z8 Past
in carzz.org, on May 8, 2007
Peruse that thick multimedia jungle known as YouTube and chances are you'll find an old Top Gear episode where the outspoken Jeremy Clarkson compared driving a BMW Z8 roadster to driving a truck (except he called it a lorry - in true Brit English). In the same episode he drove a Scani...
Watchdog slams Ernst & Young audits
in Sox First, on May 3, 2007
Big four accounting firm Ernst & young has been accused of signing off on audits without putting together the evidence to support its opinion. A Public Company Accounting Oversight Board report found faults in eight E&Y audits. In its defence, E&Y stood by its work althoug...
Faults in fraud auditing
in Sox First, on January 26, 2007
Worrying news or a step forward? The audit watchdog has identified serious deficiencies in the way auditors check the books of their clients for fraud.
A Public Company Accounting Oversight Board report released this week has revealed that auditors are sometimes adopting a mechanical, tick-...
Cargo on Passenger Planes May Be Inspected
in The Aviation Weblog, on January 8, 2007
...t would require all cargo on passenger planes to be inspected for bombs. Currently, very few inspections are done on passenger plane cargo.
The security measure is included in a larger Democra...
Video > How BlueTec Works
in carzz.org, on December 29, 2006
...hat it greatly reduces nitrogen Oxide emissions (enough to pass most anti-diesel states' inspections - except California's) while maintaining impressive performance figures.
The now-so...
Gap releases CSR report, dumps 62 factories
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 22, 2006
... the world."
The new gapinc.com content includes the most recent results of the company's inspections in the factories that make its clothes, including data on factory approvals and terminat...
Home Business Time Management Tip for Work and Life Balance
in Home Based Business, on October 24, 2006
...your core work activities. Schedule blocks of time for prospecting, client appointments, follow-up, inspections, paperwork, and other things you have to do.
By scheduling personal and quality of lif...
Wenn Manager reisen
in Das Reise-Weblog, on October 21, 2006
... Neben Sight-Seeing- und Wellness-Angeboten (Work-Live-Balance für den Erfolg) stehen immer Site-Inspections mit Blick hinter die Kulissen international bekannter und erfolgreicher Unternehmen wie z. ...
Sarbanes-Oxley remakes accountants
in Sox First, on September 12, 2006
Yes, we all know accountants are the real winners out of Sarbanes-Oxley. The changes in the law have been an El Dorado for beancounters, something I have written about here , here and here . But it's not just the extra demand and work that's earning them big bucks. Sarbanes-Oxley h...
Airport Security Measures: Travelling with Allergy Medications
in Allergies, on August 14, 2006
...dients on any new medication . See more information about self-dissolve tablets.
These security inspections will take time and you'll need to be patient. If you absolutely must travel now, be s...
Stanford research results: Companies that invest in supply chain security measures can expect substantial benefits that far outweigh the costs
in Supplychainer, on August 2, 2006
Companies that invest in supply chain security measures can expect substantial benefits that far outweigh the costs of the security expenditures, according to a new study by Stanford University released August 1 by The Manufacturing Institute, the research and education arm of the National Asso...
Arrow Electronics expands to China through partnership
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2006
... their established manufacturing practices replicated exactly, which eliminates the need to conduct inspections at multiple manufacturing sites," said Steve Ramsland, vice president and general m...
News flash: No Sarbanes-Oxley exemptions for smaller companies
in Sox First, on May 17, 2006
...ostponement for some companies, should be enough. "The expected actions will also include SEC inspections of PCAOB efforts to improve Section 404 oversight and a brief further postponement of th...
Pulling Auditors Into Line
in Sox First, on May 2, 2006
...ne. In the PCAOB statement , acting chairman Bill Gradison said: "A key emphasis of the 2006 inspections will be the efficiency of the firms' performance of audits of internal control ...
Special rules for the Big Four: You Can Run And You Can Hide
in Sox First, on March 23, 2006
So all firms are supposed to be transparent under the new corporate governance regime? Yeah right, think again! It seems that some are forced to be more transparent than others. Like the Big Four accounting firms. They seem to have a special arrangement. MarketWatch reports that the Public ...
Corporate Crime Line-Up
in Sox First, on December 21, 2005
...isturbing clues, check the latest report from the Canadian Public Accountability Board, On Quality Inspections of Public Accounting Firms . The report says some audit firms denied CPAB full access t...
Security lines at the airport
in The Flyaway Weblog, on December 21, 2005
...de: explosive screening of shoes, hand-wanding of passengers, enhanced pat down searches and inspections of carry-on bags."
TIP: I know that it's winter but if you do not want offici...
Car Maintenance
in carzz.org, on December 5, 2005
... potential nightmare of bills and followup work. My regular Mechanic , Roland, doesn't do inspections so I had to take the car to someone I didn't know. And I picked them because they we...
Multinational Corporations and Human Rights
in Businesspundit, on August 15, 2003
...derdeveloped countries who need the jobs but must wait for companies to complete U.N. paperwork and inspections before they can open plants and offices.
Thanks to Walter at IdolsOfTheMarketplace fo...
Interesting Poll
in Businesspundit, on March 22, 2003
...to the perspective business leaders have on the war. Most respondents thought that another month of inspections would do no good. A majority also thought that a quick and decisive war would be good fo...
Inspections aren't making Progress
in Businesspundit, on March 14, 2003
... This interview pisses me off. Russia, China, Germany, and France seem to think inspections are making progress, but they aren't. It's an illusion.
According to a Businessweek editorial
F...