SEC’s ex-chief accountant: Is agency a lapdog or watchdog?

A former Securities and Exchange Commission official urged the regulator “to get serious about enforcement.”

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Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

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Lack of regs fueled accounting scandal

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "Financial Accounting Standards Board":

"… ole of accounting firms in the financial crisis.Turner also criticized the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which sets rules and standards that guide auditor actions, for fai …"

"… 5 from the investing public.Leslie Seidman, chairman of the private-sector Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), said the group is revising the standard for determining when a rep …"

Counting on a new accounting

By Marianne Lavelle

It has to be one of the more obscure subjects ever addressed in a news release from a major presidential campaign. John McCain — who two wee

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Reform reading: Fed reveals details about $3 trillion in emergency loans

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One year later: A meltdown retrospective

By Kat Aaron

Stock market plunge shows need for tough oversight of financial system, reformers say

By Michael Hudson

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

Excerpts from this story referencing "Financial Accounting Standards Board":

"… ike the market in the subprime mortgage securities. The SEC, joined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the statement, reaffirmed its belief in the market price, but said, “ …"

Lack of regs fueled accounting scandal

By The Center for Public Integrity

Corporate "game of nods and winks" leaves host of innocent victims in its wake

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WikiLeaks more effective than SEC, says Enron whistleblower

Reform reading: WikiLeaks has trove of U.S. bank documents

By Julie Vorman

Bush has a new top career patron

By Alex Knott

Commentary: The Enron collapse — A financial scandal rooted in politics

By Charles Lewis

Excerpts from this story referencing "Financial Accounting Standards Board":

"… hree in 1981 to 270 in 2001. (The SEC says some of the blame lies with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the private nonprofit organization it designated to set rules for corpora …"