Report on Corporate Rules Is  Assailed
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Investor groups sounded alarms yesterday after it emerged that a foundation with ties to a pair of well-heeled business donors and an executive battling civil charges had funded a controversial new report seeking to slash corporate regulation.
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The company is far from resting on its laurels.
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A wave of business scandals in the  past few years has focused much more attention on how companies  are run, but even many investor watchdogs don't exactly agree  on how to assess corporate governance.
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Rules to prevent fraud going undetected at US companies are to be amended after complaints they are too costly.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is promoting a legal standard that would make it harder for shareholders to win fraud lawsuits against companies and executives.
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Like cicadas, debates about corporate governance pop up periodically with a great deal of whir and buzz. In 1992, for example, the business community protested Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Richard C. Breeden&#39;s push for ...
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Credit "piggybacking" has the industry in an uproar.
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The U.S. Congress asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund boards to have independent chairmen.
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The Department of Labor&#39;s new rules regarding overtime, which go into effect today, have been the subject of confusion, anger and conflicting claims.
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Hollinger International Inc.&#39;s special committee&#39;s report that details the apparent abuse by senior executives at the company, primarily Conrad Black and David Radler, is the latest in a series of scandals that have shocked corporate boardrooms across the
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Business & money: Bank admits it was warned on more than one occasion amid fierce criticism from shareholders
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A new reporting rule, aimed to ease the burden on small firms, may instead help large companies avoid reporting the amount of toxins they release.
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Congress is taking a close look at suspiciously timed stock options for top company executives, a corporate practice that is a source of anger for shareholders and the subject of federal investigations.
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The nation's top securities watchdog yesterday mounted a forceful defense of the government's ongoing crackdown on corporate fraud, amid industry complaints that authorities are overreaching in their drive to police misconduct on Wall Street.
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The decision was based on a company policy that denies short codes for what it deems controversial issues.
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Initial reviews of the nation&#39;s largest accounting firms have turned up numerous rule violations and shoddy recordkeeping practices, as regulators embarked on a new effort to regularly examine auditors&#39; work.
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Independent probe might throw some top executives overboard.