More Freeplay in August

More Freeplay in August
The 2010 Freeplay Independent Games Festival will be held at the State Library of Victoria on August 14 and 15. Freeplay is Australia’s only independent games festival, and focuses on the creative and artistic side of making games via a diverse program of lectures, panel discussions, workshops, an expo and an education showcase. The theme of this year’s Freeplay is “Play is Everywhere” and …

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Corporate Governance-Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) Act and More

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he Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted by Congress in response to the major corporate, accounting and document destruction scandals that rocked the stock markets recently. To restore investor confidence, the act establishes a framework for corporate accountability, including strict new standards and penalties for violations in the areas of corporate governance, disclosures, audits, financial reporting and conflicts of interest. Although originally enacted only for public companies, the act is quickly becoming the “standard of care” for privately owned and not-for-profit companies, including health care organizations. The IRS and the Office of Inspector General are rapidly adopting the acts principles to raise the bar regarding corporate governance and management accountability, examining the independence of boards of directors, audit committees, the effectiveness of compliance programs for reporting information to management and directors, policies and procedures for document retention and destruction and treatment of whistleblowers in a company. This manual will review the act’s requirements and penalties, give practical solutions to assist in compliance with the act and the standards it has set for management and directors and examine the impact of the act on directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. In addition, this manual will provide attorneys with valuable information on the changes in ethical obligations due to Sarbanes-Oxley and their impact on the attorney client relationship. A special addition to this manual is the panel discussion by former government officials on effective responses to investigations in the era of heightened scrutiny of business practices.

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PHOENIX (AP) – The death of a former top executive at CSK Auto Corp. means federal prosecutors won’t be able to prove criminal charges that he manipulated earnings reports at the auto parts supplier.

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State Tax Senior – MORE than compliance

Chicago Northern Suburbs Salary: $65000 – $85000 base bonus Tax Seniors, want to get out of doing just compliance? This is a position for someone looking to do just that. You will gain exposure to a number of very interesting areas of tax that most people don’t have the fortune to work with until much later in their career. What you should know: – This position is with a Fortune 1000 company with a proud, 140 year history – You will be part of a 7 person tax department, so while everyone does a little of everything this role will focus in state. – This is a Tax Senior role and will prepare compliance, BUT will also be involved in: a) planning b) dealing with auditors c) credits & incentives d) technical research e) savings strategies – Even in a down economy the company is doing well; as demonstrated by their strong year over year net income growth. – As a manufacturer a major expense for this company is energy to operate their plants. In first steps to go green, and reduce their energy consumption and expense, the company converted their first plant to biogas in 2009 with more to come. Requirements: – 3+ years state tax experience – Local (no relocations) Keywords: audit, accounting, finance, tax, CPA, CISA, CIA, CISSP, CMA, MBA, MPA, JD, LLM, operational audit, financial audit, internal controls, risk management, compliance, planning, controversy, income, sales and use, property, IFRS, GAAP, SOX, Sarbanes-Oxley, SARBOX, Fortune 500, Big 4, public accounting, external …

Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Options backdating cases hitting more snags

Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Options backdating cases hitting more snags
The last options backdating cases are hitting some bumps, writes Therese Poletti.

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