As Francine McKenna has said recently: Why are we pretending that a Big 4 firm is independent and objective when continuing to audit an institution
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These are my links for January 16th through January 19th: FDA: More tax inspectors not fewer to safeguard public finances says ARC President – politics.co.uk
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Is this the start of a new government bank? The follwoing was issued minutes ago by the Treasury: Mortgages and Northern Rock. The Government will
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It’s time to talk about what I’ve been doing in DC. I’ve been attending the first meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Task Force
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I am not the world’s greatest traveller. I hate doing it. I usually enjoy being at my destination. I always enjoy my return. But anything
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My mood has deteriorated pretty rapidly as this year has progressed – and let’s be candid – it’s not that old yet. As 2008 closed
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Senator Carl Levin has issued the follwoing press release: A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and
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These are my links for January 16th: FT.com / Companies – Citi expected to show loss of at least $6bn – "The calm before the
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The FT has reported: Bank of America will on Friday receive $20bn in fresh capital from the US government and a guarantee on most of
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