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#126 Updated:  2/24/06 6:60 a.m.

02/23/06 Witness: Enron Execs' Behavior a Concern
A former Enron Corp. vice president of investor relations testified Thursday that in
the months before the company failed in late 2001, she witnessed behavior by
top company executives that concerned her but didn't think crimes were being
committed

02/23/06 N. Korea Will Attend Briefing on Money Laundering, U.S. Says
North Korean officials will visit New York next month for a U.S. government briefing
involving its accusations of money laundering and counterfeiting by the Stalinist
government, a State Department spokesman said today.

02/23/06 BofA Restates Due to Hedge Accounting
Bank is tripped up while taking the ''shortcut'' method for derivatives used as
hedges under FAS 133.

02/23/06 Investigation of Fannie Mae points to former finance chief, controller
An extensive investigation of embattled Fannie Mae points to its former finance
chief and controller as mainly responsible for the accounting failures at the
mortgage giant now struggling to emerge from an $11 billion scandal, said a
report released Thursday.

02/23/06 Auditing Standards Board Approves Risk Statements
The Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of CPAs has approved
eight new auditing standards statements on risk assessment.

02/23/06 KPMG Partners Settle Xerox Charges
The settlements, which include the largest penalties ever imposed on individual
auditors, ''reflect the seriousness with which the SEC regards the responsibilities
of gatekeepers.''
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