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#131 Updated:  3/07/06 8:41 a.m.

03/07/06 Enron's Fastow Testifies Skilling Wanted to `Juice' Earnings
Enron Corp.'s former chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling told former chief
financial officer Andrew Fastow he wanted to use off-the-books partnerships to
``give me all the juice you can'' on earnings, Fastow testified.

03/06/06 AICPA Issues Risk Assessment Standards
The Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of CPAs has approved
eight new statements on auditing standards, collectively referred to as the risk
assessment standards.

03/06/06 Restatements Surged in 2005, Says Study
The total number of 2005 restatements works out to one restatement for every
12 public companies.

03/06/06 SEC Will Develop Policy on Subpoenas
After halting subpoenas issued to two Dow Jones & Co. columnists on Feb. 7, the
Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its staff is preparing
guidelines for demanding information from journalists.

03/06/06 The Fuzzy Math on Exec Pay
No company would argue, at least not publicly, that the Securities and Exchange
Commission proposal to require increased disclosure of executive compensation is
a bad idea.

03/06/06 AutoTrader.com Continues To Raise Consumer Awareness of Online
Fraud
Updates Fraud Tips online to include vehicles damaged by hurricanes; adds new  
hotline and longer customer service hours for consumers

03/03/06 SEC must pursue micro cap fraud: Atkins
Federal securities regulators must do a better job of prosecuting fraud involving
"micro cap" stocks, Paul Atkins, a member of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, said Friday.
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