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| #160 Updated: 4/16/06 8:30 p.m. 04/16/06 Financial Executive Report On Sarbanes-Oxley Despite its cost, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act continues to achieve its objective: bolster corporate integrity and investor confidence in U.S. public markets. 04/16/06 SEC Spells Out Subpoena Policy for Reporters Six weeks after a public disagreement over how the issuance of subpoenas to two business columnists was handled, the Securities and Exchange Commission has released guidelines describing exactly when and how journalist subpoenas will be issued in the future. 04/16/06 Ex-CFO of Dollar General to Pay $1.2 Million Discount retailer delayed recognizing big-ticket freight expenses, alleges the SEC, in order to meet analyst expectations and targets for employee bonuses. 04/16/06 Conspiracy against 404 Exemptions? A member of the SEC's small business committee charges that a former SEC offical is orchestrating public opposition to 404 exemptions. 04/16/06 Skilling Pits His Word Against Witnesses' Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling's lawyers spent more than two months assailing most prosecution witnesses in his fraud and conspiracy trial for their lack of hard evidence in accusing him of participating in a massive fraud. |