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#85 Updated:  12/13/05 7:24 a.m.

12/12/05 Divided Loyalties - Brace yourself for a shock: your company's real
estate broker may not always have your best interests at heart.

12/12/05 PwC Survey Finds Economic Crime Rising - Nearly half of all organizations
worldwide have been victims of fraud in the past two years, according to the 2005
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Economic Crime Survey released in late
November.

12/12/05 404 Costs to Drop, Big Four Maintain - After ''start-up and one-time
factors'' are accounted for, say the firms, the total cost of complying with the
thorny Sarbox provision should fall about 40 percent for companies both large and
small.

12/12/05  FEI Supports 'Right-Sizing' SOX for Smaller Companies - Financial
Executives International's Small Public Company Task Force said in a statement
that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements are hurting the competitivenss of small
public companies. The task force called for "more practical solutions for such
companies while still protecting investors."

12/12/05 Bank of America and EarthLink Launch New Toolbar to Help Protect
Consumers From Fraud and ID Theft - New toolbar at bankofamerica.com available
for free to increase online safety

12/12/05 Former Indiana player pleads guilty to embezzlement, fraud - A former
basketball coach at Barton County Community College pleaded guilty Monday to
helping student athletes get federal money they weren't entitled to receive and to
sending a falsified transcript to another school for one of his players.

12/12/05 Tax Scammer Rizzo, Wife Sentenced to Prison - Tax scam promoters
John J. Rizzo and his wife, Carol, were sentenced to 43 months and 24 months in
prison, respectively, for their roles in a tax evasion scheme, the Department of
Justice and Internal Revenue Service announced.

12/12/05 SEC Probes Abercrombie Trading - The retailer also disclosed that
several lawsuits have been filed against present and former board members
''alleging various breaches of the directors' fiduciary duty and seeking equitable
and monetary relief.''
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