After years on the endangered species list, defined benefit (DB) plans have halted what many considered their slide toward extinction, according to two new surveys by benefits consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
With travel and entertainment (T&E) costs counting as the second-largest expense at most companies--and with hotel, car rental and international travel costs projected to rise--controlling and cutting those costs is a top priority for most organizations.
A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).
A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).
Corporations that embraced Sarbanes-Oxley goals from the start by automating financial reporting and encouraging business-wide cultures of compliance have eliminated material weaknesses and slashed costs more quickly than other companies.
A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).
As expected, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously July 25 to approve the proposed Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard 5 (AS5).
