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PricewaterhouseCoopers quits as Sands auditor, no dispute cited
ReutersBy Ronald Grover April 26 (Reuters) - Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino company, said on Friday that accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will not stand for re-election as the company's auditor, ending a 25-year relationship with Sands founder and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Corporate Crime, Corruption, Accounting and Auditing
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UK lawmakers criticize accounting firms on tax avoidance
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - UK lawmakers criticised the role of accounting firms in helping big companies avoid paying tax and said in a report on Friday that close corporate relationships with government raised concerns about undue...Tags: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., United Kingdom, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Business Enterprises
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EU lawmakers water down accountancy reform
Reuters* Companies can keep same accountant for 25 years * EU lawmakers scrap caps on market share * PwC says any cap on audit tenure bad for companies By Huw Jones LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - European Union plans forcing companies to change accountants...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Marketing, Corporate Performance, Companies and Corporations, Banking
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EU lawmakers in tentative deal on accounting cap -sources
Reuters* Tentative deal set to trigger relief among Big Four accountants * Vote is first key milestone to end months of deadlock * EU states have joint say on audit reform By Huw Jones LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Companies would have to change their...Tags: Parliament, Politics, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., European Union, International Organizations
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Md. employers added 1,500 jobs in March
Maryland employers added 1,500 jobs in March — thanks entirely to growth in the private sector — but the state's unemployment rate inched up as the pool of would-be workers expanded more rapidly.
The jobless rate was 6.6 percent in March, up...Tags: Marketing, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment, Labor Legislation, Science and Technology
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Not all fun and (video) games
Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...
Tags: Apple iPad, Curt Schilling, Petroleum Industry, Zynga Inc., FarmVille
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Finalists named in Maryland's startup contest
Maryland's competition for startup companies — with three grand prizes of $100,000 each — was narrowed to nine finalists Monday. The companies, based largely in Baltimore and Montgomery County, were part of an original field of nearly 260...Tags: Marketing, Startups, Science and Technology, Genetic Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering
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As 'telehealth' grows, experts question cost benefits
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called 'telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense. The findings will fuel...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Intel Corp., High Blood Pressure, Telefonica SA, Science and Technology
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Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Board of Directors, Robert A. Iger, CEO Pay
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Hartford's XL Center Faces Daunting Challenge For Redevelopment
The Hartford CourantFrom the street, the XL Center in downtown Hartford exudes recent redevelopment, all stainless steel and glass, opening into an airy atrium. But walk a little farther through the interior doors of Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, and it might as well be the...Tags: XL Center, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford Whalers, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga
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Longtime PwC insider keeps company on responsible track
Special to the TribuneThe irony that the head of corporate responsibility for a Big Four accounting firm works out of the original Playboy mansion is not lost on Shannon Schuyler. Before settling in to talk about her role as corporate responsibility leader and senior...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Roseland, University of Pennsylvania, Colleges and Universities
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Staying rich means never messing up a sure thing
Here's the big question for Mary Jo White: If she becomes chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where will her interests lie? With the public that pays her salary? Or with the people handing her the big bucks? White is the white-collar...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Legislation, Ethics, Judges, General Electric Company
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