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Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006 Greg MacSweeney	Playing by the Rules A growing number of voices is calling for a slimming down of SOX's reach, arguing that smaller financial companies cannot afford the compliance price tag.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2005 Tom Taulli	Software Going Soft Software companies are pinning their woes on Sarbanes-Oxley, even if it's not the main culprit. But investors should ask whether recent earnings-report bad news is being caused by changes in the strategic viability of their businesses instead.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2006 Steven Mallas	A Prosperous P&G Procter & Gamble had a great year that was aided by the Gillette acquisition. This equity is a great long-term core holding; if you see it at an even higher yield, do yourself a favor and take a hard look at this stalwart operation.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004 Jessica Pallay	SEC Sets Back SOX Sarbanes-Oxley deadlines are delayed, but firms find little solace in the regulation's extension.
CIO July 1, 2005 Edward Prewitt	Sox Compliance Now Business as Usual The effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sox) on IT budgets is already receding, as compliance becomes just another cost of doing business, according to recent reports.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Steven Mallas	P&G Still Lets You Sleep at Night Procter & Gamble delivered its second-quarter results yesterday. The market didn't seem impressed; its shares traded slightly to the downside. Is there something wrong with P&G?
IndustryWeek February 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Sarbanes-Oxley: Private Opportunity In Public Regulation With an eye toward the future, some closely held firms voluntarily adopt Sarbanes-Oxley Act principles.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 Rich Smith	RF Industries Signals a Tough Quarter Sarbanes-Oxley has been a burden on lots of companies, but it's not RF's only problem. The small radio-frequency communications company reported a 22% year-over-year increase in sales of its products year-to-date, but a 34% decline in profits.
Bank Systems & Technology February 27, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Taking SOX to the Next Level It is time for banks to rethink their strategic approaches to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2005 Alyce Lomax	P&G's Pretty Picture For the fourth quarter, the consumer products giant reported fourth-quarter profits up 9% to $1.50 billion, or $0.56 per diluted share, beating analysts' estimates by a penny.
Entrepreneur August 2007 Jennifer Pellet	The Land of the Audit-Free Small businesses are being liberated from SOX restrictions. The changes come at a critical time for companies with less than $75 million in market capitalization, which are to begin complying with the management guidance part of SOX during the 2007 audit cycle.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Michael Hickins	SAP Takes Compliance Partner In-House SAP acquired its compliance software partner Virsa for an undisclosed sum and is taking some of its budding product plans for compliance in-house.
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	SOX Deadline Arrives After months of preparation and trepidation, Sarbanes-Oxley arrives Monday for U.S. publicly traded companies.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Matt Valley	Is Sarbanes-Oxley worth the pain and suffering? A year ago in this column, I predicted that the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance act (SOX) would be a big story for the REIT world and beyond in 2004. The evidence suggests that I was correct.
HRO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Kerry Ann Vales	Compliance Outsourcing Gaining New Ground in HRO Contracts In a world of changing regulations, employers are increasingly looking to service providers to help ensure they meet all applicable mandates. Expect more contracts, especially mid-market ones, to tack on compliance as part of the service delivery.
Insurance & Technology June 14, 2005 Wendy Toth	Securing Compliance: System, Project or Process? Database and application security products are growing in popularity as companies look for ways to keep up with regulatory demands like Sarbanes-Oxley.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Brian Gorman	Procter & Gamble Bets on China The consumer products powerhouse looks like it's making all the right moves.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Suiting Up For SOX The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has CIOs struggling to find technology that will support tighter financial controls and processes.
Wall Street & Technology August 27, 2004	Up Front Fraudsters Go Phishing... Things Are Looking Up... SOX on the Brain...
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk	Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Sarbanes Pain Is Resources Connection's Gain Greater demand for compliance assistance has boosted this financial-services firm. Keep their stock on your watch list.
Wall Street & Technology March 2, 2004 Jessica Pallay	InfoStep Stands Up to Sox Still stumped by Sarbanes Oxley? InfoStep has released eLustroHarmony, a risk-management and compliance tool to help get firms on track with SOX.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2005 Steven Mallas	P&G Cleans Up on Earnings With its latest numbers, Procter & Gamble proves again why it deserves its blue-chip status.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Reconnect With Resources Connection? This is a tough market in which to step up to buy any stock, let alone one that isn't dirt cheap. Still, if Resources Connection proves that it's really more than a SOX play, patient investors should see their rewards in time.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Learning Tree's Revenues Axed The IT training company issues a fourth-quarter earnings warning. Investors, take note.
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2003 Ivy Schmerken	Holistic Compliance With a torrent of regulations raining down on them, Wall Street firms are wise to think about developing a global-compliance architecture. But can the chief compliance officer sell the project to senior management?
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Compliance Issues Overwhelm the Industry Financial-services firms grapple with the multitude of compliance issues facing the industry. Is there an end in sight?
Insurance & Technology March 2, 2006 Maria Woehr	Risky Business Executives lack a high degree of confidence in their organizations' risk management capabilities, according to a Protiviti survey of more than 75 C-level executives from U.S.-based Fortune 1,000 companies.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Sarbox: The Blacktop To Financial Hell Sarbanes-Oxley was more of an emotional reaction than reasoned law when it was passed. Now there's enough evidence that it's doing more harm than good.
Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004	Viewing SOX Holistically It's a good thing that the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 deadline has been extended, as many on Wall Street weren't quite ready for the June 15 mandate.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Procter & Gamble Lathers Up If P&G continues to highlight the Household Care and Beauty businesses from the home team, and the Blades & Razors and Duracell & Braun divisions from Gillette as its star players, wise investors should give this stock a glance.
CIO April 15, 2004 Ben Worthen	Another Sarbox Reprieve Public companies now have until November to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley provisions requiring that they document their internal financial controls. CIOs can thank Microsoft.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005 Katherine Heires	By the Dashboard Light As regulatory concerns persist, many financial firms are turning to dashboard technology to simplify compliance initiatives. Here are 12 key questions to ask before starting a compliance dashboard project.
Bank Technology News February 2009 Brian Longe	Customer Satisfaction Begins with a Single Compliance Solution Using a single technology platform to handle all of its compliance needs allows a bank to open new accounts and complete transactions more quickly through the solution's common database structure.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Connection The knock on Resources these days is that its success was due to companies being forced to pay up to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. Now that those revenues are drying up fast, so is Resources' stock price.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	CNS Is All Stuffed Up The company that gave us Breathe Right nasal strips missed analyst estimates and the stock gets crushed.
Bank Technology News January 2007	Leveraging Compliance: Following the Rules Can Really Pay Off Regulation is leading financial institutions to focus more keenly on compliance software. But the technology can also be useful in corporate pursuits like marketing and financial planning.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Rich Smith	Online Resources: As Good As Its Word You can take this financial software provider's stock to the bank. The company announced a part-stock, part-cash deal to acquire privately held Integrated Data Systems (IDS).
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2006 Greg MacSweeney	The Audacity Some reformers are looking to reduce SOX 404's reach so it doesn't place undue burdens on smaller public companies that cannot handle rigorous SEC oversight.
CIO October 1, 2005	Top Five Ways to Waste Your IT Staff's Time A survey reveals what IT thinks is a waste of time.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Jane Worthington	Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost.
CFO December 1, 2004 Kate O'Sullivan	Laying Down the Law By naming compliance officers, companies are putting new focus on regulatory issues -- and giving CFOs a break.
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004	Institutions Find it Tough to Meet Sarbox Deadline As the first deadline for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance of June 15 nears, financial-institutions are finding that complying is more difficult than they had anticipated
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Answer to Japan's Enron The scandals that shook investors' trust in Japan's executives have led to a new law. Investors everywhere ought to benefit from the greater transparency that will result.
Insurance & Technology April 20, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Compliance Sticker Shock In a recent survey, financial services companies have reported higher-than-expected costs in dealing with the demands of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004	Outlook 2004: Compliance Tops the Charts Never before has Wall Street faced so many new regulations with major technology implications.
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos	Compliance As the Securities and Exchange Commission steps up its efforts to regulate the industry and protect investors, financial institutions must take proactive measures to comply with current and possible future rules before the SEC takes action against them.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Predictable Procter & Gamble Investors can find comfort in solid, predictable results like those from Procter & Gamble's second quarter.
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