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  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Obituary
    Paul Sarbanes, US senator, 1933-2020

    Force behind the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that transformed the regulation of auditors and financial reporting

  • Tuesday, 24 February, 2009
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    CFTC nominee promises futures reform
  • Monday, 19 May, 2008
    FT AlphavilleCentral banks
    In defence of banks
  • Thursday, 4 October, 2007
    Jurek Martin
    Republicans ignore the nitty-gritty at their peril
  • Tuesday, 3 April, 2007
    FT AlphavillePaul Murphy
    Blame Cox and “diplomatic dopiness,” not Sarbox
  • Monday, 2 April, 2007
    US financial regulation
    Cox, not Sarbox, is to blame for equity exodus
  • Friday, 26 May, 2006
    Utilities
    Enron’s hard lessons for corporate bosses
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2005
    Companies
    Chance to correct the defects of the Basel II framework
  • Sunday, 24 July, 2005
    Companies
    Bush acts to smooth way for Cox to chair SEC
  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 7 July, 2005
    World
    Sarbanes-Oxley law goes too far, admits its author
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