analysts news from FierceComplianceIT
News
Has Sarbox made life tougher for stock analysts?
Three academics have reasoned that Sarbanes Oxley should have led to wider availability of better information about companies. If so, should analysts' forecast have become more accurate? And... Read more...
When execs post on the Internet...
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has been caught posting anonymously on an Internet chat group while he was conducting a conference call with analysts. This from erstwhile former Business... Read more...
More on the end of quarterly guidance
There are those that think the drop in the number of companies offering quarterly earnings guidance recently is related to Sarbanes-Oxley. I think the link is suspect, but the law may play a role,... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Scandal at Duke business school underscores the need for Sarbanes-Oxley-like laws; Forensic accounting booms;
> Oracle aims to strengthen its GRC offering, answering critics that once said it was a laggard in the market.
Credit-rating agency reform in the works
A recurring theme in the Sarbanes-Oxley era is that credit-rating agencies are ridden with conflicts of interest that make it difficult for them to see Enron-like warning signs. True or not, that... Read more...
