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Profile: SAP consultant aims high with new software

There was a day when small software companies lived in abject fear of Microsoft. Many fretted that it was only a matter of time before the software giant built whatever functionality it created into... Read more...

Privacy GRC taking off?

The governance, risk and compliance movement has grown in recent years into its own market. Obviously, GRC is a rubric that can encompass a lot of specific solutions as well as some large ERP-like... Read more...

SEC faces challenges with new reform law

In the financial services industry, a lot of managers are busy pondering the impact of Dodd-Frank. Clearly, the compliance function just got more interesting--a lot more. But as you ponder your... Read more...

Thirteen steps to merging compliance frameworks

Is your company Sarbanes-Oxley-centric when it comes to GRC? Or is it HIPAA-centric? There might have been a day when companies seemed to be oriented around a specific requirement, which may be... Read more...

Should small companies continue to comply with 404(b)?

So your company is one of the few non-accelerated files (non-accelerated filers news) to actually comply with Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) (Sarbanes-Oxley news). What are you going to do now? For the... Read more...

Bank of America fesses up to small accounting issue

This is the sort of thing that engenders suspicion, especially at a time when distrust of banks is running high. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has announced via filing that it wrongly classified nearly... Read more...

A new call to break down risk management silos

You've no doubt heard the pitch before: Smash the silos that house various risk management and compliance functions and install a holistic program that can create and assess relevant metrics across... Read more...

Using a BlackBerry to get around corporate controls

All security managers right now are well aware of the need to store email messages and similar media for compliance purposes. But let's face it, at many companies, it's a lot easier to either ban... Read more...

Supreme Court upholds PCAOB, executives grin and bear it

In the end, public companies perhaps got lucky in unforeseen ways. Many executives love to portray the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley news) as the bane of Corporate America. It's a... Read more...

How to think about GRC: Software product or a methodology?

The whole idea of "governance, risk and compliance," or GRC, has definitely come of age in the last few years, judging from the amount of media ink and vendor marketing dollars it has commanded. But... Read more...

Press Releases

Nasdaq Grants Ambassadors International, Inc.’s Request For Continued Listing

SEATTLE, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ambassadors International, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMIED) announced that it has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel has granted Read more >>

Fitch Downgrades Currus IV Limited and Assigns Stable Outlook

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the senior and subordinated facilities from Currus IV Limited and assigned a Stable Outlook. In addition Fitch has removed all facilities from Read more >>

American Apparel Receives NYSE AMEX LLC Letter Relating to Late Filing of Second Quarter 2010 Quarterly Report on Form 10-

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- American Apparel, Inc. (NYSE Amex: APP), a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel, today announced that it Read more >>

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. Announces Receipt of NYSE Amex Non-Compliance Letter

CARLSTADT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tel Instrument Electronics Corp. (“Tel” or “Company”) announced today that on July 30, 2010, it received a letter from the staff of the NYSE Amex that, based on the Read more >>

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Receives NASDAQ Deficiency Notice Related to Minimum Bid Price

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD) announced today that on July 20, 2010 it received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market Read more >>