Forty percent of the audits inspected by audit firm regulators had at least one finding indicating a serious problem, according to a new survey. The report, from the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators, a group of national audit regulators including the Public Company Accounting
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(Bloomberg) — Kevin Whitelaw, Bloomberg News deputy managing editor, discusses a Bloomberg report that special counsel Robert Mueller is considering a delay in obstruction of justice charges in his investigation in an attempt to prevent scaring witnesses from testifying about Russian interference in
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Slovakia took a step toward early elections after the smallest party in Premier Robert Fico's ruling coalition said it would quit if it failed to clinch a deal on a snap vote halfway through the cabinet's four-year term. Fico's ruling pact is teetering on the brink of collapse in a political crisis triggered by a
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Now to Austin, Texas, where the annual South by Southwest festival kicked off this past week. It's the 32nd annual festival. Now, South by Southwest used to be all about music, and music is still at the heart of it, so in a few minutes, we'll hear …
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With most states directly involved in violent conflict between 2013 and 2017, the Middle East saw its arms imports double over the past decade with the region accounting for 32 percent of global arms imports between 2013 and 2017. Even though Saudi Arabia spent the most on military imports last year,
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