ALLISON Preiss was reluctant to give up her seat on an overbooked flight. But then the airline brought out the big guns. Janine Puhak.
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Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain were thought by some to replace gold as the ultimate haven against financial calamity. Now the gold market is using blockchain to kick back at crypto and bring precious metals into the digital age. TradeWind Markets Inc., a technology provider backed by Sprott Inc.
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After the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), an extension to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. SOX's preamble states that its purpose is “to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made
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New regulatory and accounting requirements, tougher competition and disruptive technology will force Sri Lanka's banks to find cost savings and tap local markets for fresh capital. Smaller or struggling lenders that cannot – or will not – do so may well find themselves swept away, analysts warn, by a
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The operative word being “may.” The Senate bill that passed earlier this month must be reconciled with a more aggressive House bill that passed last year, and “there are indications that may not happen.” The House bill went so far to roll back some provisions within Sarbanes-Oxley, and that has little
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