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Shanghai's sweltering August temperatures usually keep visitors to a minimum, but more than 100 officials from Beijing descended on the city last week?and they were bringing heat of their own. Investigating what state media have dubbed Shanghai's biggest financial scandal in years, the Beijing audit team is probing allegations by the central government that the city's already undercapitalized $1.25 billion pension fund may have been used to illegally finance various business deals and speculative real estate projects. Among those hit by accusations of bribery or improper loans are Zhu Junyi, the pension fund's supervisor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Pension Power Play | 9/4/2006 | See Source »

HALLIBURTON A 2004 government audit found that Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown & Root subsidiary could not account for 34% of the U.S. goods it was responsible for in Baghdad (worth $18.6 million), including two armored trucks and a $735,000 generator. KBR disputes the audit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Return to Uncle Sam | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

...issue of renewing Cambridge Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn’s contract takes center stage, both his supporters and detractors have looked to a recent audit of Cambridge schools to further their political cause...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Statistics of the EQA Audit Report | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

...Percentage of the $420 million charged to government-issued credit cards by Homeland Security staff in the wake of Katrina and Rita that wasn't authorized in advance, according to a government audit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 31, 2006 | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

...Proportion of the $420 million charged to government-issued credit cards by U.S. Homeland Security staff in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that wasn't authorized in advance, according to a government audit $68,000 Charge for 8,000 dog booties-which went unused

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

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