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...Venezuelan people have spoken, and the people's voice is the voice of God!" HUGO CHAVEZ, President of Venezuela, declaring himself the victor in a recall referendum that opponents claim was won through fraud...
Disregard any stock movement on the heels of bell-ringer news like fraud charges or a new asbestos liability. But modest earnings surprises that cause a stock pair to decouple often present opportunity--a rare commodity in a market going nowhere...
...Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and could climax at any time with the firm's bankruptcy or forced sale of assets - is being committed in public but was plotted in private. The hammer blows that are bringing down the firm have been delivered in plain sight: Khodorkovsky's ongoing trial for alleged fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement; the Russian government's demand for up to $6.8 billion in alleged unpaid corporate taxes; its simultaneous freezing of company assets, which makes that tax bill impossible to pay; and, last week, a Moscow court's rejection of Yukos' bid to suspend the government's efforts...
...Grant Thornton International, the firms that audited the books of the disgraced Italian food and dairy company. The suit follows others filed against Citigroup, UBS and Deutsche Bank (TIME, Aug. 23), as well as Credit Suisse First Boston. Bondi alleges the auditors ignored - and in some cases abetted - management fraud. They deny the charges. Grant Thornton in January expelled its Italian member firm from its international network and says matters relating to Parmalat are not its responsibility. Two former Grant Thornton partners in Italy are awaiting trial on fraud charges they deny. Deloitte says Parmalat itself was responsible...
McLoughlin said the dean’s office was interested in increasing accountability and limiting the chance of fraud and therefore restricted debit cards and required two signatures on each check. Blickstead and Mahan agreed that increasing accountability is important in the wake of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals scandal, in which two students embezzled thousands of dollars from the group...