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...Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, stepped up pressure on GSA to do something. McKenna said employees in that division are walled off from outside pressure. The decision Thursday to suspend MCI relied on earlier reports from individuals hired by the company to do internal inquiries, as well as KPMG, MCI?s outside auditor. White House officials said they did not pressure GSA on the matter...
...maintained that its darkest days were over when it cleansed its corporate suites of such executives as former CEO Bernard Ebbers. But just last week, MCI's outside auditor, KPMG, testified before a Senate committee that it still could not vouch for the company's internal controls. GSA cited a KPMG report as well as reviews of the company conducted by former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh and William McLucas as being decisive factors in its decision to suspend the carrier...
...through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me." At various times during the ordeal, she has been screamed at and she has been patronized, say her colleagues. She continued to work, keeping long hours to help the accounting firm KPMG redo Andersen's audit and staying at her parents' house because it was closer to the office. Finally, Lance piled their two kids into the car and drove to the Ferrells' house so he could see her. "I just told her, 'Don't worry about losing your...
...latest black eye for Pitt came with the revelation that on April 26 he met secretly with Eugene O'Kelly, the new chairman of accounting firm KPMG, which is under SEC investigation for its audits of Xerox. The accounting firm was Pitt's legal client for years, and the meeting prompted the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times to run editorials saying Pitt may have to go. In an interview on CNBC last Friday, Pitt called his critics "misguided" and said, "I will serve as long as the President has confidence...
...pockets remain untouched. But non-smokers easily forget that the burden of cigarette taxes falls disproportionately on the poor. If other major factors are taken into account, the lower a person’s income, the more likely that person smokes. According to a study by the consulting firm KPMG Peat Marwick, smokers earning less than $30,000 will pay more than half of the price incresases created by the cigarette tax. Less than 1 percent will be paid by smokers with annual incomes over $100,000. For that reason, a tax on tobacco is probably the most regressive...