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...were teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, their financial health was being certified by accounting firms. As a result, one company is now threatened with loss of its license in California. The state board of accountancy has charged Ernst & Young with negligence in auditing Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan, whose 1989 collapse could cost taxpayers $2 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOUNTING: A Failure of Principles? | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...board contends that Arthur Young, which later merged with Ernst & Whinney, improperly allowed the thrift to show a pretax profit in 1987 by violating generally accepted accounting principles. The firm, which severed its ties to Lincoln in 1988, denies this. Possible penalties include loss or suspension of license, or probation. "Audit firms are under pressure to please the client," says deputy attorney general Michael Granen. "They've got to learn to just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOUNTING: A Failure of Principles? | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

Directions: Interstate 93 North to Exit32, Lincoln, NH. Rte. 112 East 2 1/2 miles toLoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKI LISTINGS | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

Because of an editing error, an article in Wednesday's Crimson incorrectly stated the length of time a new management program to control noise has been in effect at the Lincoln's Inn club on Follen St. The plan has been in effect for about four weeks, according to club chair Ken Mehlman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRECTION | 11/30/1990 | See Source »

...cleared by the committee or face punishment ranging from reprimands to expulsion from the Senate, insisted that their actions had been proper under existing rules. Riegle charged that Bennett had omitted exonerating evidence. Glenn noted that he had rejected a Keating fund-raising offer once he learned that Lincoln was under criminal investigation. But it was Cranston who offered the defense that could be most effective with his colleagues. If what the five had done was wrong, Cranston warned, "you better run for cover, because every Senator has done it." If true, that was a powerful argument for reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Sold Your Office | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

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