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Arizona’s Maricopa County Delivers Ballots, Equipment for 2020 Election Audit

April 22, 2021
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Equipment and over 2 million ballots are being delivered to a coliseum in Arizona’s Maricopa County this week in preparation for a 2020 election audit set to start Friday. Equipment, including 385 tabulators, was delivered and unloaded at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on Wednesday. Boxes of ballots started arriving on Thursday morning. Maricopa…

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Britain to Shake Up How Companies Are Run and Audited

March 18, 2021
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LONDON—Britain proposed weakening the market grip of “Big Four” auditors on Thursday and making company directors responsible for spotting fraud after the collapses of retailer BHS and builder Carillion. Directors would have to repay bonuses if their company went bust or serious failings came to light, and dividends and bonuses would have to be stopped…

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Major Audit Firms Draw Heat Over Allegations of Misconduct in China

February 20, 2021
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News Analysis Two of the “Big Four” global accounting firms are facing scrutiny in China for audits related to Chinese clients. In February, a staffer at Deloitte’s China affiliate sent a 55-page PowerPoint presentation to employees documenting alleged auditing and oversight violations in the firm’s audits of Chinese clients. The presentation went viral on Chinese…

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