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China gives U.S. regulators access to audit records
China agreed to give a U.S. regulator access to documents from Chinese accounting firms, moving toward a resolution of a dispute that could have pushed the country's companies to stop trading on U.S. stock markets. The Public Company Accounting Oversight...Tags: KPMG, China, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Business Enterprises, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Harris calls for expanded audit of education spending
Rep. Andy Harris said Thursday that he will request an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education's use of federal funds after an audit found that the state may have to return up to $540,000 in misspent stimulus dollars and money designated...
Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Salads, Inner Harbor, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Finance
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Former judge recommends changes at UNO
A retired judge is recommending that embattled charter school operator United Neighborhood Organization improve transparency, add new board members and set rules outlawing nepotism and conflicts of interest in response to claims that the group violated...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Mayor
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Steeped in debt, Bell could owe millions in legal fees, audit says
The city of Bell could be on the hook for $4 million in legal fees for court cases stemming from its corruption scandal, according to a state audit. Adding to the problems, the city is showing a possible negative balance in its general fund of $1.1...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, John Chiang, Finance, Justice System, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal
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Federal audit finds city schools misspent stimulus, Title I funds
The Maryland State Department of Education may have to pay back up to $540,000 in federal money intended to help the state's poorest schools after a scathing audit found that Baltimore City was one of two school districts that misspent the funds, using...
Tags: Salads, Finance, Inner Harbor, U.S. Department of Education, Prince George's County
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City spending board approves another property tax break
Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years. The tax credit approved by the Board of Estimates would...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Credit and Debt, Finance, Taxation
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Bell is on the brink of a fiscal crisis, audit says
This post has been corrected. Please see the note below.Bell's finances have worsened considerably since its infamous corruption scandal, leaving the city unable to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents and businesses, an audit released Wednesday shows. The report by the state...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, John Chiang, Finance, Justice System, Bankruptcy
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Bell faces 'fiscal crisis' after corruption scandal, audit finds
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Three years after a massive corruption scandal, Bell's finances have worsen considerably and the city doesn't have the money to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents, according to a state audit released Wednesday. Bell...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Justice System, Prosecution, Defendants
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Herbalife hires PricewaterhouseCoopers as its new auditor
Seven weeks after its auditor resigned in an insider trading scandal, Herbalife Ltd. retained major accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers as its new auditor. The Los Angeles nutritional products company said Tuesday that PricewaterhouseCoopers would...
Tags: KPMG, Economy, Business and Finance, Insider Trading, Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Sanitation district audit flags rates
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District's contract for solid waste and recycling services is acceptable, but there is room for improvement, particularly when it comes to rates, according to an independent audit presented Tuesday to the district's board....Tags: Apples
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DA: South Whitehall couple stole $850,000 to support gambling habit
When South Whitehall officials removed Nancy A. Tonkin from her job as the person in charge of handling the money that residents paid for their utility bills, she threw a tantrum, stomping around and treating her co-workers miserably, her boss said....
Tags: Theft, Finance, Business Enterprises, Macungie, Mount Airy
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GWP smart-meter fix almost done
Since the massive rollout of roughly 120,000 digital utility meters that began in 2010, Glendale Water & Power officials now have just 53 of them to tweak, down from 919 in September of last year. The drop comes about five months after the utility began...
Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics, Google Inc., U.S. Department of Energy
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