Execs tell regulators Sarbanes-Oxley costs exceed benefits

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May 12, 20061 min

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Execs tell regulators Sarbanes-Oxley costs exceed benefits, 05/11/06

Two years of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have shored up corporate accounting practices – but with lopsided costs compared to benefits gained.

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With all the hype surrounding it, you would be forgiven if you thought the April 26 vote in the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce both killed and saved the Internet. I expect its effect will be more on the killed than saved side, but there …