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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
To improve quality and transparency in
financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for
public companies, to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,
to enhance the standard setting process for accounting practices, to
strengthen the independence of firms that audit public companies, to
increase corporate responsibility and the usefulness of corporate
financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity and independence of
securities analysts, to improve Securities and Exchange Commission
resources and oversight, and for other purposes. |