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Monday, 17 February, 2003, 16:21 GMT

LATEST NEWS

Enron 'bribed tax officials'
Enron executives bribed tax officials in order to fabricate accounts, a Senate inquiry finds, describing the deception as "eye-popping".

Lord Wakeham 'faces Enron probe'
US financial regulator resigns
Webster may quit audit panel
Ex-ImClone boss admits fraud
Ex-WorldCom finance boss indicted
Ex-Enron executive pleads guilty
Accounts worries hit US cable firm
Hundreds hit US clean-up deadline
Bosses sweat to hit clean-up deadline
Bush warning to US boardrooms
City watchdog targets share tippers

Select a company below to learn more about the corporate scandals rocking Wall Street

Canal Plus 'to be broken up'
Indebted media giant Vivendi Universal's French pay-TV subsidiary, Canal Plus, is reportedly about to be broken up.

Vivendi appoints new boss
Vivendi shares plummet
What went wrong at Vivendi?
Profile: Jean-Marie Messier

WorldCom reveals new $3.3bn error
The bankrupt telecoms firm discovers a further $3.3bn in accounting errors, almost doubling the level of improper earnings disclosed.

WorldCom executives arrested
WorldCom customer exodus begins
WorldCom chiefs silent over scandal
Investors count WorldCom costs
Has WorldCom answered all questions?
WorldCom: Why it matters
WorldCom's star falls to earth
Profile: WorldCom's John Sidgmore
WorldCom: Wall Street scandal

Enron's trail of deception
After a year of deliberations, a government report details Enron's complex manoeuvres to save tax, but says it will be hard to stop.

Banks implicated in Enron's fall
Merrill rejects claims over Enron
Enron probe draws in rival firms
Enron board 'ignored financial warnings'
Enron top dogs reaped bumper pay
White House reveals Enron documents
Enron probe barely budged by Andersen
Enron scandal at-a-glance
Kenneth Lay: A fallen hero
Rise and fall of an energy giant

UK Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt

Hewitt tackles UK accountancy rules
UK trade minister Patricia Hewitt sets out ways of restoring confidence in corporate accounts in the wake of the Enron scandal.

UK MPs call for auditor clamp-down
Bush demands new fraud laws
US watchdog attacks political critics
Bush on defensive over cheap loans
Bush talks tough on business
Cheney accused of corporate fraud
Bush delivers too little too late
UK strives to avoid Enron-style scandals
City fraudbuster rings the alarm
SEC proposes strict watchdog panel
Who watches the watchers?
US regulators 'short of cash'

Congress pushes accounting reform
Senators are examining a bill to crack down on the accountancy profession, but more stringent proposals could yet be watered down.

Andersen guilty in Enron case
Accountants face competition probe
Andersen wreckage 'means higher fees'
Andersen's fall from grace

AOL accounts under new investigation
Media giant AOL Time Warner is the latest US company to come under investigation by the US Justice Department.

Qwest admits improper accounts
Johnson & Johnson admits probe
Senior AOL executive resigns
Qwest admits criminal probe
Bosses resign at battered Elan
ABB sacks managers over hidden losses
Merck 'exaggerated' revenue in accounts
Accounting panic hits Xerox
Martha Stewart broker suspended
Accounting concerns focus on GE
Problems mount for Tyco
Xerox admits India pay-offs
Accounts probe at Cheney firm
FBI investigates Kmart
Global Crossing defends business deals
FBI launches Global Crossing probe
US cable giant goes bust
Watchdog probes Qwest accounts


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