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The Long Petard: The New York Times and Sarbox
The American Thinker ^ | September 27, 2007 | Thomas Lifson and John Berlau

Posted on 09/27/2007 4:34:32 AM PDT by libstripper

Having dug itself into a hole with inept handling of the MoveOn.org ad and its aftermath, the New York Times Company may soon find itself unable to put down its shovel. Few ironies approach the richness of the mess the firm may face with the regulatory requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox).

The Times has been among the strongest public advocates of Sarbox and has criticized attempts to reform its costly demands. Sarbox was rushed through Congress in 2002 following the Enron and WorldCom scandals. Since then even Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer have voiced concerns about its heavy burden on business.

Now the New York Times Company, its management, and its directors all may face some awkward questions and possible legal and financial liabilities, if the information contained in Public Editor Clark Hoyt's column of September 23, 2007 is credited as true.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nytimes; sarbox
The Slimes' day of reckoning may be coming, especially with all of its disgruntled shareholders who can't effectively vote for board members.
1 posted on 09/27/2007 4:34:34 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Sarbanes-Oxley is prohibitively burdensome.

They have basically outlawed management decision making.


2 posted on 09/27/2007 4:45:23 AM PDT by IamConservative (I could never be a liar; there's too much to remember.)
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To: IamConservative

It’s delicious to see the Slimes run afoul of this monstrosity which it has done so much to promote.


3 posted on 09/27/2007 4:48:34 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

I don’t know why any sane person would invest in the NY Slimes in the first place, but I hope they get their butts kicked by an investor lawsuit!!


4 posted on 09/27/2007 4:49:24 AM PDT by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "bleat, cheat, retreat & defeat, we suck on liberal teat")
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To: IamConservative
It's unconstitutional, at least by historic reading. However the Constitution has been turned on it's head, slammed with a sledgehammer and its grey matter splattered all over the ground.

Who knows Blackstone any more?

5 posted on 09/27/2007 4:56:17 AM PDT by bvw
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And by “it’s” I mean the emphasizing “belonging to it”, rather than the pedestrian and mundane “its”. The core ethos of the Constitution has been forgotten and stolen both.


6 posted on 09/27/2007 4:58:33 AM PDT by bvw
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To: libstripper
Very good article. This is what I had in mind in Post #8 on this thread:

Click Here

7 posted on 09/27/2007 5:02:25 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: libstripper

Interesting that Ron Paul was 1 of only 3 congresspeople who opposed Sarbox.


8 posted on 09/27/2007 5:12:27 AM PDT by Ludicrous
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