Comments on: What killed IPOs? Technology and regulation? http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/11/21/what-killed-ipos-technology-and-regulation/ Behind the deals and deal-makers Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: H. Elwood Gilliland III http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/11/21/what-killed-ipos-technology-and-regulation/#comment-339349 H. Elwood Gilliland III Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:45:45 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/?p=12779#comment-339349 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002), also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002. Named after sponsors Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OH), the Act was approved by the House by a vote of 334-90 and by the Senate 99-0. President George W. Bush signed it into law, stating it included "the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt."[1] The legislation establishes new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745, enacted July 30, 2002), also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002. Named after sponsors Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OH), the Act was approved by the House by a vote of 334-90 and by the Senate 99-0. President George W. Bush signed it into law, stating it included “the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt.”[1]

The legislation establishes new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms.

]]> By: Robert Brown http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/11/21/what-killed-ipos-technology-and-regulation/#comment-339333 Robert Brown Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:03:40 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/?p=12779#comment-339333 UNIFIEDMARKETS provides, for the first time ever, an efficient worldwide distribution network for IOI (Indications of Interest) to buy and sell financial instruments, business and business assets. It will provide greater efficiencies, anonymity and price discovery to the vast, but historically opaque and inefficient, unregistered securities markets. UNIFIEDMARKETS provides, for the first time ever, an efficient worldwide distribution network for IOI (Indications of Interest) to buy and sell financial instruments, business and business assets. It will provide greater efficiencies, anonymity and price discovery to the vast, but historically opaque and inefficient, unregistered securities markets.

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