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Post number 18845

found missing — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:44:16 -0800

You've got jail? The SEC is no longer alone in investigating accounting irregularities at AOL Time Warner. Tonight the "world's leading media and entertainment company" confirmed that the U.S. Justice Dept. has opened its own probe. This, one day after President Bush signed the so-called Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act (pdf of HR 3763) (summary). Tonight, however, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, including Senators Patrick Leahy, D-Vt and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa are criticizing the President for trying to weaken the corporate fraud bill before the ink is even dry.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:49:10 -0800

You've got jail? Okay, I just had to pop in here and say that that was funny. :)

By: krunk

krunk — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:03:08 -0800

Just had to pop in here and say it's an old joke :^)

By: birdherder

birdherder — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:16:06 -0800

"This is what lawyers do." ...when there might be skeletons (or whistleblowers) in the closet.

By: chipr

chipr — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:10:33 -0800

You know that fortune cookie game, where you add the phrase in bed at the end of every fortune? I've got a George Bush Corporate Responsiblity game. Just add the phrase for the dumb bastards that get caught onto the end of everything he says. No, it isn't funny, but it makes what he says whole lot more believable.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Thu, 01 Aug 2002 05:09:35 -0800

Duhbya trying to weaken a Corporate Responsibility bill? Say it ain't so! There you go again GW! That darn CEO White House thing!

By: rushmc

rushmc — Thu, 01 Aug 2002 07:04:24 -0800

Just had to pop in here and say it's an old joke I had a feeling...

By: cinematique

cinematique — Sun, 04 Aug 2002 23:49:40 -0800

But what we all want to know is wether or not Time Warner is gonna try to defect from America Online. I'm sure TW wants a divorce, and badly. Could they? Would it be unprecedented?