Sarbanes-Oxley's defenders argue that the demands made of companies under Section 404 of the act are not new.
According to presentation-design firm ProPoint Graphics LLC, one of the most common problems comes in the "About Us" section, where companies put up pictures and bios of their officials.
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Sarbanes-Oxley's heavily criticised section 404, on companies' internal controls, is already being loosened.
However, as aforementioned, you may know people that sell products from Mary Kay, Avon, Advocare, Tupperware and the like (see more companies in our Featured Home Businesses section).
As well as the insurance section, Quinn Group includes companies selling other products such as cement.
As well as the insurance section, Quinn Group includes companies selling other products including cement and health cover.
The SEC recently announced revisions to its Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, but rejected the sensible idea of making section 404 voluntary for smaller companies.
And these are companies big enough to be on the First Section.
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Section 735 effectively shields large biotech companies, like Monsanto, from the federal courts in case something is found to be harmful in their genetically-modified seeds.
Antitrust experts weren't surprised by Monday's news that with an initial review of conduct by large U.S. telecom companies, the Justice Department had started dusting off Section 2.
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Section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code enables reorganizing companies to improve their post-bankruptcy competitiveness by renegotiating union contracts to competitive rates.
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Do we really believe none of this will resurface if oil companies are given the green light to drill in our section of the Arctic continental shelf?
Section 1502 is based on the recognition that companies from around the world, including in the United States, buy minerals from the DRC and use them to produce high-tech components that go into computers, mobile phones and other devices.
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As local and international investors have fled Japan's stock market, some 40% of the 1, 500 companies that are the bluest chips of Japan (the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) trade below breakup value (a price-to-book value of less than one).
The most significant revision made to the legislation was the removal of a regulatory section, opposed by Republicans, that would have required companies operating critical infrastructure to meet basic cybersecurity standards established by the Homeland Security Department.
Indeed, some companies have even disclosed to investors in their annual 10-K that Section 1504 presents a governmental risk which undermines international competitiveness.
In April, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a section of which removes regulations that previously made illegal the practice of private companies turning to crowdfunding to solicit investments from the general public.
For instance, it requires insurance companies to cover individuals with pre-existing conditions, which can include a previous Caesarean section, pregnancy while seeking coverage, and receiving treatment for domestic or sexual assault.
Section 404 needs to be repealed without delay for small- and mid-cap companies.
If enacted in its current form, Section 621 of this year's Energy bill , by contrast, would allow foreign companies to receive U.S. HEU for use in medical isotope production without having to move toward a low-enriched uranium (LEU) target, even if it is technically feasible for them to do so.
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Though various companies will tweet out the hashtags, all official product offers will be collected under the American Express Favorites section.
Section 1202 of the tax code lets investors exclude half of their gains when selling shares of small companies they have held for five years or more.
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