Audit industry at risk,

business group says
Chamber recommends steps to insure industry

By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 2:41 PM ET Jan. 23, 2006
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Claiming the accounting profession faces a number of serious challenges that could disrupt U.S. markets, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday laid out a series of proposals to bolster the industry.

Audit industry at risk, business group says - MarketWatch

In a 20-page report, the Chamber said the government should allow the "Big Four" audit firms to compete for more assignments. The Chamber, which represents more than 3 million businesses, also called for an accounting dispute-resolution procedure and for prosecution of individual wrongdoers and not whole corporations.

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