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The American Institute of CPAs is still concerned about the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's new firm and engagement metrics standard, despite some modifications from the original proposal.

The company failed to follow GAAP when it evaluated its less-than-truckload operations in 2019 and 2020.

The SEC chair's ambitious agenda drew fierce resistance from Wall Street and the crypto industry.

The move follows an accounting scandal that has wiped out billions of dollars in market value and drawn investigations by the DOJ and SEC.

Facing a backlash about its proposal to toughen standards for failing to detect noncompliance with laws and regulations, the board is putting off action on the standard.

Discover disclosed last year that it overcharged merchants after misclassifying certain credit-card accounts into its highest pricing tier, and the CEO stepped down.

Archer-Daniels-Midland will amend previous financial statements after uncovering accounting issues, prompting the crop trader to cancel its earnings call.

The sofamaker agreed to pay $1.5 million to the SEC to settle allegations that two former executives devised a fraudulent accounting scheme to meet a key Wall Street metric.

Erica Williams, who began her first term in January 2022, will now helm the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board through Oct. 24, 2029.

The commission is focused on accounting errors the railroad had previously disclosed and certain non-financial performance metrics.