Elizabeth J. Widdison

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Related courses -- Acctg 302

• "Computer Associates Cancels Plans for Debt Sale and Blames Moody's," WSJ 2/8/2002.
• "Tyco Reaches Agreement with Banks for Financing,"  WSJ 1/7/2003.
• "Tyco Loan Rate Stands To Rise If Risk Climbs,"  WSJ 1/13/2003
• "Microsoft Will Pay Californians Up To $1.1 Billion To Settle Suits,"   WSJ 1/13/2003
• "I Pay More in Income Taxes than Cisco -- So Do You,"  Fortune, 12/18/2002
• "Accounting Standards Panel Takes On Hot Button Issues,"  WSJ 1/13/2003
• "Suspense Accounting: After AOL Who Will Take a Goodwill Hit,"   WSJ 1/11/2002

Other Articles:

• "Audit Firms Face Heavy Fallout from Tax Business," WSJ 2/25/2004
• Stricter Audit Rules Gain Traction,"  WSJ 3/10/2004   (Note.  This article may take a little longer than normal to download.  Be patient!)
• "Shareholders Who Do Their Homework Can Cut Through the Corporate Fog," Seattle Times, 3/21/04  (Note.  This is a read only file.  It will not print.)
• "Computer Associates Executives Plead Guilty to Securities Charges," WSJ 4/9/2004.  Accounting fraud was widespread at Computer Associates.
• "Financial Engineering with Special Purpose Entities,"  Bala G. Dharay Ph. D., CPA.  This is a relatively easily readable article on SPEs: what they are, their history and development, and how they can be used to structure "off-balance sheet financing."  (It is a pdf file, requiring Acrobat Reader.)