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| | Sidley Austin Brown & Wood | Client Resources | January 14, 2003 - Asian Edition |
 | | As required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, on January 8, 2003, the SEC voted to propose rule changes that direct US securities exchanges and US securities associations to prohibit the listing of any security of an issuer that is not in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act audit committee requirements. |
 | | On January 10, 2003, the SEC announced that the continuing resolution funding the SEC for fiscal 2003 has been extended until January 31, 2003. |
 | | It has been report that, on January 9, 2003, the Conference Board’s Commission on Public Trust and Enterprise (the "Commission"), co-chaired by John W. Snow (the Treasury Secretary designee), issued a report which includes recommendations for the reform of auditing, accounting and corporate governance. |
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