1.   And, in the last year, some companies that announced accounting problems had audit committee members with possible conflicts of interest.

2.   Boston Scientific, however, is distracted by accounting problems on two fronts.

3.   But the more Caine and his troops sift, the more accounting problems they seem to find.

4.   By the time the stock of MicroStrategy, a Virginia software company, fell precipitously on reports of accounting problems, the shorts had largely given up.

5.   Cendant shocked Wall Street last April with revelations of accounting problems in its membership division.

6.   Investors were caught off guard recently by accounting problems at Cendant Corp., a marketing and franchise company with membership clubs.

7.   It is not clear if Glisan knew of the side deal, but the committee concluded that he may have known of accounting problems.

8.   Republicans are especially concerned, since Democrats now believe Republicans are especially vulnerable on the issue and are hoping to tie the current accounting problems to past Republican policies.

9.   The bid marks his return to the acquisition trail following two years of accounting problems that grew out of his biggest merger, with CUC International.

10.   They say accounting firms have become more concerned with selling high-priced consulting services to their corporate clients than with sniffing out accounting problems.