11.  Bongiorno said he planned to tighten accounting practices.

12.  Additionally, the coalition is demanding that record labels be forced to alter accounting practices, which members say allow the labels to hide profits and minimize royalties.

13.  All the earnings figures were compiled using Chinese general accounting practices.

14.  All the earnings are based on Chinese general accounting practices, and are unaudited.

15.  All the earnings figures were compiled using Chinese general accounting practices and are unaudited.

16.  Critics argued that this approach violated standard accounting practice and artificially increased profits at the firms.

17.  Current acts, including Courtney Love and the Dixie Chicks, have lawsuits pending over accounting practices.

18.  Global Crossing, which faces an SEC investigation, says that a former employee who told regulators about accounting practices had tried to win a multimillion dollar severance settlement.

19.  Henley said record-company accounting practices were the next issue the coalition planned to examine.

20.  However, the lower-than-expected increase is mostly attributable to a change in accounting practices.