Watchdog launches crackdown on auditor conflicts of interest <!-- no image --> <div>Britain's accounting watchdog the Financial Reporting Council has taken action to combat conflicts of interest at auditing firms, after a string of scandals in the industry.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=d6qW8dasrFA:TQbkEHy3Pok:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=d6qW8dasrFA:TQbkEHy3Pok:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=d6qW8dasrFA:TQbkEHy3Pok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=d6qW8dasrFA:TQbkEHy3Pok:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=d6qW8dasrFA:TQbkEHy3Pok:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/d6qW8dasrFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters