When accounting goes unaccounted for
According to Capitol Police, the cash is REAL. Don't get too excited though, it was a stunt by an anti-GMO activist group, three of whom are in custody.
We'll send a prize to anyone who can count how much money is there (mostly $1s, according to a witness).
Back in the spring, any chances of a GranMA merger that originally cropped up back in January were put to rest. This was after an impassioned denial by Moss Adams CEO Rick Anderson to his fellow partners.
And maybe all the GranMA talk was just that- talk. But what’s not talk is that Moss is moving into the midwest combination with Overland Park, Kansas-based Warinner, Gesinger & Associates LLC (“WGA”).
WGA focuses on telecommunications clients, which will allow MA to expand its own telecom practice outside the west. WGA principals Bill Warinner and Jarret Rea will join Moss Adams as partners, and Andrew Denzer will join as a director. You want quotes from the particulars? You got it!
“We look forward to helping our clients further strengthen their financial operations,” Warinner said. “This is a challenging time for the telecom industry and we are excited to deepen our telecom practice. In addition, Moss Adams provides a full spectrum of telecom and value-added services that our clients will enjoy.”
For Moss Adams, the combination demonstrates the firm’s commitment to strengthening its telecom offerings and to growing the Moss Adams team. According to Rick Betts, chair of the Moss Adams telecom practice, “Moss Adams is focused on providing premier client service. A strong Moss Adams presence in the Midwest means our telecom clients have more resources at their fingertips.”
So sorry GT, Moss Adams has moved on, officially. Hope you have too.
It’s fair to say that of all the fine accountants that participated in the E&Y video from earlier this week, none of them will be bagging a Grammy any time soon (regardless of what the E&Y bigwigs say).
That being said, there is at least one accountant out there who must decent enough pipes to garner this headline:
The Singing Accountant set to be this year’s Susan Boyle?
Not surprisingly, the young lad is a little timid:
Christopher is an accountant who lacked confidence to follow his singing dream. After years of hiding his talent, his family finally persuaded him to pluck up the courage and audition for the show.
“I’ve come to Britain’s Got Talent to audition today mainly from pressure from my parents, more than anything else. They’ve been telling me for years and years that I need to do something like this.”
If Simon Cowell says this, “I think you have a really, really good voice,” then that’s a pretty good indication that you’ve got a better than average singing voice (unfortch there’s no video at this time).
As opposed to what he might have said to the E&Y LV peeps, which we might be something along the lines of:
A) That’s the worst performance I’ve ever heard.
B) That would make my labrador howl uncontrollably for hours.
C) That explains why your pay was frozen.
D) I know Jim Turley, and when he gets wind of this, you’re all going to be fired.
E) Now I know why Lehman Brothers failed.
Now you go.
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