Inspired by a recent New Yorker post filed under Shouts & Murmurs about missed connections […]
Author: Adrienne Gonzalez
Adrienne is a 15-year veteran of the accounting industry, if by "veteran" you mean "vulture prowling the periphery of the profession waiting for something exciting to happen."
She has been spewing vitriol on Going Concern since the site was founded in 2009. A former CPA review employee, she has sat through more FAR classes than any CPA exam candidate ever could -- even one who has failed FAR seven times -- and can still recall most of the mnemonics all these years later.
This Guy Is Really Making the Most of Those Pesky Rothstein Kass/KPMG Merger Rumors
Sir, your blatant cunning is second only to that of the guys at these firms […]
Footnotes: JEOPARDY!; When Take Me Doesn’t Mean Take Me; Goldman Sachs’ Clever New Bonds | 05.08.14
As One-Time Gains Fade, Fannie and Freddie Face a Less-Profitable Future "Bottom line, Fannie and […]
#TBT: George W. Bush Didn’t Want Arthur Andersen Looking For WMDs That Didn’t Exist
So infamous were Andersen’s false audits that President George W. Bush joked about them at […]
Fannie Mae Confident That a $4 Billion Accounting Error Is Totally Not Material, Guys
The Street had an interesting piece about Fannie Mae's most recent "out-of-period adjustments," which is […]
Footnotes: Dirty Monks; What’s Up With Alibaba?; Print Your Own Money | 05.07.14
Theft and sex alleged at Kentucky monastery The abbey has accused one of its lay […]
Grant Thornton Tries to Motivate With the Human Centipede, or Something
At least I think that's what that graphic is, maybe my glasses are dirty. MT […]
Accounting Grads Can Expect to Make About $53K Out of School
The average starting salary for students graduating this year with a business major – including […]
The Future of Wearables as Visualized by Deloitte U Looks Terribly Dorky and Burdensome
I can't even with this. If the future includes walking around with an implant in […]
The Rothstein Kass/KPMG Merger Is Most Definitely On and Happening Soon, Says This
Hedge Fund Alert is subscription only so we don't have much but we do have […]
Footnotes: Morgan Stanley’s FINRA Fine; Tax the Rich, Say the Rich | 05.06.14
Prestigious schools get you paid but don’t make you happier Researchers found that attending a […]
According to This FINRA Foundation Quiz, 76% of Millennials Have Absolutely No Clue
For real? Only 24% of millennials were able to answer 4 or more Qs […]