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Accounting News Roundup: KPMG Buys an Investment Bank; Big 4 Oppose Hong Kong Sit-in; Bad Bathroom Behavior | 06.27.14
KPMG Acquires Boutique Investment Bank St. Charles Capital [WSJ]Denver-based St. Charles Capital now flies under […]
Accounting News Roundup: Grant Thornton’s Bad Penny; CFO Scapegoats; Stopping the Office Oversharer | 06.26.14
After a decade, Parmalat lawsuit vs Grant Thornton in U.S. is back [Reuters]The 7th Circuit […]
Accounting News Roundup: Deloitte’s Funky Math; AICPA Tells It Like It Is; World Tour of Settlements | 06.18.14
AICPA Names New Technical Director for Center for Plain English Accounting [AICPA]Thomas Groskopf is your […]
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Footnotes: Auditing in Brazil; Save Cafe Garzone; Defending Inversion | 06.16.14
Due to circumstances (mostly) beyond our control, we're signing off early. Go watch some World Cup. God […]
Berry Bad Tax Policy
There's a thorny issue in the legislation approved by the House of Representatives last month […]
CPA Exam Score Release Timeline for Q3/Q4 Is Out
For those of you who plan to ruin summer by studying for the CPA exam, […]
Accounting News Roundup: Medtronic Gets in on Inversion; Deloitte’s New Seattle OMP; Grant Thornton’s ‘Dr. Poof’ Problem | 06.16.14
Medtronic to Buy Device Maker Covidien for $42.9 Billion [Bloomberg]Any guesses where Covidien is located? […]
Disney CFO Would Rather Talk to 5-Year-Old Than Federal Reserve Chair Because DUH
[Jay] Rasulo was asked if he’d rather have five minutes with Federal Reserve Board chairman […]
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Crony Links: Perm-Temp Accountants; An Excel Puzzle; Manager Skills
Get your link on. Open Items Ex-Big 4 Auditor Needs Advice on Next Career Move AccountingWEB How […]
Accounting News Roundup: Getting One Over on Carried Interest; Deloitte Gets a Sign; A KPMG Hero | 06.13.14
How Obama Can Increase Taxes on Carried Interest [DealBook]Executive branch magic!: "The administration has increasingly […]
Here’s Your Authoritative Guide for Likening Game of Thrones to Public Accounting
I came late to the Game of Thrones party. After hearing rumblings about a “Red Wedding” and the emotional scars it left on people who I thought didn’t have shred of empathy in their bones, I immediately stopped watching Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 5 to binge on GoT.