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CEO Slain in NYC This Week Was a PwC Alum
On Wednesday, ‘low-profile’ UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death outside of a hotel […]
Enron is Back, You Guys
On Monday, the 23rd anniversary of Enron filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Houston Chronicle […]
Big 4 Firm That Said It Would Double the Consulting Team By 2026 Lays People Off Again
Multiple sources are reporting that the King’s EY is looking at axing about 150 people […]
EY’s New Global Chief Innovation Officer Says the Thing
This week, EY announced the appointment of Joe Depa (literally who?) as Global Chief Innovation […]
Grant Thornton Partners Partied in The Bahamas Before This Latest Round of Layoffs (Allegedly)
On Friday, a tipster generously handed us information that Grant Thornton had engaged in more […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Denies It Got DUI Partner Drunk; KPMG Misses a Huge ‘Error’ | 11.25.24
Morning, all. And an early Happy Thanksgiving to our fellow Americans! Thanks Kuya Mike for […]
Friday Footnotes: PCAOB Demands More Tedious Paperwork From Firms; PwC Partners Retire Early; KPMG Redeems Itself? | 11.22.24
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
The Powers That Be Are Getting Desperate For People to Do This Experience and Learn Thing
The AICPA’s Experience, Learn & Earn (ELE) Program — controversial among some educators for reasons […]
Grant Thornton UK Picks Private Equity Over Merging With Its US Cousins
Finally, Grant Thornton UK has picked a private equity firm to whore itself out to. […]
Private Equity is Picking Up Accounting Firms By the Handful Now
Well this is a surprising turn of events. On Friday, we prompted the readership to […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Way Too Many People Working on Vacation; PKF Does a PE Deal | 11.18.24
Morning! Let’s hurry this up so I can get this day over with and get […]