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EY Would Like to See Fewer Old White Guys at Davos Talking About Diversity
The World Economic Forum saw a “controversial” drop in female attendees last year, and hopes a participation rate of 17% for women this year might make up for that. Coincidentally, a CNBC report on this threw in a dig from EY on the overall attitude toward women and what they are doing about it:
Accounting News Roundup: McGladrey Whistleblower Says Audit Sucks; EY’s New BFFs; What’s the Cloud? | 01.16.15
McGladrey whistleblower claims Deepwater Horizon audit deeply flawed [The Louisiana Record]The whistleblower, who appears to […]
Ron Baker: You Can Put Lipstick on Billing by the Hour But Don’t Call It Value Pricing
And all the people in the church say AMEN! Fixed price could just be […]
Ex-BDO Chairman Not About to Let His Former Firm Stick Him With Huge Legal Bills and Get Away With It
We thought we heard the last from former BDO chairman Denis Field when one "Jayne […]
Accounting News Roundup: Deloitte’s Hoteling; BDO’s New Partners; PwC’s Counting Engagement | 01.15.15
In "hoteling" concept, Deloitte says it has sufficient space for huge workforce [SA]The firm's senior […]
The Happiest Lawyers Are Tax Lawyers
Of 17,000 associates from over 150 large and mid-sized law firms surveyed by Vault for […]
Auditor Phones in Auditing Revenue, Gets Totally Busted
The PCAOB posted 26 new inspection reports today, none of which were all that remarkable. […]
Busy Season Zen: Be a Happy Little Tree
While we were diligently combing through YouTube today, we realized that YouTube is kind of […]
If Your Accounting Firm Uses Timesheets, For the Love of God, Track Your Time Daily
Let me preface something here in order to prevent a flood of hate-emails from Ron […]
Accounting News Roundup: Nominate Your Top Public Accountant; Newly Merged Connecticut Misses Chance for Great Name; Weird Ideas to Curb Worrying | 01.14.15
Nominations Open for Top 10 Public Accounting Professionals [AT]FYI: "A group calling itself the National […]