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Rothstein Kass Refugees Are Starting Fresh After the KPMG Acquisition
We heard a lot of chatter in the comment section after we first started reporting […]
Accounting News Roundup: Mickelson Didn’t Trade Clorox Shares; PCAOB Rebukes EY, Again; When Success Feels Empty | 06.12.14
Mickelson Role Said to Be Overstated in Insider Inquiry [DealBook]Phil didn't even trade in Clorox, […]
Footnotes: Pleading an 8th; The FBI Didn’t Even Look; Hacking Your Toilet | 06.11.14
Ex-Goldman director Gupta loses bid to stay out of prison [Reuters] Pot activists in Colorado […]
Grant Thornton Fails to Take Up the PCAOB’s Offer to Get Better at Auditing
The good news for Grant Thornton is that they managed to take remedial actions related […]
Noted Forced Ranking Enthusiast Deloitte Declares Forced Ranking Dead
The timing of this discussion is pretty good considering we have not one but two hot conversations happening in Open Items as we speak; one person was “forced to resign” from the Big 4 after just 6 months, while another person asks if anyone has been or knows anyone who has been coached out. You will see momentarily what this has to do with forced rankings but for now, let’s pull an old article out of the archive from Francine McKenna:
Ex-Employee Chronicles Grant Thornton’s Gutting of CCR After Acquisition
A few Accounting News Roundups ago, Colin linked to a story about Grant Thornton's new […]
FASB Tries to Simplify GAAP, One Item at a Time
You will note that a bound copy of GAAP comes in at 7,692 pages (as […]
BDO Gets SALTy with Latest Acquisition
BDO today announced an expansion of its state and local tax practice (SALT) through the […]
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Accounting News Roundup: E.U. Investigating Fancy International Tax Planning; Bain Sues EY; Section 179 Getting Kicked Around | 06.11.14
Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Is Said to Be Deadlocked [DealBook]The DoJ was not amused […]
Take a pay cut to join a Big 4?
I got into accounting by changing careers in mid-life. For the past few years, I've […]
Footnotes: Don’t Hate Your Job; Do You Look Diverse Enough?; To the Moon! | 06.10.14
Did you know you don't have to hate your job? [DealBook] Does Race or Gender […]