Accounting obscurities mean US settlement with Bank of America might not cost bank $17 billion [AP]
Government Assignment and Financing of Audits? The New York Times Offers a Poisoned Bouquet [T]he NYT’s endorsement of government-administered audit assignments reflects either breath-taking naïveté or an incomprehensible and unworthy lack of understanding of the audit services market – one that has operated exclusively on the “client pays” model since privately-provided assurance was invented in the 1850’s in England and Scotland. [Re:Balance]
I would've guessed "Going to the Restroom" to be higher.
Here are all the weird things people do during conference calls: http://t.co/mSNfO4InaN pic.twitter.com/HAab72VTHV
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) August 20, 2014
Grover needs your help, Burning Man vets:
Heading to Burning Man. Asking Veterans: What did you forget last time you wish you had brought along? (What Relatively legal thing.)
— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) August 20, 2014
If Mitt Romney runs for President in 2016, Paul Ryan has dibs on the bus driver position. [The Hill]
Ten Simple Ways to Make Your Office Look Cleaner Than It Really Is [Lifehacker]
Reminder: Take Your Vacation Days, Idiots A survey from the U.S. Travel Association finds that 41% of you who are lucky enough to have jobs that offer vacation days "do not plan to use" all your paid time off this year. Time for a new plan. The new plan: use all of your paid time off. [Gawker]