• Deloitte appoints new climate change chief – Kiwi Nick Main is the new HMFIC. [Accountancy Age]
• Loopholes Lurk in Bank Bill – “Referring to USAA, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) said the House has ‘been supportive of them and the US military. There’s no remote prospect of them being a problem.’ Lawmakers wouldn’t identify the lawmaker who requested the exemption.” [WSJ]
• Boeing says Dreamliner could fly on Dec 15 – Just feeling it out. No word on the debut with crying babies and obese passengers. [Reuters]
• Craigslist Founder Says eBay Reneged on Promises – Specifically you, Meg Whitman. [AP via NYT]
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Preliminary Analytics | 12.24.09
- Caleb Newquist
- December 24, 2009
• Bear Stearns Staff Parties On as Surviving Banks Scrap Soirees – That’s the spirit! You can still party even though you didn’t get bonuses! [Bloomberg]
• Senate Passes Sweeping Health-Care Bill – Santa? [WSJ]
• Grant Thornton LLP elects one new member to partnership board [Press Release]
• Dimon, Blankfein, Mack Among First to Testify at Crisis Panel – Set your DVRs now! [Bloomberg]
• The Impact of the Tiger Woods Scandal on His Charities [TaxProf Blog]
• Buffett’s back – A non-Tiger Woods story from the Post. [NYP]
• The Newlywed Game, Year-end Tax Planning Edition! – “Love is a many-splendored thing, but love is even better when it saves taxes. Your marital status at year-end is your filing status for the entire year, so maybe you want to run down to the courthouse and tie the knot before the ball drops before midnight January 1, local time. Sure, call me a hopeless romantic. The Tax Update just rolls that way.” [Tax Update Blog]
• Disliking Your In-Laws – Annnnnd this is where the tax planning will get you. [Motherlode/NYT]
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Preliminary Analytics | 12.01.09
- Caleb Newquist
- December 1, 2009
• Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public: Alice Schroeder – Team Jehovah is packing. [Bloomberg]
• Federal Estate Tax Bill Up for A Vote – Four weeks to go until the estate tax is repealed and now Congress is trying to vote on legislation to extend it. The original repeal passed in 2001. Our representatives at work. [Tax Girl]
• Grant Thornton LLP launches Aerospace and Defense industry group – Forget the “Global 6” thing, this will make GT an intergalactic firm. [Press Release]
• Ensuring Integrity: 4th Annual Audit Conference – Short on CPE? Get seven hours over at Baruch tomorrow for $345. Jim Peterson of Re: Balance will be on one of the panels and the keynote will be given by Robert Kueppers, Deputy CEO of Deloitte. [Baruch College]
• GE, Vivendi Forge Tentative Deal on NBC Stake – How does Jack Donaghy feel about this? [WSJ]
• Rothstein surrenders himself to the FBI – “Rather than a formal indictment, federal authorities will file what is known as ‘an information’ that would suggest that Rothstein has already agreed to eventually plead guilty.” [Miami Herald]
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Preliminary Analytics | 12.02.09
- Caleb Newquist
- December 2, 2009
• SEC Steps Up Insider-Trading Probes – Healthcare and retail mergers from the last three years are getting the scope. [WSJ]
• Why accountants need to be bloggers – Tracy Coenen makes the convincing argument. [Blogging Suits]
• Catholic Archdiocese to Pay $14.4 million in Taxes to City of San Francisco – Too bad The money is already spent. [JDA]
• Wells Fargo to shut 122 branches in California – Mostly Wachovia branches that are too close to existing stagecoach branches. [Los Angeles Times]
• Whisky Makers Spend $800 Million to Age Scotch for China, India – Apparently, the Chinese and Indians are into the Glens. [Bloomberg]