“Dear Sam, I apologize. Sincerely, Patrick”
~ Patrick Byrne, finally responding to Sam Antar.
In bizarro world.
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- Caleb Newquist
- August 4, 2010
“Instead of reprising their partisan, tiresome, and largely unproductive argument about what to do with the Bush tax cuts, President Obama and Congress ought to be asking a very different question: How do we build a tax system capable of generating the revenues we need to fund the government we want in the most efficient and fair way possible?”
The PCAOB Is Pleased with How the Whistleblowing Has Gone
- Caleb Newquist
- August 10, 2010
“We thought auditors and investors would like to have an avenue to report violations of accounting and auditing standards and financial fraud.”
~ Claudius Modesti, PCAOB Enforcement and Investigations Division director. Last year, the Board fielded 179 tips – a record – that alleged wrongdoing by audit firms and their employees.
Business as Usual at the SEC
- Caleb Newquist
- July 22, 2010
“The SEC at least knew of this issue and tried to inquire when they could.”
~ Don Whalen, AuditAnalytics.com’s director of research, is referring to the Commission’s knowledge of repurchase agreements used by various companies as early as 2004, but could easily be talking about Bernie Madoff.