• Paulson, Friedman Asked to Testify on AIG Bailout – Whether HP complies with the request is another matter completely. [Bloomberg]
• Groups Seek Presidential Pardon for UBS Tax Whistleblower – Looks like the 60 Minutes appearance didn’t quite do the trick. [TaxProf Blog]
• JPMorgan Chase Earns $11.7 Billion in Year – $26.9 billion is earmarked for employees, much of which will be bonuses. Somewhere torches are being lit. [NYT]
• Indian-American fired over $20 mn embezzlement charge – The Economic Times of India says that Sue is claiming to be a shop-aholic, the first we’ve heard of that particular diagnosis. Nothing about her claiming to be a thief though. [The Economic Times]
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Review Comments | 07.07.09
•Oil Price to Match Record $147 in Three Years, Pickens Says – And he says in ten years it will be $300 a barrel. Anyone listening? We didn’t think so [Bloomberg]
•Pope Calls for New Economic Structure – Shit your holiness, you want the job? [Washington Post]
•Greenberg’s Starr Prevails in AIG Court Fight – “A jury on Tuesday rejected claims that a sister company to American International Group Inc., at the direction of Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, AIG’s former chief executive, improperly seized control of millions of shares of the insurer’s stock.” [WSJ]
Review Comments | 08.21.09
• Geithner: U.S. Dealings With Goldman Were Appropriate – “We have been forced to do just extraordinary things and, frankly, offensive things to help save the economy,” Mr. Geithner said. “I am completely confident that none of those decisions…had anything to do with the specific interest of any individual firm, much less Goldman Sachs.” We’re done here. [WSJ]
• Informant in UBS Case Gets 40 Months in Prison – That was worth it. [DealBook]
• Humble pie for bust billionaire – He called Russians not in the bil-club ‘losers’. Classy. [BBC]
• Meredith Whitney Predicts More Than 300 Bank Failures – Meh. [Bloomberg]
Review Comments | 10.02.09
• The New CPA Exam, Layoffs, and the Top Twitter Feeds in Accounting – Get caught up. [FINS]
• Trustee Sues Four Madoff Relatives, Seeking $199 Million – For stupidity, mind you. [NYT]
• Jobs Vanish – Government numbers? Wrong? [Floyd Norris/NYT]
• Deadline for Small Co. 404 Audit Reports: June 15 – Why not? [CFO]
• The Fed Fighter: DealBook’s Ron Paul Interview – Fight all you want Doc. [DealBook]
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Nears Parks Deal – Whales to be let go? [WSJ]