•No Evidence Found to Charge Ruth Madoff – The aggression will obviously continue. [WSJ]
•Consumer Interest ‘Huge’ in Clunker Plan, LaHood Says – Call us party poopers but it seems like manufactured consumption. [Bloomberg]
•Pimco: Consumer “greed” hibernating, fear rules – Greed will be good again. Don’t you worry. [Reuters]
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Review Comments | 11.06.09
• SEC sees evolution in insider trading – “A top U.S. securities regulator said some funds may now view insider trading as a central tenet of their business models, rather than as a one-time opportunity for big rewards as sometimes happened in the 1980s.” [Reuters]
• The Bust that Worked – Thanks CIT! [CFO]
• Degradation of the Mind – Urban Dictionary has butchered accounting terms. [Accounting Nation]
• Accountants on Twitter? You Better Believe It! – We’re here. [CPA Examination Preparation Blog]
• More Celebrity Tax Woes – Including completely the most underrated actor of our time, Eric Roberts. Best of the Best 2? C’mon, people. [TaxProf Blog]
Review Comments | 07.16.09
• Lawmakers End Questioning Of Sotomayor – “The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up Thursday its questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Republican senators asked Sotomayor again whether she would rule on cases based on her beliefs, and she assured them she would apply the law and court precedent.” [NPR]
• Donaldson, Levitt Back FASB Off-balance-sheet Rules – “An ‘investors’ working group’ co-chaired by former Securities and Exchange Commission heads William Donaldson and Arthur Levitt Jr. has called for new Financial Accounting Standards Board rules on off-balance-sheet transactions and securitizations to be implemented ‘without delay.'” Without delay to the FASB means, sometime before the next decade. [CFO.com]
• Jamie Dimon on CIT’s Troubles – Natch, he’s cool with them biting the dust [DealBook]
Review Comments | 09.24.09
• IRS Extends Grace Period On Small Business Penalties – “The IRS announced in July it would suspend efforts to collect those penalties through Sept. 30, in order to give Congress time to pass legislation shielding business owners from some of the penalties.” [WSJ]
• Twitter Lines Up New Financing – Get it over with. Follow us. [WSJ]
• “Wait! I Was Just Getting Started…” – A Response From Professor Kelly Pope – Of DePaul University in Chicago [RTA]
• 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index (Seventh Edition) – Some Dakota is #1, Dick Cheney Land is #2; CA #48; New York #49; New Jersey #50. [The Tax Foundation]
• Twitter, the new Reuters witness – Whatever works. [FT Alphaville]
• How Safe Is Your College? [The Daily Beast]