•New GM to Be ‘Fully Launched’ This Month, Rattner Says – “A new company containing General Motors Corp.’s top assets is expected to be ‘fully launched’ by month’s end under a new board and majority ownership of the U.S. and Canadian governments, President Barack Obama’s top auto adviser said Monday.” [WSJ]
•California Downgraded By Fitch – This could be the beginning of something bad…Moody’s, your move. [Clusterstock]
•Tribune Said to Finalize Deal to Sell Cubs – The new era of losing begins. [DealBook/NYT]
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Review Comments | 12.02.09
• Internal auditor faces charges in Satyam scandal – India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also claims that have more evidence against PwC. [Accountancy Age]
• Does Sarbox Reduce Restatements? – One study suggests just that, “The study, from research firm Audit Analytics, suggests that companies that have not yet had their auditors review their internal-control reports are more likely to have a restatement than larger companies, even though they claimed to have effective controls.” [CFO]
• Stanford Offshore Investors Suspected of Cheating IRS – We realize this is hard to believe. [Bloomberg]
• Bank of America to Repay $45 Billion in TARP – Drinks are on Ken Lewis. [WSJ]
• SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Co-Founder of Canopy Financial in $75 Million Offering Fraud – Not to mention the stolen letterhead: “According to the SEC’s complaint, the fraud came to light when KPMG discovered that Canopy had been claiming that its financial statements for 2007 and 2008 were audited by KPMG. In fact, KPMG had never been retained by Canopy to audit its financial statements and had never opined on the financial condition of the company. KPMG issued a cease-and-desist letter to Canopy demanding that it stop the unauthorized use of KPMG’s name and the audit report purportedly issued by KPMG.” [SEC Press Release]
Review Comments | 08.20.09
• ‘Cash for Clunkers’ to End Monday – “The move comes as the department tries to get an accurate accounting of how much money is left in the program, formally called the Car Allowance Rebate System.” Auditors needed? [WSJ]
• Benmosche Says He’ll Rebuild Units to Repay U.S. – That’s a bold statement. [Bloomberg]
• Harold Ramis Answers History’s Most Burning Question – “One Microsoft Excel owner recently speculated that Bill Murray’s character spent a total of eight years, eight months, and sixteen days reliving the same 24-hour period in Groundhog Day.” Okay, which one of you is wasting your billable hours on this? [Vulture]
• The problem with PowerPoint – Where do you start? [BBC]
• In a first, Starbucks lowers price of some drinks – Everybody breathe…Okay, got get one. [Reuters]
• Will Bank Regulators Diverge from GAAP? – Why the hell not? It’s not like anyone wants to converge with anyone else, anyway. [CFO]
Review Comments | 11.25.09
• Court: Parents Who Cash in IRA to Pay for Kid’s College Not Subject to 10% Penalty – They’re going to be working until they’re 90 anyway. [TaxProf Blog]
• 7 Audit Lessons (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IRS) – See? It’s possible. [Tax Girl]
• SEC Surpasses $2 Billion in Fair Fund Distributions in 2009 – Just think what they would have paid out if they were doing a good job. [SEC.gov]
• KPMG staff face Thai grilling on Lehman sales – Thailand has laws? [FT]
• Happy Thanksgiving! Please don’t work on Friday. We’ll be back on Monday. Unless of course, the humble servant writes another letter.