• Ruth Madoff Can’t Spend $100 Without Telling Trustee – Don’t forget to call before buying that Metrocard Ruthie. [Bloomberg]
• Investor Ross: ‘Washington Is The New Wall Street’ – Blasphemy. [NPR]
• BofA settles Merrill bonus case with SEC for $33 million – Classic case of not admitting or denying charges, just throwing money at the problem. End of story. [Reuters]
• A.I.G. Appoints a New Chief Executive – The self-loathing is contagious today. [DealBook]
• Antidepressant Use in U.S. Doubled Over Decade to 10% in 2005 – Depressing news. Where the hell is our Prozac? [Bloomberg]
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Review Comments | 12.18.09
• BKD CEO elected to second term at helm – BKD had a much easier time than BofA. [Springfield Business Journal]
• Last Laugh for Late Tax Lawyer – Only death applies here. [Web CPA]
• Teed-Off Facebook Dumps Patrick Byrne Accounts, Issues Stern Warning – Took long enough. [Gary Weiss]
• Voting now open for worst footnote of 2009! – A company purchasing antique maps for $12 mil? A $1.95 signing bonus? A worthless yacht? [Footnoted]
• Accenture and Tiger Woods and Outsourcing – Accenture isn’t looking for the new face of the company. [CFOZone]
• And for the Christmas music lovers:
Review Comments | 12.31.09
• Subsequent Events Proposal Issued By FASB – Someone please tell Norwalk to take a break. [FEI Financial Reporting Blog]
• Are Taxes the Root of Unhappiness? – Of course! [WSJ]
• Die Now – “If your estate totals between $1.3 million and $3.5 million, it’s cheaper–from a tax perspective–to die this year.” Time is running out! [Tax Vox]
• Here’s what’s not gonna happen in the new year – Tiger Woods giving marital advice. [NYP]
• 2010: Walking away will gain cachet – From your house that’s under water, that is. [Rolfe Winkler/Reuters]
• Jets Ban Alcohol at Giants Stadium for Final Game – GASP [Bloomberg]
• CFOs Prefer Restaurants for Meetings – According to a survey. Was that really necessary? [Web CPA]
That’s it for us today. Happy New Year! Go out tonight and make a scene (safely). We’ll see you on Monday!
Review Comments | 09.22.09
• SEC warns swaps may evade White House reform – It’s not like they were totally responsible for the crisis. [Reuters]
• Minnesota Ends Tax Reciprocity with Wisconsin – WI can’t pay MN fast enough so IT’S OVER. [Web CPA]
• FDIC May Ask Banks to Prepay Fees – You may have noticed there’s a bit of a problem. So SheBair is probably going to do this but thanks for asking. [WSJ]
• Freddie Names Kari as CFO – You didn’t want that job anyway. [WSJ]
• Wall Street Firms Fined Over Bad IPO Information – $420k. Meh. [AP via NYT]