• Madoff ‘Astonished’ SEC Failed to Act After Interview – And the guy must tell a helluva yarn. [Bloomberg]
• Yahoo accounting chief searching for a new job – This could be you. [Accountancy Age]
• Retailers Show Best Results in a Year – “Still, a quick recovery isn’t expected; half of retailers missed projections.” Dead? Alive? WTFK? [WSJ]
• Triumph of Consumerism – Naming children after your favorite brands. Who needs a drink? [Floyd Norris/NYT]
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Review Comments | 07.02.09
- Caleb Newquist
- July 2, 2009
•In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days – It’s got to have something to do with those ubiquitous black $3 umbrellas. They’re like security blankets. [New York Times]
•U.S. marshals begin seizure of Madoff property in NY – Quaint penthouse, UES for those cool with living with the ghosts of charities and elderly Jews [Reuters]
•Arnie’s IOUs will pay 3.75 per cent – Ken Lewis will be making his counter-offer shortly [FT Alphaville]
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Review Comments | 11.10.09
- Caleb Newquist
- November 11, 2009
• Tax Code as Swiss Army Scalpel – “It’s hard enough for the IRS to just correctly determine and collect the tax. Pelosicare is one more step in the transfromation of the IRS from a tax collector to a super-agency that shoves aside the cabinet officers nominally in charge of public policy.” [Tax Update Blog]
• ‘Unreasonable’ IRS Demands Squash Bunnymen Tour – Those wankers at the IRS have ruined November. [Web CPA]
• Ex-Managers of Bear Fund Not Guilty – Took the jury less than two days, DOJ. Try harder on the next one. [WSJ]
• GM Chairman Says IPO Timing Uncertain; Paying Debt More Important – Patience. We’ll get back to losing money for everyone just as soon as we can. [WSJ]
• Don’t forget to take our latest survey and that it’s the last day to submit captions.
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Review Comments | 06.24.09
- Caleb Newquist
- June 25, 2009
Get Ready, Folks, ‘Cause This Is The Greatest Late-To-Work Excuse You’ve Ever Heard – [The Onion]
Ex-Treasury Chief Paulson to Testify on Merrill Deal, Panel Says – Cue that Law & Order noise [Bloomberg]
Sanford Says He Had Extramarital Affair – Just a plain-jane affair. No hookers, no staffer’s wife. Just went to the Southern Hemisphere. Meh. [WSJ]
Judge Defers Ruling on Madoff’s Restitution – Sentencing still on for June 29. There might be some angry people there. [DealBook]