• Remembering the Horror of a Bright Blue Morning – Take another moment for those we lost. [NYT]
• Ex-KPMG exec Greg Baroni nabs $50M in BearingPoint deals Nice work man. [Washington Business Journal]
• Deloitte consumer spending index up – Nice work everybody. [Denver Business Journal]
• Leibovitz Buys Back Control of Photos, Real Estate – Nice work Annie. We don’t know how you did it. [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]
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Review Comments | 10.23.09
• Green accounting? Gimme a break – Please consider the environment before putting forth crappy green initiatives. [AccMan]
• Alleged Informant Had History of Helping Galleon – Tipper A has prior convictions that related to tipping Galleon as far back as 1998. [WSJ]
• Nacchio re-sentencing date on hold – Apparently there’s no rush on these insider cases. [Denver Business Journal]
• FAS 157 Revisions: ‘There Does Not Appear To Be Any Benefit’ – That’s what one person thought anyway. The FASB received 109 comment letters on the proposed revisions. [Private Equity Beat/WSJ]
• Zoom cuts auditor UHY loose after merger – Goldman Parks Kurland Mohidin will take it from here. [Boston Business Journal]
• IASB recruits expert panel – “Board wants candidates to test cash flow model.” Maybe you? [Accountancy Age]
Review Comments | 12.29.09
• ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Founder Sues IRS – The newly crowned Douche of the Decade is in a litigious mood. After threatening to sue Gawker for the prestigious honor he was bestowed, DOTD is now suing the IRS for freezing his assets. Will someone stop to this man douche?[Web CPA]
• Bill Would Require Comptroller General to be a CPA – Now there’s an idea. [Web CPA]
• Lehman administrators PwC repay $11bn to creditors – Seems like good news. [BBC]
• 2010: Get Ready for a Tax-a-palooza – “Facing trillions of dollars of expiring Bush-era tax cuts, President Obama and Congress will be forced to make some critical decisions in the new year.” [Tax Vox]
• SEC Seeks PAFs: Jan. 13 Deadline – Professional Accounting Fellows. You. [FEI Financial Reporting Blog]
• Let’s Talk About the Terrorist Underpants, Shall We? – Yes. Let’s. [DI]
• Revealed: How Oscar Nominee Ballots Are Counted – Because we know you were wondering. [The Wrap]
• Tax Court Channels Kenny Rogers – Raj isn’t the only fan. [Tax Update Blog]
• Shareholders Win Settlement in Comverse Suit – Deloitte pitched in $275,000. That’s roughly the equivalent to one partner’s Starbucks budget. [Web CPA]
• Bouncing Back: Overcoming a Negative Performance Review – Anyone? [FINS]
• Tax Accountants to Get Biggest 2010 Raise – Good news already! [TaxProf Blog]