• Don’t forget to submit a caption for today’s contest. We’ll run the poll early next week.
• Are You Kidding Me? [Accounting Nation]
• Fuzzy Accounting Principles – Rules v. Principles[CFO Blog]
• SEC Office of the Chief Accountant Releases Staff Accounting Bulletin – Oil and gas people, get on it. [SEC.gov]
• BP Texas refinery hit with record safety fine $87 mil. [Reuters]
• In Transcripts, Madoff Called S.E.C. Exams ‘a Nightmare’ – “Mr. Madoff said that if the S.E.C. had asked for trading records or talked to the supposed counter-parties in his fake transactions, they would have found the fraud” [NYT]
Review Comments | 10.30.09
• Don’t forget to submit a caption for today’s contest. We’ll run the poll early next week.
• Are You Kidding Me? [Accounting Nation]
• Fuzzy Accounting Principles – Rules v. Principles[CFO Blog]
• SEC Office of the Chief Accountant Releases Staff Accounting Bulletin – Oil and gas people, get on it. [SEC.gov]
• BP Texas refinery hit with record safety fine $87 mil. [Reuters]
• In Transcripts, Madoff Called S.E.C. Exams ‘a Nightmare’ – “Mr. Madoff said that if the S.E.C. had asked for trading records or talked to the supposed counter-parties in his fake transactions, they would have found the fraud” [NYT]
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