• Petters, on witness stand, denies knowing of fraud – Swindler? Not guilty. Swashbuckling? Guilty as charged. [AP]
• Grant Thornton LLP offers 10 year-end tax planning tips – Just not for this guy. [Press Release]
• Hopes Rise for Cadbury Bidding War – “Hopes of a bidding war breaking out for Cadbury PLC rose, pushing up the company’s shares, after U.S. rival Hershey Co. and Italian-based Ferrero SpA said they might bid for the U.K. confectioner.” [WSJ]
• Is Google the Next AT&T?– “Google would let you make and receive Internet-based calls that ‘bypass the per-minute billing on your smartphone.'” [The Atlantic]
• CFOs High-five on 404 Rollback Bill – Because CFOs don’t do fist-bump blow ups. [CFO]
• Lots of voting to be done: NPOs/Govts, CPA Exam, and Craptacular Captions. Thanks for pulling the lever.
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Review Comments | 10.19.09
• Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offers CIT Group $6B lifeline as it faces potential collapse – What the hell, go for it. [Chicago Tribune]
• Build It With Tax Incentives, and Hollywood Will Come – Lots of coverage on the Iowa film tax credit mess at Tax Update Blog. [WSJ]
• IRS Employees Took Unauthorized First-Class Flights – Can you blame them? [Web CPA]
• Colleagues Finger Billionaire – No matter how you read that, it’s not good for Raj. [WSJ]
• KPMG hires new local managing partner – You don’t say? [Washington Business Journal]
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• On Wall St., Obama Pushes Stricter Finance Rules – Nothing like getting lectured in your own bank yard. [NYT]
• Judge Rejects SEC-BofA Settlement Over Merrill – “The AG’s office has also questioned whether Bank of America failed to tell shareholders about its consideration of backing out of the deal and mounting write-downs at one of Merrill’s mortgage lending subsidiaries.” He might be calling Ken Lewis a liar, we’re not sure. [NPR]
• Tax evaders rush to beat amnesty deadline – September 23rd bitches. Repent! [Reuters]
• Update: Do NOT Bid On Lenny Dykstra’s Balls – Fans of Nails, proceed cautiously. [DB]