City of Portland's top accountant placed on administrative leave Why? Who knows. [Oregonian] Sam Antar […]
Tag: Footnotes
Footnotes is a weekly wrap-up of news from around the accounting profession hand-picked by Going Concern editors to keep partners, staff, and practitioners of all stripes informed.
Published every Friday at 5 PM Eastern time.
Footnotes: Surprise Accounting; Liar Liar; Booz Is Just Bitter at Deloitte | 08.12.14
White House loosens restrictions on lobbyists Wait, they had restrictions before? [Reuters] U.S. Government Bonds […]
Footnotes: Dewey Get to See the Books?; EY Snags an Ex-Booz Hire; Benihana in This What? | 08.11.14
SEC Charges Kansas for Understating Municipal Bond Exposure to Unfunded Pension Liability [SEC] U.S. Postal […]
Footnotes: More Mergers You Don’t Care About; The Accountant Never Knows; Mad Pot Money | 08.08.14
SEC Charges Bahamas-Based Brokerage Firm and President With Facilitating Fraudulent Scheme by Hedge Fund Manager […]
Footnotes: Diversity or Bust; Chicago Bears Tax Bust; An IRS Win | 08.07.14
If the profession will not diversify itself, perhaps this diversity task force will [Journal of […]
Footnotes: A Robot Will Be Bitter Like You; Albany the Place to Be; Who Wants to Buy a Consulting Firm? | 08.06.14
Are our jobs doomed? Report shows the potentially devastating effects of robots on the job […]
Footnotes: Walgreens Doesn’t Want to Not Be Taxed; CVS and Smokes; H&R Block on Attracting | 08.05.14
Ed. note: Here's a short FN because we have been working all afternoon on sourcing […]
Footnotes: KPMG Gets Blowed; We Love Confetti Drops; The Future of Audit | 08.04.14
LinkedIn Pays $6M in Unpaid Wages, Damages Guess that isn't going on the ole profile, […]
Footnotes: Accountant Nearly Dies Due to Love Triangle; Deloitte’s Cyber Warfare; KPMG Shuns Windows 8 | 08.01.14
Argentine Bonds Decline as Default Triggers $1 Billion of Swaps [Bloomberg] 'Put one in his […]
Footnotes: Robbing Pearl to Pay Yourself; School Rankings Are a Crock; Life After Accounting | 07.31.14
SEC Charges Virginia-Based Broker With Stealing Funds From Elderly Customers [SEC] It was an employee […]
Footnotes: Lerner’s Thoughts on Crazies; Mad Scientists or Auditors?; Bank of America Hustled Itself | 07.30.14
Fed offers a dual message on health of US economy They are harder to understand […]
Footnotes: Interested in Interest Rates; Save the Ex-Im Bank; Deloite’s Trippy New Digs | 07.29.14
Don’t Kill the Export-Import Bank Note: this is an opinion piece [NYT] A Michigan CPA […]