Tag: Review Comments

Lewis Retains Support of Key BofA Executive – [DealBook/NYT]

What the Big 4 do – “I explained that in my opinion the Big 4 firms have two fundamental purposes in life when it comes to tax. First they exist to undermine the tax revenues of governments. Second they exist to redistribute the wealth of the world from those who are poorest in the communities in which they work to those who are the richest in the communities in which they work.” Ouch [Tax Research UK]
Madoff Family Feud: Ruth, Sons Won’t Attend Monday Sentencing – Probably not a bad move…[ABC News]

Beware the off-balance sheet return – [FT.com]

Confusion threat to global fair value – [Accountancy Age]

What Caused Our Burnout? – Google Reader for us [The Onion]

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]

A Lost Decade for Jobs – [Business Week]

All-electric car-sharing debuts in Baltimore – Baltimore? [Miami Herald]

SEC eyes shorter maturity limits for money funds: source – Real reactionary. [Reuters]

White House to Abandon Spy-Satellite Program – This will not reduce the paranoia [WSJ]

The Public Is Losing Confidence That Stimulus Will Help Economy – Shoots/Shmoots [Clusterstock]

Google is evil – Or simply incorrect [Paul Krugman/NYT]

Beach reading: Chesapeake’s annual meeting transcript – Not the whole thing, obv. We wouldn’t do that to you. [footnoted.org]