Please Watch Your Language Around Grover Norquist
For starters, “taxes” is an awful word, it pains him to have to utter it so often. Secondly, Rahm Emanuel could really use his mouth washed out with soap. I’m sorry, have you met my libertarian...
Speaker of the House John Boehner Isn’t Sure Why You Would Bring Up ‘Random Person’ Grover Norquist
And this after GGN said such nice things about the Speaker.Thursday, when NBC News’ Luke Russert asked Boehner if Norquist makes a positive impact on the party, Boehner thought it over for five seconds,...
BREAKING: Stress Affects Accountants’ Mental Health
Yep! And apparently there’s new evidence “suggesting” as much:The Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association is logging rising numbers of calls from professionals who appear...
German Finance Minister Says No One Needs to Be Thrown Under the Bus for ‘Annoying’ 55 Billion Euro Glitch
Yesterday we learned that officials in the German government were a little surprised that a 55 billion euro accounting error wasn’t discovered by a “certified audit.” They’ve been...
BDO Knows the Alamo
The most interesting accounting firm CEO would like to welcome the gang at Carneiro, Chumney & Co. to the club. “The addition of the partners and other professionals formerly with Carneiro,...
It Appears That Non-Story of LarsonAllen and Clifton Gunderson Merging Is a Real Story Now
Last month we broke the news of LarsonAllen and Clifton Gunderson feeling each other out about a possible merger. At the time, Clifton Gunderson CEO Krista McMasters told Going Concern that the two firms...
German Government Was Under the Impression That a ‘Certified Audit’ Would Find a 55 Billion Euro Accounting Error
Most people are of the opinion that government can’t do anything right. Education? Bah. Economies? Duh. Wars? YEESH. Oddly, politicians are quite fond of mocking the inefficiencies and mistakes...
President’s Council on Jobs Report Suggests We Should Try Sarbanes-Oxley Light for IPOs
Barbara Roper wrote a commentary piece in WaPo Capital Business over the weekend that suggests the unthinkable: softening hard ass SOX rules for IPOs could actually kill jobs. How is that possible? Aren’t...
Another Hedge Fund Manager Doesn’t Like the Smell of Green Mountain’s Accounting
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. [...], maker of the single-serve Keurig brewing machine, fell to the lowest in seven months after hedge fund managing director Whitney Tilson said there may be potential...
Romney Trumps Obama in Accounting Firm Donations to Presidential Candidates
You may have heard that there’s a bit of a campaign going on for the world’s worst job. For whatever reason, the process of electing the leader of our country’s government drags on like...
