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]
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Review Comments | 09.10.09
• SEC contrite over failure to uncover Madoff – The victims, we understand you want to let them know. The rest of us? WE GET IT. [Reuters]
• AICPA Proposes Clarification on Sharing Client Information – In a word: Don’t. [Compliance Week]
• Geithner: Banks To Repay $50 Billion In Rescue Funds – Is someone still tracking this? [NPR]
• Recession Takes Heavy Toll on U.S. – There’s this…[WSJ]
• Stocks Rally to New 2009 Peaks – …then there is this. [WSJ]
Review Comments | 08.12.09
• Fed Suggests Economy Is Stabilizing – “U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday left official interest rates near zero but suggested the economy is on more stable ground, more confirmation that the severe recession is either already over or will be very soon.” Does anyone know if this really means anything? Are we stabilizing in crappiness? [WSJ]
• Save This Store – A case for big bonuses. [Floyd Norris/NYT]
• Colonial: No 2Q report due to irregularities – FTW guys. [AP via Miami Herald]
• Simplifed Reporting: Forgotten in the Crisis? – An advisory group gave the SEC a 170 page report to recommend how to simplify accounting rules. Anyone see a problem here? [CFO]
• Presented Without Comment: Ragnar Danneskjöld Lives? Damn Swedes. [DB]
• Rivkah, an Israeli woman, paid $32K to fly her dog, Orchuk, in business class from Paris to Tel Aviv – ‘He is my child, not a dog. And he deserves the best.’ Appears reasonable. [NYDN]
Review Comments | 11.04.09
• S.E.C. Likely to Charge More People in Galleon Case – Judge Rakoff wants the names by December 15th. Trial set for August 2, 2010. The legal system easily outpaces anything related to accounting rules. [DealBook]
• Warren Buffett: Tax Hypocrite? – The man is nothing if not thrifty. [TaxProf Blog]
• Breaking: Jones v. Minkin Dismissed!!! (Plaintiff voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against ATL.) [ATL]
• Investor Groups Stump for FASB Independence – FASB defenders. Yes, they exist. [Compliance Week]
• FASB Oversight Subject of Congressional Interest – Who knew so many people were interested in accounting rule-making? [FEI Financial Reporting Blog]