Big 4
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PwC Faces Damages That Range From ‘Bad’ to ‘Worse’ But Probably Far Short of ‘Catastrophic’ for Colonial Bank FailureBy Caleb Newquist / April 5, 2018
Francine McKenna reports on MarketWatch that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stands to collect a pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay big chunk...
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Thanks to Millennials, PwC Now Knows Their People Want Lives Outside of Work, Have the FeelsBy Caleb Newquist / March 26, 2018
The history of PricewaterhouseCoopers goes back to 1849 when Samuel Lowell Price set up business in London. Shortly after that,...
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#Envelopegate Redux: PwC Failed to Predict the Worst-Case ScenarioBy Caleb Newquist / March 1, 2018
Last month we noted that PwC had gone far out of its way to not talk about its role at...
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Former PwC Partner Suing Firm After Getting Fired for Groping a Co-worker Who He Can’t Remember Groping But Knows He Didn’t GropeBy Caleb Newquist / February 27, 2018
Let's say you're a professional businessperson and you're at a work event. Let's also say that you and your colleagues are...
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Veritas Capital Sets PwC Free From Its U.S. Public Sector BusinessBy Caleb Newquist / February 14, 2018
It's not every day that a Big 4 firm sells a piece of it lucrative consulting business, so, hey, look:...
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PwC Not Talking Up Its Role in the Academy Awards This Year, ObviouslyBy Caleb Newquist / February 1, 2018
The Golden Globes were a few weeks back, and it caused me to reflect on how an awards show should...
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Accounting News Roundup: PwC Appeals India Ban; Blockchain Names; Flying Cars and Sales Tax | 01.26.18By Caleb Newquist / January 26, 2018
PwC appeals two-year ban on audits in India [AT] The Securities Exchange Board of India banned PwC from auditing public...
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Accounting News Roundup: India Bans PwC for Two Years Over Satyam Fraud | 01.11.18By Caleb Newquist / January 11, 2018
India Bans PricewaterhouseCoopers From Auditing Listed Firms for Two Years [WSJ] The Securities and Exchange Board of India banned PwC...
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Let’s Wildly Speculate About Why PwC Is Shopping Its Government Services PracticeBy Caleb Newquist / December 8, 2017
This Reuters story reports that PwC is looking to sell its government services, perhaps "to pursue the growing business of...
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Accounting News Roundup: Senate Debates Tax Cuts and PwC Takes Some Bitcoin | 11.30.17By Caleb Newquist / November 30, 2017
Corporate Tax Rate in Flux as Senate Votes to Open Debate [WSJ] As the Senate bumrushes towards a vote on...
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