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Comp Watch '12: Big 4 Advisory

We have a special request from someone preparing for sit-downs at Ernst & Young:

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Comp Watch '12: At Least One Ernst & Young Partner Is Throwing Numbers Around

This just in:

Big 4 Firms Are Totally Down with China Locals Taking the Wheel

They've been expecting this.

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Unfounded Rumor of the Day: Patrick Kane Parties Like an Auditor?

From the mailbag:

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Perhaps Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Should Start Sending His Résumé* to Accounting Firms

You know, just in case this made-up degree thing doesn't blow over.

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Comp Watch '12: Sizing Up the Big 4

Let's just get this initial discussion out of the way, shall we?

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Unlike This Guy, Your Career at a Big 4 Firm Won't Result in You Becoming a Billionaire, Owning Part of the Arsenal

What did ex-Ernst & Young, ex-Pannell Kerr Forster, and ex-Deloitte employee Farhad Morishi have that you don't have? The dumb luck to meet and instantly befriend a wealthy Russian.

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Congressional Members Seem to Have Their Orders Re: Auditor Rotation

The troops are on a mission.

The Big 4's Lobbying Efforts In Europe Make the Banks Look Like a Bunch of Amateurs

Proposed audit reforms in Europe, which include mandatory firm rotation and a ban on advisory services provided to audit clients, have been met with, shall we say, resistance:

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Going Concern March Madness 2012 Enters Round 2: No More Big 4

Today marks the day that you're pulling out brackets again that just serves as a reminder of how horrible you are at picking winners. Accordingly, we'll dive right into round two of Going Concern March Madness 2012: The Coolest Accounting Firm.