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Layoffs and Compensation Watch '12: KPMG

KPMG has made good on its promise to send over 300 of its UK employees packing, but, reportedly, there's a bit of a surprise for everyone who remains:

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Layoffs Watch '12: KPMG Cuts Have Some People Spooked

Now you've done it, KPMG.

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Layoffs Watch '12: KPMG

Meanwhile, across the pond, a few hundred Klynveldians will have to find something else to do with their time in the very near future:

Chartered Accountant Initially Figured Same Diff Between"Going Abroad" and "Going Away"

Apparently what the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales didn't know (i.e. that one of their members was doing six years for hiring a hit man) wasn't going to hurt them:

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Deloitte Will Take Small Victories Over PwC When It Can Get Them

The beginning of a comeback?

'Constantly Confused' Accountant Is Clearly Confused About What Constitutes 'Sexism'

As you know, from time to time we like to see what's poppin' with our friends in the Old Empire. Today, we discover an inquisitor over at AWEB UK, "Constantly Confused" is still living in the 1960s.

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Why Yes, This Guy Did Pay His Accountant's £800 Bill in Coins Purely Out of Spite

The problem is that you can't really do that.

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Stephen Chipman's Gut Tells Him That the SEC Will Get on Board with IFRS

The Grant Thornton CEO tells Accounting Today he doesn't have any "inside information"; you're just going to have to trust him.

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(UPDATE) Today, Your Life Is Better Than Those of KPMG UK Employees

Here's an unfortunate story of Klynveldians across the pond falling victim to a "glitch" in their payroll system that is preventing nearly 11,000 employees from being paid today.

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Brits Want to Make Wrist Slaps for Big 4 Auditors Slightly More Uncomfortable

Britain's audit regulator, the Financial Reporting Council's accountancy and actuarial discipline board (AADB), has decided that even though its fine of £1.4 million of PwC in January was a record, it really didn't satisfy as a "credible deterrent."