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Footnotes: Why Employees Stay; 2013 CPA Exam Candidate Performance; So Lisa Isn’t a Slut, Then? | 02.06.14

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Unemployment Bill Stalled Anew in Senate [AP]

The 2013 CPA Exam candidate performance book is out [PR via NASBA]

Let's discuss this tweet:

Former SAC Manager Mathew Martoma Found Guilty in Insider Case [WSJ]

Google wants to make your conference calls just a little more, er, Google-y [TechRepublic]

AOL has cut benefits and blames Obamacare. Maybe it should blame 1998 for happening [CNNMoney]

Madoff Ex-Aide ‘Corporate Psychopath’ Defense Challenged [Bloomberg]

(VIDEO) Not even God can help Washington now, says John Boehner [Reuters]

Bank of America Sends Credit Card Offer to "Lisa Is a Slut McIntire" What's the big deal? I got an offer the other day for Adrienne Blows Goatzalez — the truly offensive part was the 25% interest rate [Gawker]

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Tchotchkes Submission Update and Reminder

In case some of you missed our request last week, or in the event that some of you chose to ignore the request, we are asking for your tchotchke submissions. So keep sending us your pics! You know you have pride in the frivolous junk with your firm’s name on it.
The gimmickyness of this exercise is obvious but if we are forced to discuss the trend of pessimism among CFO’s, a couple things may happen: A) Someone may fall asleep while reading and 2) the vitriol may reach critical mass. Either way, here’s a taste of the submissions we received so far:
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That’s a KPMG magic 8 ball for those of you scoring at home.
Question: KPMG 8 ball, will Going Concern readers ridicule this post?
Answer: It is certain

Grant Thornton Named in New Writ, Partner Still MIA

Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Grant-thornton-logo.JPGToday in non-Patrick Byrne Grant Thornton news, the Hong Kong and International firms are now named in a new writ related to the scandal involving nowhere-to-be-found-former-partner Gabriel Azedo.

We imagine GT is less than thrilled with this latest development since they probably felt pretty good about firing Gabe’s ass the moment they found out he was a liability. The new writ states that the firms are ‘vicariously liable’ for $10.3 million.

There’s no indication that Eddie Nusbaum & Co. have put out an APB on Gabe in order to track him down and get all Jack Bauer on his ass. If it were us, we’d have every SD scouring the Earth* for this guy.

Until that happens, Grant Thornton is in deny ’til you die mode, saying that it will be ‘defended vigorously’ and that they expect to be ‘fully exonerated.’ God, will someone come up with a new press release for these scandals?

Grant Thornton linked to fraud claims [FT]

*You’re a Global Six Firm after all

Footnotes: LinkedIn Is Down; SEC Seeks Accounting Questions | 05.01.14

LinkedIn Swings to Loss on Expenses LinkedIn Corp. swung to a first-quarter loss on higher […]