• US budget deficit at $1 trillion – But the trade deficit is at a nine year low. Hoo-RAH! [BBC]
• Ronald Crawford Named SEC’s First Chief Counsel For Diversity Initiatives – Because M Schape’s troops are sick of talking about stuff they don’t do right, they needed to make an announcement that wouldn’t have anything to do with actual watch-dogginess. [SEC.gov]
• Even in Downturn, a London Banker’s Party Goes On – Even Homer Simpson has said, “It’s a party. It doesn’t have to make sense” [DealBook/NYT]
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Review Comments | 12.28.09
• AT&T Resumes Online iPhone Sales – You can step away from the window. [WSJ]
• Best of 2009: Careers – Strategery, layoffs, and that shifty bunch in HR. [CFO]
• TaxProf Blog Named Best Law Professor Blog of 2009 – Congrats to the Tax Prof! [TaxProf Blog]
• Reality board game craze hits Argentina – One game is entitled Eternal Debt aka The Game of Life in the U.S. [FT]
• Over 15 PwC tax professionals quit; to join rival KPMG – Relax, it was in India. Seems as though the Satyscam is causing a mini Exodus from P. Dubs in India. [Business Standard]
• Fewer People Were Murdered in New York This Year Than Any Year on Record – See? 2009 wasn’t so bad. [Daily Intel]
Review Comments | 10.29.09
• Fed should lose AIG-style bailout powers: Geithner – The past is the past, huh, Timmay? [Reuters]
• Chrysler to offer live TV service in vehicles up to 20 channels starting in December – Because we can’t squeeze in enough at home. [CT]
• Wall Street Journal closes Boston bureau – Dow Jones and Market Watch will stay for now. [Reuters]
• CFOs on the Move: Week Ending October 30 – Motorola, Nissan, Nokia all have new chiefs. [CFO]
• Not Good Enough – Gotta good job? Still need a second job? [Financial Armageddon]
• Citrin Cooperman to Merge in Carrow Doyle – Combined firm will have $80+ million in revenues and have offices in Philadelphia and New York looking to expand to Boston, and Washington. [Web CPA]
Review Comments | 08.26.09
• Grant Thornton LLP named one of PINK Magazine’s TOP COMPANIES for WOMEN – Ditto KPMG. [Press Release]
• FDIC Sets Standards for Private-Equity Firms to Buy Shut Banks – Dropped the capital ratio to 10%. Sayeth Chair Bair, ‘We want to maximize investor interest in failed institutions.’ [Bloomberg]
• G.E. Is Shopping Security Unit – Bill O’Reilly conspiracy theory in 3…2…1…[DealBook]
• Microsoft in web photo racism row – That’s not good for anybody. [BBC]
• Recovery rubs off on Freddie, Fannie, AIG – Break ’em up. [FT]