• Allen Stanford to undergo heart tests: lawyer – What lengths is this guy willing to go to in order to get released from prison? [Reuters]
• Disney Buys Marvel In $4B Deal – The trickiest thing we foresee is reconciling comics sex with Disney sex. [NPR]
• Least Informative Announcement – Citi isn’t too concerned with telling you what they sold, who they sold it to, for how much, or what they made or lost on the deal. They just thought they would do us all the courtesy of letting us know that something happened. [Floyd Norris/NYT]
• Women, Testosterone, and Finance – “If they discriminate based on testosterone levels, isn’t that the same thing as discriminating based on gender (obvious extreme examples aside…i.e. Vera de Milo types)??” [Accounting Nation]
• AIG’s New CEO Will Do Unspeakable Things To Andrew Cuomo. You Don’t Even Want To Know. [DB]
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• Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man – 31ish hours to go. Hang in there withering rich people! [WSJ]
• IRS Outlines Hot Topics for Tax-Exempt Organizations to Watch in 2010 [Not-for-Profit Blog]
• Affluent investors turn bearish on tax, reform worries – If you have more than $500k in investable assets, apparently you’re not happy with what’s going on in DC according to Spectrum Group’s affluent investor index. Is death the best option (starting Saturday of course)? [Reuters]
• Bernie Madoff returned to jail cell after stay at North Carolina hospital – Home sweet home. [NYDN]
• On a completely unrelated note, It’s Tiger Woods Birthday. [Dlisted]
• Lawsuit of the Day: Mike Leach v. Texas Tech University – For the Texas Tech readers out there and whoever likes college football. [ATL]
Review Comments | 08.10.09
• Bank of America Will Pay $55 Million to Settle Claims – In other news, Angelo Mozilo still appears that he has, at least partially, descended from Oompa Loompas [Bloomberg]
• U.S. recession seen ending in third quarter – Hold your breath in 3…2…1…[Reuters]
• Huron Shareholders Sue over Accounting Scandal – Yes, P. Dubya is named. [Web CPA]
• Swiss Cabinet Discusses UBS’s Legal Woes – It’s pretty clear that IRS is just going to nag the living crap out of the Swiss Government until they give the Service all the bloody names. [WSJ]
• OMG I HATE MY JOB!! Facebook bitching about work will get you insta-fired. – Best to stick to the trite statements about your weekend plans, hating Mondays, how nice/crappy the weather is, etc. [Adland]
Review Comments | 11.13.09
• Fix the Tax Code Friday: Targeted Enforcement – Top three targets: 1) offshore accounts; 2) pass-through entities; 3) high wage earners [Tax Girl]
• Securities Regulators to Talk Financial Literacy With Students – And the regulators might learn something. [SEC.gov]
• 2 Programmers Are Charged With Aiding Madoff – Bor-ing. Family members next time please. [DealBook]
• BYU Sweeps 2009 Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition – See? Caffeine isn’t necessary. [TaxProf Blog]
• Hard Times and Bad Behavior – Are you shoplifiting? [Financial Armageddon]