• Will Allen Stanford Wind Up Calling Allen Stanford To The Stand? – We’re totally pulling for Stan to defend himself. That would up the circus rating on this thing to just below O.J. status. [DB]
• Bernanke Says U.S. Recession ‘Very Likely’ Has Ended – Except it won’t feel that way, sayeth Obi-wan Benobi. [Bloomberg]
• The Devil’s Dictionary — Financial Edition – Mark-to-market didn’t make this list so we’re not sure how credible this dictionary is. If you’ve got additions of your own, leave them in the comments. [WSJ]
• CFOs Put on a Happy Face – If you’re not a CFO, maybe not so happy. [CFO]
• Where People Die – Our initial response is: Everywhere. But for FN’s post, West Virginia has the most, which isn’t so surprising and Utah leads in births, which is even less surprising. [Floyd Norris/NYT]
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Review Comments | 08.18.09
• Brett Favre Returns to NFL, Signs With Minnesota – Look, we don’t like to talk much sports here but would someone do something about this FOR THE LOVE OF GOD? [Bloomberg]
• Backdating Likely More Widespread – “The study identified 141 companies with such advantageous options-granting practices that the researchers concluded they were highly likely to have been involved in backdating. Ninety-two of those companies never were publicly linked to investigations or announced earnings restatements related to backdating.” [WSJ]
• UBS’s American Clients Face U.S. Criminal Probes – “U.S. tax authorities are expected to obtain the identities of potentially thousands of other American UBS clients soon as part of a legal settlement finalized last week between the bank and the U.S. and Swiss governments.” [WSJ]
• Regulators urged Citi to replace CFO – In case you were short on the government meddling in private business affairs news. [FT.com]
• Bernie Madoff’s Greatest Scam Of All – Size matters? Whose size? [Dealbreaker]
Review Comments | 08.27.09
• Sir Allen Is Down – And his CFO/Number-maker-upper pleaded guilty. Not what you would call a good day. [DB]
• Swiss Negotiator for UBS Says IRS May Seek More Data – Not satisfied by a measly 5,000 someodd names, the IRS is going back for more. MORE. MORE. [Bloomberg]
• Boeing hopes to fly 787 by year-end – Ten says it doesn’t happen. Takers? [Chicago Tribune]
• US ‘problem’ bank list hits 15-year high – Plenty of time to break more historical marks. [FT]
• IFRS could well fail in the US [AccMan]
Review Comments | 06.25.09
Beware the off-balance sheet return – [FT.com]
Confusion threat to global fair value – [Accountancy Age]
What Caused Our Burnout? – Google Reader for us [The Onion]