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The Best Way to Follow Up Two Gold Medals Is a Career at KPMG
Canadian gold medal winning skier Alexandre Bilodeau is no stranger to KPMG, his dad is a longtime tax partner in the Montreal office and he's got a sponsorship deal from KPMG Canada.So it completely...
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Rihanna Mistakes Her "Stupid" Accountant For Financial Wizard
Rihanna, sweetheart, I'm not sure accountant means what you think it means. Just because the poor fool can count doesn't mean he can perform miracles:Rihanna says her accountant made so many boneheaded...
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The PCAOB's Valentine's Day Gift to Us is More Time to Comment on Partner Naming
Compliance Week has our friendly reminder that if you have something to say about audit partner naming, you better speak now or forever hold your peace:As preparers wrap up their year-end financial...
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McGladrey's Clients Are More Loyal Than Other Firms' Clients Because McGladrey
You can believe everything you read on the Internet, especially when it comes from an accounting firm because trust!Like this bit from McGladrey:Bottom Line -- McGladrey clients are more likely to...
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Turns Out Your Non-Diverse Wardrobe Probably Makes You a Better CPA
Guys in public accounting, how many blue shirts do you own? For the ladies, how many of the same cardigan in different colors do you own? I get it, I rotate the same few suits when I actually have to...
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Footnotes: I Have a Bridge to Sell You; Unicorns; The Worst Reason to Kill a...
We were busy little bees on Pinterest today. OK, honest truth is we blew off the afternoon making cynical CPA exam motivation images on Recite, which is AMAZING. Warning, if you go to Recite, you might...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: An Auditor Love Story; The IRS Gets Antisocial; A...
Love in the air? Breathe it with caution at work [CGMA Magazine]Workplace romance can have a happy ending. Who doesn’t know someone who met the love of his or her life at the office? But plenty of...
View ArticleFriday Open Items is Now Closed for Business
Welcome to this, the very last Friday Open Items post you will probably ever see on the front page again. Why? Because we launched something even BETTER on this week and therefore we don't need to...
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RSVP: Learn About the VLOOKUP Function on February 27th
View the WebinarFollow this link to register or access the recording. After this seminar has passed, the recording will still be available. CPE CREDIT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LIVE ATTENDEES ONLY. Event...
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Have a Very Going Concern Valentine's With These Special eCards
How awful is this day? I mean, not just for you guys, for everyone. So many expectations, so much disappointment, so many reasons to swear this is the last year you'll actually acknowledge this as a...
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Caption This: McGladrey Gets the News They've Risen to the 4th Largest Firm...
Clearly, the excitement over McGladrey jumping one spot in the cutthroat Twin Cities market is palpable:In case you care to add a speech or thought bubble to the photo, here is a good generator.
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Ladies, Forget the Career and Accomplish the Important Goals Like Finding a Man
I can't even. Can't. Tried, read it a few times just to make sure I was reading what I thought I was and confirmed this is, in fact, the year 2014 and not 1914 when I read it again. Nope, she said...
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Just What Every Accountant Wants for Valentine's, Another Calculator
It is either sad or awesome that of the two top posts in /r/accounting about V Day gifts received from loved ones both involve number-crunching. What happened to the good old fashioned box of...
View ArticleFootnotes: Love is in the Air All Around Us Today! Plus Some Other Accounting...
America should make life easier, not harder, for activist investorsMary Jo White believes that shareholder activism has lost its “distinctly negative connotation”. That is partly because rule changes...
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Accounting News Roundup: Cleaning Out the OCI Junk Drawer; Pitfalls in...
Ed. note: It's Presidents Day and we're taking a bit of a breather. We'll chime in with anything that you absolutely need to know but otherwise, posting will be on the light side. So enjoy some reading...
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KPMG Wants to Be Sure Its People Know They Are Appreciated
While we here at GC are taking the day easy (sorry to all of you who are working your fingers to the bone, truly), KPMG is busy showing its people thanks according to this report from SoCal:KPMG may be...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: PwC's Defense for SemGroup Sounds Familiar; Booze...
PwC Faces A Trial For SemGroup Audit And Its Defense Is Predictably Slick [Re:TheAuditors]This is the Oklahoma! version of a PwC audit failure: "There was no 'going concern' warning before SemGroup...
View ArticleLet's Help Life at Deloitte Answer One Very Important Question
Is it just me or is this account getting worse by the day? You'd think I'd rejoice in its sticky sweet HR-approved drivel the more drivel-y it gets but I'm actually starting to feel bad for these...
View ArticleTo Retain Millennials, Gently Remind Them They Will Never Do Better Than You
What do abusive boyfriends and firms that don't understand Gen Y have in common? Apparently, they are supposed to use the same tactic to retain their prizes, be that a battered girlfriend or a...
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Caption This: PwC Reminds You It's Almost Time for the Academy Awards Again
PwC celebrates its 80th year protecting the integrity of awards markets this year, and while the Oscars are a few weeks off, they're already firing up the ole PR machine to get us excited.Like pulling...
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