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From AAO Weblog Maybe the Paulson Committee should be mindful of that old chestnut of moms everywhere. According to this story in the New York Post, there’s good news and bad news for the London...
From AAO Weblog Savings & loan Greater Atlantic Financial Corporation issued a non-reliance 8-K filing on December 26, neutralizing its financial statements for for the quarterly periods ended...
From The AAO Weblog It’s been a while since I mentioned the FASB/IASB joint revamp of lease accounting. A quick update: On December 7, the FASB and the IASB announced their selection of members of...
From AAO Weblog Just to clarify a point or two on yesterday’s post about the possible “re-imagination” of UnitedHealth’s (UNH) earnings history between 1994 and 2005… What happens here...
From AAO Weblog Seen Casino Royale yet? The hook is that it’s the first Bond movie in a freshening of the franchise. Instead of trying to extend the existing franchise under the same logical...
From AAO Weblog Last Thursday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its report on its 2005 inspection of PricewaterhouseCoopers. It found that the firm’s quality control was lacking...
By Jack Ciesielski A couple of non-tech firms made backdating news recently. First up: KB Homes, which announced on Friday that it had roughed out the extent of its option pricing issues. The size of...