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Tax Dodgers Beware: IRS Forms Elite 'SWAT Team'

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

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* Tax evasion by 'transfer pricing' a top target for agency * Talent coming in from Big Four audit, law, consulting firms ...

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Ernst & Young Named 'Employer Of The Year' By LGBT Advocacy Group, Provides Unique Benefit For Same-Sex Couples

Posted 01.13.2012

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International accountancy firm Ernst & Young is quickly living up to its new title as the world's "most gay-friendly employer" by offering its lesbian...

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Mistaken Auditor Likely To Face Little Punishment In Lehman Case

New York Times | FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 09.28.2011

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The company misled investors and its officers and directors may be held liable. But the company’s auditor seems likely to escape any responsibility ...

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What's the Difference?

Beth A. Brooke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beth A. Brooke

A new policy requires the Forum's 100 Strategic Partners to select at least one female executive among the five delegates they send to Davos. No doubt, these women are making the most of it.

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Lehman Auditors Charged With Fraud Over Questionable Accounting

Posted 05.25.2011

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Prosecutors in New York are set to file civil fraud charges against accounting firm Ernst & Young over the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Wall Stre...

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Ken Lewis, Bank Of America: Repo 105 Antecedents At Lehman Brothers

Bronte Capital | Posted 05.25.2011

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I agree with Felix Salmon that the former Lehman staffers who defend Repo 105 are psychopaths -- certifiably insane. They state (as if this justifies...

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Regulation Has To Come From Within

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicky Ward

Does more regulation stop human urges like the excess at Lehman Brothers? You can try, as D.C. is trying now. But in the end, the only person who can stop ambition turning into something insidious is you.

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Ryan Grim

Moneyed Interests Lining Up For Battle Over Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the midst of what was supposed to be a Congressional push for increased financial regulation and accountability, a powerful coalition of moneyed in...

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Starbucks CEO: McDonald's Made Us Better

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz said McDonald's Corp's McCafe launch earlier this year made the cafe chain better....

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Strength Of Women Can Rebuild Global Economy: Report

Ernst & Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ernst & Young has released a report during the World Economic Forum that highlights the significant and proven contributions women make toward busines...

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