Democracy
don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is
ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
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US Congress Must Act Now to Stop Pfizer and Other Companies from Inverting
Corruption rife among accountants, says survey of profession
Unethical practices rife among accountants
San Marino - Wanted: central bank boss to fix 1700-year-old European tax haven
Corporate Welfare: UK to give Petrobras £330m despite the company facing corruption charges
Can we determine how honesty varies across countries? The paper is by David Hugh-Jones, and this is from the research summary:
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US Congress Must Act Now to Stop Pfizer and Other Companies from Inverting
Corruption rife among accountants, says survey of profession
Unethical practices rife among accountants
San Marino - Wanted: central bank boss to fix 1700-year-old European tax haven
Corporate Welfare: UK to give Petrobras £330m despite the company facing corruption charges
Can we determine how honesty varies across countries? The paper is by David Hugh-Jones, and this is from the research summary:
The study examined whether people from different countries were more or less honest and how this related to a country’s economic development. More than 1500 participants from 15 countries took part in an online survey involving two incentivised experiments, designed to measure honest behaviour. The full research paper is Honesty Pays
Justice Department Gets Tougher on Corporate Crime WSJ
Ernst & Young Loses Trial for Not Vetting Madoff-Tied Audits Bloomberg
Let's Enjoy Some Intern Reviews of Various Accounting Firms
Deloitte Consulting intern who lamented about "unsustainable lifestyle; coworkers are all exhausted and drained."
Woman wins fight to wear spaghetti strainer on her head in driver’s license picture by citing ‘pastafarian’ religion Daily Mail
Walter Frick: are successful CEOs just lucky?
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KPMG & Deloitte big fans of
transparency, they say, but consultation the key, no "unintended
consequences" #taxinquiry
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KPMG: "To quote John Lennon,
give voluntary disclosure a chance" (yes, real quote) #taxinquiry
Russ Fox, The Turf Monster Striketh. With a caution against sending tax ID numbers via e-mail.
U.S. Targets RBS, J.P. Morgan Executives in Criminal Probes WSJ. Eight years on, and they’re taking a look…
Federal prosecutors are actively pursuing criminal cases against executives from Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. for allegedly selling flawed mortgage securities, people familiar with the probes said, as the clock ticks down for bringing cases from the 2008 financial crisis.
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| On the way to Pech MerleFairy Tale Villages |
- Tax transparency: full list of exempt companies revealed as Australia Senate battle looms
- Australia: Tax rich old men, restrict wealthy pumping pre-tax income into super: report