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Summer book edition, Part 1: Some books to read to open your mind
I decided to go through my shelves to highlight new and older books that are related to the things I write about. Have a great summer! Here's Part 1.
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Francine McKenna
Hype Man: Marc Metrick's Saks is a cluttered closet full of discounts
Selling deals is a hype game. Disclosure rules are loose and going to get looser. But gatekeepers — lawyers, investment bankers, and Big 4 global audit…
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All KPMG: Failed banks, Foot Locker, and Skechers
KPMG may be the Big 4 firm with the most bank audits but it also has significant exposure to retail, sneakers to be specific and, therefore, to the…
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Been caught stealin': Hindenburg Research is on a roll with Adani and Block (Square) short reports
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Elizabeth Holmes and her Big 4 audit firm buddies at Theranos
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Gary Gensler is not the guy
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Weekend Update: Commenting, writing, teaching, speaking
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Tipping Point: The Financial Fragility of the Big Four Global Audit Firms
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Anatomy of a failure: Credit Suisse, PwC, and KPMG, too
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Grab bag: Stories about the PCAOB, BDO and AmTrust, Microsoft-Activision, Theranos Dos, Ripple, BRK, and Skechers
Here are 5000 words plus, but it's just a tease for my next in-depth newsletter about Skechers, exclusively for paid subscribers.
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Warren Buffett says he's stepping down, but I wouldn't count him out of the limelight yet
Buffett is an attention hog who didn't even tell his new CEO he was stepping down. He will undoubtedly stay in the picture until he absolutely can't.
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My first accounting job: Rob Warren
Rob is a career-changer! He worked in an industry that is crucial for public safety. We have "fire" in common.
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My first accounting job: Kristine “Tina” Caratan
Accounting was not Tina's first choice. But she came to see it as a cornerstone for business!
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Crosspost: Tesla’s non-GAAP crypto adjustment raises a timing question
Tesla's adjustment for crypto losses eliminates the impact of the new FASB crypto accounting standard. But that’s not what happened when there were…
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More on competitive strategy, collusion, and coercion in the Big 4 global audit firms
A Chicago conference panel and some follow-on writing on monopolies, competition, and coercion got me thinking about how these strategies are used by…
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Andrew Christopher Baker asks: What's your political philosophy?
Perhaps consider "Bring forth the body". A message for Easter weekend.
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Francine McKenna digs into accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues at public and pre-IPO companies.
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