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Firm Spy: a must read

June 16, 2009 Featured

A wee bit of stumbling about on the Internet yielded Firm Spy. In its own words: Australasian professionals need an outlet to share the real news — and in so doing, to hold their industries and employers to account.  Our mission is simple: to give Australian lawyers, bankers, accountants and consultants a voice and allow [...]

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Auditing: it's over cuz it's not smart

February 3, 2009 General

The last few weeks have been a high speed train ride to keep up with the firehose of material coming out of India and the US. If it’s not Deloitte it’s PwC, EY and KPMG next? Then I read this seminal piece from Umair Haque (courtesy of a Tweet from @timoreilly) and I suddenly had [...]

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Waterford workers whack Deloitte

February 3, 2009 Featured

The FT and Irish Times are both recording that workers at Waterford Wedgwood are protesting at Deloitte’s Dublin office about the loss of 480 jobs following WW’s insolvency. It’s never a nice thing to close down a business. I had it to do once and it was a rough day. Even so, something tells me [...]

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I'm stunned

February 3, 2009 General

Concurring Opinions asserts that the storm brewing over Deloitte following Judge Kaplan’s decision in the Parmalat case could have dire consequences for the audit profession: Given existing turmoil in capital markets and plans to reform our system of corporate finance, these developments could not come at a worse time. I have a friendly bet with [...]

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Deloitte: email from newbie to partner

November 28, 2008 General

This appeared in my inbox today. Apparently it’s doing the rounds in New York and Washington. By the magical power of the internet, I now offer it to readers: From: XXXX (newbie) (US – New York) To: Flood, Francis J (US – New York) Subject: Draft to Frank Hi Frank, I hope this finds you [...]

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