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PwC to fail?

February 18, 2009 Featured

I have a bet on with Francine McKenna that PwC will be the first of the big firms to fail. While this may seem like idle and irreverent sport to many, it is a serious issue. Quinn Forensics, a specialist firm of forensic accountant poses the question: Is PwC be about to be barred from [...]

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A razzie for obfuscating PwC

February 18, 2009 General

MayorWatch has a piece that looks suspiciously like a retrodden press release. I make no apology for ripping the entire piece because there are bags of nuggets worthy of comment: Figures produced for the City of London show the UK’s financial services sector contributed an estimated £67.8bn to UK government taxes – 13.9% of the [...]

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Even the Irish have had enough of PwC

February 16, 2009 General

Ireland is one of Richard Murphy’s favourite punchbags – most recently talking about the parlous state of their banking system. My friend Tom Raftery who decamped to Sevilla last year recently said Ireland is in such a state that house prices could decline 80%. Wow. This morning, John McManus of the Irish Times has a [...]

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Pricewaterhouse finally acts on Satyam

January 27, 2009 Featured

CXO Today is reporting that Pricewaterhouse India has finally acted on the errant partners from its Hyderabad office: Former Satyam auditors – PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have said that S. Gopalkrishnan and Srinivas Talluri have been suspended of all their duties and functions as PWC partners till the investigation into the Satyam scam is completed. I’m surprised [...]

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The audit

January 27, 2009 General

Quick question – how much do Monty Python and Pricewaterhouse Coopers share in common? The original idea came from a Tweet message via Tomas Otter

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Gestation period for an idiot? One day

June 30, 2008 General

It’s only Monday and already we have an article that beggars belief. PwC’s soon to be crowned (tomorrow actually) chief Ian Powell comes out with this stonkingly dopey statement: Mr Powell said limiting auditor liability was the key to helping newcomers develop and for alleviating the risk of a firm collapsing. The profession has long [...]

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