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Who audits Google?

Sometimes I wonder to myself who audits this company or that one. I thought I was the only one, but appar­ently I’m not. I track search terms used to arrive at this site using 103bees.com. It’s a good complement to Google … Continue reading

13. October 2007 by Neil
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Annual review a chance to look forward and back

I had my annual perfor­mance review Friday afternoon. I knew what to expect, because it’s basically the aggre­gation of each job review we get throughout the year. Job reviews are a solid lead indicator for the annual appraisal. Reviewer comments … Continue reading

28. August 2007 by Neil
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Big 6 accounting firms call for changes

The Big Four audit firms — Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Price­wa­ter­house­C­oopers, and KPMG — along with the number five and six firms — BDO and Grant Thornton — have joined forces to call for signif­icant changes to the way public … Continue reading

10. November 2006 by Neil
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Nortel’s revenue recognition wrinkles

Om Malik, writer at Business 2.0 and power blogger, has posted his thoughts on the Nortel announcement from a couple days ago that they would have to restate their earnings again. His reaction is one of incredulity that Nortel, “a … Continue reading

12. March 2006 by Neil
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