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 Analytics. One of the latest questions someone asked, and came to my site seeking [...]
Tag: public company ↓
Who audits Google?
October 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Category: Auditing
Tags: annual report, audit, fieldwork, Google, public company, report date
Annual review a chance to look forward and back
August 28th, 2007 · No Comments
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 are cited and my performance is compared to expectations. It also afforded me the opportunity [...]
Category: Profession
Tags: appraisal, audit, career, public company
Big 6 accounting firms call for changes
November 10th, 2006 · 1 Comment
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 companies report their results. They propose businesses report realtime financial data via the Internet, rather [...]
Category: Profession
Tags: BDO, data, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, public company, PwC, realtime
Nortel’s revenue recognition wrinkles
March 12th, 2006 · No Comments
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 big NYSE company,” could actually not be able to get their accounting straightened out after [...]
Category: Auditing
Tags: GAAP, Nortel, Om Malik, public company, revenue, Toronto

