Author Archives: Neil

Conrad Black vows to regain business empire

From the Globe and Mail: Conrad Black has vowed in a court filing to regain control of what remains of his business empire, but he’s also worried there might not be much left. This struck me as a bit strange. I have to admit my experience with court filings isn’t extensive, but I just assumedContinue reading “Conrad Black vows to regain business empire”

Canadian bank “shakes” Enron related audit rules

From the (Toronto) Star: Banking authorities in Canada and the United States have lifted an enforcement action that they imposed on the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce three years ago over its involvement with Enron Corp. The action put restrictions on CIBC and required it – for the past three years – to pay forContinue reading “Canadian bank “shakes” Enron related audit rules”

Accounting has returned to Nashville

It’s a little strange but within a week of an announcement by BDO Seidman that they were returning to Nashville, Tennessee with an office and aim to focus on the health care industry, PricewaterhouseCoopers makes a similar announcement about said city and industry. What I’m wondering is why both of those firms are just establishingContinue reading “Accounting has returned to Nashville”

Quit today, get hired back tomorrow

A recent story by the AP highlighted an interesting byproduct of the CA shortage – employees who leave their job at accounting firms are being actively recruited back to rejoin their former firm. Seems employers have realized that more often than not in the accounting business employees leave to explore different career options but leaveContinue reading “Quit today, get hired back tomorrow”