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Did Palin quit to head off an embezzlement scandal?
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
...nt information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin's...
Online connection boom
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
...affairs. Never before has there been so many people looking for a bit on the side. That's a sad indictment of the human condition and the self-destructive instincts of some. Of course, it's a...
Shorter week on its way
in Sox First, on February 12, 2009
...d, companies are cutting costs by putting their workers on a four day week. But are developments at KPMG a sign of the future? An Accountancy Age report says that 70% of KPMG staff in the UK have ap...
New Evidence Against Barry Bonds May Not Be Admissible
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 29, 2009
...at Barry Bonds was involved with performance enhancing drugs other than those for which he is under indictment.
However, this, and possibly other evidence previously obtained may prove inadmissible a...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...ut the working hours of thousands of staff instead of retrenching them, according to this report . KPMG in Britain is already offering staff four day weeks to avoid sackings, and Siemens is moving...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
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I had a conversation with KPMG's global head of citizenship and diversity Lord Michael Hastings from London. He proposed a radical shake-up of corporate governance around the world. Read o...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...tead of giving gifts, they'll donate the money to charity on your behalf. As demographic guru, KPMG's Bernard Salt predicts , we will see the rise of a new "judicious" consumer. &q...
Madoff fallout continues to spread
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...i schemes are in the gun. As the New York Times reports, questions are arising how big firms like KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, supposedly the experts in this area, could have overlooked the red ...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...nd looked the other way. Clearly, we are in need of some radical solutions. I recently interviewed KPMG's Lord Michael Hastings on this subject. He said what was needed was to change who gets int...
The Lori Drew Case and the Future of Anonymity on the Web
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 18, 2008
Steven Hodson at The Inquisitr published an interesting piece yesterday on the Lori Drew case and the legal implications it may eventually have for anonymity on the web.
Lori Drew's trial began today.
Hodson (along with Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins over at Mashable) wants you to thin...
Big Four plan to axe staff
in Sox First, on September 11, 2008
...iece you will see that Deloitte is the only one that's confirmed it's getting rid of staff. KPMG, PwC and Ernst&Young have refused to comment which, when you think about it, is about as cl...
UBS and the tax cheats
in Sox First, on July 18, 2008
... Never stand between an accounting firm and a bag of money. In the past we have seen KPMG getting embroiled in peddling tax havens for the rich. Now we are seeing revelations that UBS ha...
Trouble handling risk
in Sox First, on July 3, 2008
...ompanies are struggling to deal with risk, let alone understand it, according to a new report from KPMG . KPMG found that just about one in four (28 per cent) of audit committee members claimed they...
Failed audit in Iraq
in Sox First, on May 24, 2008
...te contractor hired to train Iraqi police. Clearly, Iraq is a giant black hole for US money, a sad indictment of the worst and criminally irresponsible Government in US history....
AIG shame file
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
...raising $12.5 billion in capital for one reason: to prop up its balance sheet and that's a real indictment of the company. The reality is that AIG's fortunes won't improve until the US cr...
Picks That Made You Go Hmm...
in End Zone Buzz, on April 28, 2008
...crutinized. It is important to remember that when picks are critiqued, it isn't necessarily an indictment of the player chosen, but a question if it was the wisest selection at that point. That sa...
Another horror week for KPMG
in Sox First, on March 29, 2008
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KPMG's problems seem to go from bad to worse. Earlier during the week, we had reports that the US Government was pushing hard to revive its tax shelter case, promising to play fair this tim...
What happens to enterprise vendors in a cloud scenario?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 29, 2008
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I read Larry Dignan's summary of Nash/KPMG IT leadership survey yesterday which shows a leadership core in the IT industry that has, as Dignan puts it, "...one eye on the exit." B...
Spam King Pleads Guilty
in I got Spam?!, on March 15, 2008
...c mail , and failing to file a tax return in 2005. He was set to go on trial to face a 40-count indictment that included 13 counts of money laundering and seven counts of aggravated identity theft...
Hedge Fund Managers Indicted
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2008
...torney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida named the hedge fund managers in the indictment as Michael Lauer, Martin Garvey, and Eric Hauser, co-owners of management companies which...
Climate change business
in Sox First, on February 21, 2008
...s agree that climate change is an issue but still haven't worked out a strategy, according to a KPMG study reported here . It hadn't even made it on to the board room agenda of many of the co...
Will You Pay More For Less?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 13, 2008
...39;d rather have fewer of the good-tasting thing than more of the inferior product. (This is not an indictment of store brand, btw; I've found many tasty and cheap store brands.)
Here's anoth...
MBA-free zones
in Sox First, on January 29, 2008
...ies , not to mention other regions of the world have so much to offer. If anything, it's an indictment of the values they pick up at the business schools....
11 Indicted in Pump and Dump Spam Scheme
in I got Spam?!, on January 5, 2008
...al grand jury indicted 11 men in an international spam and stock fraud scheme. The 41 count indictment names Michigan resident Alan Ralsky and 10 other men. They are accused of running a spam...
Daewoo: it's just cooking the books
in Sox First, on January 3, 2008
...n 2005 to face charges. As Gavin Hinks, editor of Accountancy Age points out , it's a massive indictment of a system that allows people to get away with accounting fraud: "That means he se...
Having a Merry Vista Christmas
in The CIO Weblog, on December 26, 2007
...in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?"
Still, you have to wonder if the real indictment here is of the marketplace. Although Vista sales pretty clearly haven't been the Wi...
BP, serial offender
in Sox First, on December 24, 2007
...ing about the plea deal, the Justice Department should be ashamed of it." This is not just an indictment of BP. It condemns the government for its collusion with a serial offender.
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Faulty forecasts
in Sox First, on October 24, 2007
...recasting errors, and the average company forecast is off by as much as 13 per cent. According to a KPMG report, Forecasting with confidence , found that over the past three years only 1 per cent of ...
Man Indicted in Yom Kippur ATV Death of Girl, 9
in Under My Helmet, on October 12, 2007
Last Yom Kippur, a young girl was run over and killed by a guy on an ATV in Shibli in the Galilee. The guy riding the quad, and his friend who was riding on the back, have been indicted. The driver was originally facing murder charges, but for some reason it's been dropped to manslaughter. His f...
KPMG case - the Government strikes back
in Sox First, on October 11, 2007
...ional headlines last year when he ruled that prosecutors had violated the rights of indicted former KPMG executives charged with peddling dubious tax shelters . Now the prosecutors are getting ...
KPMG judge attacks US Government
in Sox First, on October 2, 2007
...wing this issue, Kaplan last year ruled that prosecutors had violated the rights of indicted former KPMG executives by pressuring the accounting firm to stop paying their legal fees. As a result, he t...
Siemens smell continues
in Sox First, on September 26, 2007
...ns. In the meantime, the smell is not going away. Investigations are now starting into how much KPMG knew. Debevoise , the law firm appointed to investigate the bribes, will now ask KPMG how come t...
Insurance Offshoring in India
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 25, 2007
...tor is looking quite good.
This was the general conclusion derived from the research study done by KPMG regarding the said industry. The study entitled Frontiers in finance: For decision makers in f...
Business Travelers and their Employers Have Compliance Concerns
in Global Mobility Report, on September 20, 2007
...Many Companies Face Increased Tax and Immigration Risks Due to Employees on Short-Term Assignments, KPMG Study Finds , PRNewswire, September 18, 2007, for more information.
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Missing Iraq dollars: Tales from the Coalition of the Billing
in Sox First, on September 14, 2007
...t off from access while the C.P.A. held power. As a report by the U.N.'s accounting consultant, KPMG, noted dryly, 'We encountered difficulties in performing our duties and meeting with key C....
"It wasn't me" says Jeff Skilling
in Sox First, on September 8, 2007
... process and produced a result that was flawed throughout, from the erroneous theory underlying the indictment through to his severely harsh sentence. That final error ultimately satisfied what many w...
Good night Gonzo
in Sox First, on August 28, 2007
...deferred prosecution agreements in exchange for fines and co-operation. As Gonzales said in that KPMG deal two years ago, justice has to serve not only the victims but the offenders as well. Funny...
Audit squeeze
in Sox First, on August 24, 2007
...y Sarbanes-Oxley. The study also shows the oligopolistic power of the Big Four with PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young having a stranglehold on 95 per cent of the big public companies....
The Brocade case: now for the gatekeepers
in Sox First, on August 21, 2007
...uditors , Francine McKenna looks at the question of whether the gatekeepers, including the auditors KPMG, were at all culpable but makes the point that KPMG "put their finger on the issues and st...
Auditors off the hook in the Parmalat case
in Sox First, on August 13, 2007
...eeks have been busy for Judge Kaplan. Last month, he dismissed charges against 13 defendants in the KPMG tax shelter trial. Like the parties in the Parmalat case, they had been accused of aiding, abet...
PCAOB roasts KPMG
in Sox First, on July 30, 2007
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KPMG has been hauled over the coals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for some pretty basic deficiencies. Read through the PCAOB report , and you realize we are talking Accounti...
Gen Y and the looming funds management crisis
in Sox First, on July 24, 2007
... enormous problems for the financial services industry, according to a new report. The report from KPMG demographics expert Bernard Salt, Beyond the Baby Boomers: the rise of generation Y says that...
NFL sacks Michael Vick for training camp
in End Zone Buzz, on July 24, 2007
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While it may be up to a year before Vick's case makes it to trial, Goodell believes that the indictment alone may be enough to keep Vick from playing this season....
No Man's Land Fort - Luxusfestung zu verkaufen
in Worldwide Luxus, on July 19, 2007
...er inklusive.
Über den erwarteten Preis lesen wir bei Yachting Monthly : Administrators KPMG expect the property to fetch a cool GBP 4 million.
Ein stolzer Preis von umgerechnet gut sechs Millio...
Michael Vick indictment is not a racial matter
in End Zone Buzz, on July 18, 2007
...Courtesy Deadspin.com
Here's a big, fat Shut Up for all of the jerks, who say the Mike Vick indictment is race related.
I don't usually like to use this platform to vent, but I've n...
KPMG and justice: waiting for the next instalment
in Sox First, on July 18, 2007
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The fallout from the KPMG tax shelter case continues. Earlier this week, we saw Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissing criminal charges against 13 former partners of accounting giant KPMG. The judge'...
Corporate risk gaps
in Sox First, on July 12, 2007
...issues of climate change, holding on to talent, and terrorism, according to a new report. A global KPMG report, Best practice in risk management has found that more companies were recognizing the r...
Blue Race: Chieftain führt
in Das Segel Blog, on June 20, 2007
...!" schreibt Inken Braunschmidt, Skipperin der Frauencrew auf der "KPMG". "Gestern haben wir den Sturmspinnaker hochgezogen und im ersten Reff die für uns ersten Geschwindigkeitsrek...
Vick indictment may be near
in End Zone Buzz, on June 6, 2007
...ta Falcons Quarterback could soon be indicted for having dog fights at one of his homes.
An indictment could carry NFL sanctions from new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, which would be big tro...
One down, 199 more to go
in I got Spam?!, on May 31, 2007
...accused of being a filthy spammer:
"A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identi...
Audit rules eased
in Sox First, on May 28, 2007
... tailored to the company's facts and circumstances." This is long-overdue and it's an indictment of a process that allowed politicians to rush through legislation without any proper cost...
BetonSports Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges
in The Gambling Weblog, on May 26, 2007
...Kingdom, of the companies comprising the vast illegal internet gambling operations described in the indictment. BetonSports, PLC had been failing to appear and answer the criminal charges in the indic...
Green light for cross-border fraud
in Sox First, on May 25, 2007
...t the click of a mouse button. Now we have evidence that companies are not that well prepared. A KPMG International survey has found that 92 per cent of executives from around the world expect the...
Dept. of Justice Siezes more Money
in The Gambling Weblog, on May 21, 2007
...ril that these funds had been frozen by one of its financial transaction processors.
In a separate indictment this week, three payment processors and seven individuals have been accused of miscoding ...
Analysts and accounting fraud
in Sox First, on May 15, 2007
...bility rather than incentives." The results of this study are not surprising. But it's an indictment nonetheless of analysts as the market's gatekeepers....
Outsourcing Wisely
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 6, 2007
...ew Zealand companies are guilty of such accusations according to the research study done by KPMG . Most companies who are outsourcing do not practice efficiency in this kind of business strate...
The Siemens scandal: another one bites the dust
in Sox First, on April 27, 2007
...oducing strong growth and a big increase in earnings. More of that here . The entire affair is an indictment of German corporate governance, says The Economist . "Mr Kleinfeld's main prob...
Fannie Mae: more of the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on April 24, 2007
... the Fannie Mae scandal had turned into litigation city with the mortgage giant suing its auditor KPMG and regulators going for the group's former leaders. Now, as expected, KPMG has hit back. ...
The typical fraudster - male, high level and trusted
in Sox First, on April 18, 2007
...for anyone who thinks the typical fraud perpetrator is lower down in the food chain. Research from KPMG Forensic, reported here , shows that most fraudsters are male, typically aged between 36 and 5...
Gatekeeper lawyers
in Sox First, on March 29, 2007
... has pleaded not guilty and faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for each of the indictment's seven counts. His lawyer has argued he was just "an honest man doing the best ...
CIO's - Good Pay, Long hours
in The CIO Weblog, on March 29, 2007
... A survey of 172 CIOs conducted by recruitment firm Harvey Nash Co. and was sponsored by KPMG LLP, Made the following findings
80% of CIO's think their roles are becoming more strategic to th...
Cayman Islands & Hedge Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 27, 2007
...nd retain professionals.
Some representatives from Cayman-based firms, such as Maples and Calder, KPMG, and Walkers, are talking from their own experience about the new topics on the Cayman agenda, ...
India Internatinal Jewellery Show
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 26, 2007
...DOMESTIC
6. IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN RETAILING
7. HALLMARKING - THE ROAD AHEAD
8. VISION 2015(KPMG)
9. RETAIL TRANSFORMATION IN JEWELLERY INDUSTRY
10. PART 1: MARKET SEGMENTATION
11. PART 2: ...
Boom for litigants
in Sox First, on March 22, 2007
...ere involved roughly 50 per cent of cases. The players in that firm have now been hit by a criminal indictment and a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled that the firm is "not adequate" lea...
Taxing times for the Big Four's havens
in Sox First, on March 7, 2007
...y individuals avoiding tax by shifting assets overseas. The report, Closing The Floodgates , says KPMG admits to working in 38 havens but appears to operate in 41, PricewaterhouseCoopers admits to a...
Measuring Outsourcing Benefits
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 28, 2007
... According to the study done by KPMG International , 42% of the companies who outsource reveals having no formal way of measuring their outsourcing transactions.
This means that most of these com...
Fraudulent Allergy Testing
in Allergies, on February 20, 2007
...so face multiple counts of wire fraud for their alleged participation in the scam.
According to the indictment, Ibekie, Thomas and eight other defendants operated a scheme in which the American Instit...
Indian Outsourcing Industry Boom Continues.
in The CIO Weblog, on January 29, 2007
... leaders. Infosys is hosting a private breakfast debate where CEO Nandan Nilekani will be joined by KPMG international chairman Michael Rake, Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Jeroen van der Veer, Pep...
Liability caps ahead
in Sox First, on January 25, 2007
...e. Revenues at the Big Four - PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, and KPMG - have been growing at double digit levels. The audit firms are raking it in with audit fees so...
KPMG's get out of jail card
in Sox First, on January 4, 2007
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KPMG partners are breathing a sigh of relief with prosecutors officially dropping a criminal conspiracy charge against the accounting firm in an abusive tax-shelter case under a deferred prosecut...
