Showing posts with label accounting firm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accounting firm. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2007

KPMG Europe Expands into Netherlands


KPMG sent shockwaves through the accounting industry when they merged the UK and German practices some months ago to create the largest accounting firm in the continent. Even at that time they made it clear that they would be interested in expanding their reach to include other KPMG European firms...




Thursday, October 26, 2006

Andersen's Nemesis, Jeff Skilling is Served Due Justice


The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they meted out a just sentence on Jeff Skilling, the former Enron CEO, one of the few people responsible for Andersen's dramatic collapse and foreever changing the accounting firm landscape by reducing the Big 5 to the Big 4... 





Monday, October 16, 2006

Andersen Alum Moves to Top of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH)


The options scandal has made astonishing inroads into Corporate America affecting tons of executives and toppling CEOs. Companies which have backdated options to benefit senior managers have become investor targets, subject to SEC investigations and generally become poster childs for how hidden white collar crime is rampant in public corporations...