“Great quarter guys” — why quarterly conference calls must stop

*BEEP* Welcome to the Hobnail Industries Quarterly Results Conference Call. Press STAR on your keyboard to ask a question and POUND to…

Why Companies Break Up

Hint: It’s not because they’re well managed

Facts and myths about bank leverage ratios

This is kind of a techie article, but if you’re interested in banking at all, you probably ought to read it. Because if you’re interested in banking, and you’ve been following the policy debates of the last few years, there is a decent chance that you…

Broader Auditor Disclosures Shine Light On Tesco Fraud In UK; US Audit Firms Resist Similar

Don’t Fall for First Class

The luxury of being grounded

When Big Four Audit Firms Need An Audit They Choose Cheap

An audit by a PCAOB-registered firm…

Steaming slowly toward the limits of growth

A rebuttal of the “acerbic rebuttal” of Paul Krugman

Business Travel is for Classholes

I should know. I used to be one.