2011 June 16

Worcester Literary Festival – June 21 – come along and let’s talk

Posted on June 16 2011

I am at Worcester Literary Festival on June 21, which is next Tuesday. Full details are here. Please come along.

The House of Lords are incredulous: of course International Financial Reporting Standard

Posted on June 16 2011

The House of Lords recently undertook a review of the role of auditors in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The report was damning,
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H M Revenue & Customs is letting big business off the hook – according to its own senior staff

Posted on June 16 2011

ARC – the Association of Revenue and Customs – which is the union for higher grade staff at H M Revenue & Customs has issued
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Balles gets it: cuts don’t work

Posted on June 16 2011

From Ed Balls’ speech this morning: George Osborne’s logic is that if Greece, Ireland and Portugal had adopted the same approach that he is taking,
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New on Forbes: Has the International Financial Reporting Standard Foundation pressed the self destruct button?

Posted on June 16 2011

I’ve got a new blog on Forbes that looks at the proposed reform of the IFRS constitution. The reform is wholly negative. as I say in the
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Osborne – the new Brown? Or are we seeing the birth of Brownbornism?

Posted on June 16 2011

There is an extraordinary feeling of dÃ©jÃ vu when reading about George Osborne’s Mansion house speech last night. Is Osborne really Gordon Brown reincarnated? Osborne
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Greece could be the tipping point – because it poses the question who is to rule: is it democracy or banks?

Posted on June 16 2011

Greece is descending into chaos. It should hardly be news to anyone: but it has not happened before is the greatest surprise. Of course Greece
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