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Irish ayes: union leaders have stepped up the rhetoric but stopped short of calling all-out strikes Photo: PA "The worst is over," declared Brian Lenihan, Ireland's finance m... Full Article at The Telegraph
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The bribery case against disgraced ex-state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson has hit a snag that will delay her trial as a federal judge waits to see how the nation’s highest court rules on a key corruption law under challenge. Full Article at Boston Herald
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Accenture was not involved in the Enron scandal. Accenture is a management consulting and technology services company. Accenture does not now, and has never, engaged in the practice of public accounting. Full Article at Huffington Post
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Roy Halliday is a Phillie today. John Lackey is in Boston and Matt Holliday may end up staying in St. Louis. The fourth big fish to be had this offseason, Jason Bay, is still out there. Full Article at Bleacher Report
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Those interested in the intellectual history of modern finance theory will find Justin Fox’s riveting. It is familiar territory to anyone who has written on the subect; Fox, a writer at Time, uses the pop style of financial journalism. Full Article at Concurring Opinions
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The Cheater Says: Really? Accenture? Formerly Arthur Andersen, the company that gave Enron accounting advice, then audited Enron's accounting, then recommended that Enron hire Arthur Andersen as accounting and auditing consultants? That Accenture? Full Article at Huffington Post
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I was very moved/grossed out by the announcement that Accenture was tossing Tiger Woods out the window. I mean, talk about irony. Today, they're so burdened down with gravitas and integrity they can barely walk about upright. Full Article at Huffington Post
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London financiers, who will anyway be paying a 50% marginal tax starting this year on top of the super-tax, have suggested that the 20,000 of them in the City of London will leave in droves for a better environment. Full Article at livemint.com
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The "skyscraper curse" has struck again... Every time a country builds the world's tallest building, it seems their stock market crashes soon afterward. It happened in America before the Great Depression. Full Article at iStockAnalyst
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear arguments in former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling's appeal of his criminal convictions on March 1, earlier than expected. Full Article at Click2Houston.com
