• One Accountant’s Argument Against IFRS

    Al Rosen, a forensic accountant and principal of Rosen & Associates in Toronto wrote about his opinion on IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) in Canadian Business magazine. The U.S. might be moving from GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to IFRS, […]

  • The IFRS Impact on Accounting Education in the U.S.

    A fellow AOL blogger, Victoria Erhart, wrote a fantastic piece on Bloggingstocks, GAAP vs. IFRS: New accounting rules could mean trouble.She looks at the problems that will surely come up if the U.S. switches to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). […]

  • Patrick Byrne: Do As I Say, Not As I Do.

    Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) has been on a crusade against naked short selling for a couple of years (or more?). It is currently his position that naked short selling is bad. He confirms his belief in this statement […]

  • UPS Rats Out FedEx

    Interesting story from Bloomberg: A secret report from a lobbyist who represents United Parcel Service Inc. prompted an Ohio state investigation into employment practices of FedEx Corp., leading to a finding that FedEx owed back taxes and interest. Kenneth Kies, […]

  • Securities & Exchange Commission Closes Inquiry Into Overstock.com

    Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) announced today that the Salt Lake City office of the SEC notified them that it is not recommending any enforcement action against the company. The following was reported: “I know that the SEC has an obligation to look […]

  • Overstock.com is Doing Better if EBITDA is Worse Than They Reported?

    This level of logic from the supporters of Patrick Byrne and his supporters is pathetic. Sam Antar has brought up the issue of Overstock.com’s (NASDAQ:OSTK) violation of SEC regulations in reporting EBITDA. The result of that improper reporting? EBITDA is […]

  • Auditor reveals how risky mortgages were allowed to go through

    NPR featured a story on Tracy Warren, an auditor at Watterson-Prime, a quality control contractor who reviewed subprime loans for investment banks before they were sold on Wall Street. (The biggest client of Watterson-Prime? Bear Stearns.) She has over 25 […]

  • Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com Is a Crook, According to Himself

    According to a transcript of an interview that Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne did with CNBC in 2004, he is a crook. Here’s the relevant portion: Interview: Patrick Byrne, chairman and CEO of Overstock.com, discusses the company’s revenues and earnings […]

  • Overstock.com Materially Overstates EBITDA

    Sam Antar has a great article today on Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) continuing to overstate EBITDA. Specifically, Sam says: In Overstock.com’s Q1 2008 earnings release and 10-Q report the company continued to improperly remove from its EBITDA calculation, certain stock-based expenses in […]

  • Maybe Auditors Aren’t as Smart as They Want You to Think They Are

    Francine McKenna over at re: The Auditors has a nice piece about Dan Stulac, a former Arthur Andersen partner who was in charge of the Peregrine Systems audit. Dan used the “I was duped” defense in his criminal case (charges […]