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Following the stock market crash of 1929 accountants were entrusted with a new profession and a new mandate to pore over the books of public companies to ensure that the financial records accurately ...
February is Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month. Here is some information about the first black CPA and the first woman CPA. John Cromwell Jr. became the first black CPA in 1921 in ...
The recent report by Harry Markopolos alleging fraud by General Electric is the latest in a legacy of accounting controversies the company has faced. Here are a few of the accounting issues GE has run ...