AAO In The News

SEC Data Gathering Needs an Overhaul - (7/11/15)
In Search of Practical Information - (10/12/13)
A Revolting Development - (4/20/13)
Taming The Corporate Tax - (2/19/11)
Invidious Comparisons - (12/18/10)

Fuzzy-Math Accounting Chided by Buffett Gets Fresh SEC Scrutiny (3/1/16)
HP's Accounting Claims Are Seen as Cover for Bad Deals - (11/21/12)
IBM Defends Cloud-Computing Accounting Amid SEC Probe - (7/31/13)
U.S. Banks Recruit Investors to Kill FASB Fair-Value Proposal - (7/6/10)

Wall Street Pay Is a Model of Clarity? Yes. - (9/5/13)

Corporate Tax Avoidance - (9/20/12)
CFOs Shout Down Idea Of Mandatory Auditor Rotation - (3/14/12)

2015 Why a stronger U.S. dollar hurts shareholders, too - (4/16)
What auditors ought to let U.S. investors know - (4/14)
Navigating a company's 2014 annual report: 5 things to watch - (3/16)
Cyber security: An afterthought for corporate America? - (3/10)
2014 What's an accounting puzzle like Alibaba (really) worth? - (9/4)
Is the SEC being too soft on Affiliated Computer Services? - (9/2)
Can investors win in a new era of accounting? - (7/1)
Inside the complexities of Alibaba's IPO - (5/20)
Is a 'merger of equals' possible for Publicis and Omnicom? - (5/1)
Corporate America’s foreign cash machine: Signs it may be slowing - (3/31)
What Citi’s Mexico scandal says about SarbOx - (3/3)

Apple Has Wasted Billions on Buybacks - (2/2/16)
The one Apple number that should scare investors - (6/9/14)
How United Technologies became a top gun - (6/2/14)
Twitter's shady accounting gets shadier - (5/1/14)
A really bad idea: Attacking the tax deduction on ads - (4/4/14)
A top accounting guru's compelling new measure for profitability - (3/10/14)

Fantasy Math Is Helping Companies Spin Losses Into Profits (4/24/16)
Tech Companies Fly High on Fantasy Accounting - (6/18/15)
Paychecks as Big as Tajikistan (6/18/11)

Explaining the BofA Error: Debt Accounting Rule Bites Again - (4/28/14)

A strong dollar cuts U.S. firms' value but makes them look more profitable - (6/30/2015)

SEC/PCAOB Auditor Issues  - May/June 2012
Current Financial Reporting Issues - May/June 2011
Current issues challenging the profession - May/June 2010
New Accounting for Lessees - January/February 2010