Tesla’s Three Big Contradictions
There’s a whole lot of smoke around Tesla right now. Between Elon Musk’s flamethrowers and his public pot smoking, a thick haze of nonsense is obs...
FASB is Living in a Materiality World
You’d be forgiven if you confused the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) latest announcement about its “conceptual framework” for a...
The Repatriation Game
Arguably the biggest question from investors this year for tech giant Apple had nothing to do with any of its must-have products. A January announceme...
Public Company Boards Prepare to Clean House (Members)
Any public company with a member of Congress sitting on its board can probably buy that farewell card and schedule the departure happy hour now. If am...
What Is Elon Musk Thinking?
Oh Elon. What have you done now? It’s hard to say whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet heard ‘round the world was some kind of cry for help, a...
Credit Losses: The Godfather of Updated Accounting Standards
Banks and other asset-holders must feel more like Michael Corleone all the time. Just when they thought they were out, the global credit crisis pulls ...