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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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Talent Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing [ Wall Street Journal ] For Connor Verrett, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor at Washington & Lee University who expects to graduate this month, that roadblock was among the factors he considered in eschewing an accounting career. “It

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 CEO Hype Songs; Tim Ryan Does Sit-Ups For Breakfast; SEC on SPAC | 6.30.23

Going Concern

Talent At Bryant, PwC institute immerses high schoolers from diverse backgrounds in accounting [ Bryant University ] The stakes are high for the team of high school students participating in the PwC Accounting Careers Leadership Institute (PwCACLI). Their future is literally laid out in front of them.

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Friday Footnotes: A (Fake) Day in the Life at Deloitte; DYNAMIC Merger For Grant Thornton; CPA Awareness | 12.9.22

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Britain’s biggest companies and their auditors are playing a £10bn game of musical chairs. When the music stops we will have learnt something about how seriously we should take the Big Four accountants’ opposition to audit market reforms. Never going into the office sounds pretty great.

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