This is a lot of money ($30 billion). Where is Lina in this one, especially given food inflation? Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, etc. . . . now Big Food?

Google is a monopoly, according to a court ruling. What comes next for Google?

150 hours of college credits to become a CPA (in other words, an extra year in college) is one reason students choose something other than accounting. Makes sense. Rational. It also is a roadblock because of the out-of-pocket $. Anyway, there are cracks in the system that may change this.

Speaking of AI, which we always are, this one’s about a problem we mentioned in class. How do you set a budget? Most everyone will have an ROI in mind, but how do you measure return on that spend? Is this a time where you re-think this decision criteria?

Can you explain the accounting behind banks’ held-to-maturity loans and unrealized losses?

What would be the pressure to pull sales forward? How could it be detected?

Are quality control engineers direct labor, or overhead, or does it matter? Should bonuses be paid for good quality?

Is executive pay one of the reasons to move listing to US?

If you think the bank needs to change, how would you do it?

Finance automation and AI startup: fresh funding

How would you determine if execs are paid “too much?”

Cash Flow Alert: 59 DSO.

Amazon v Trader Joe’s

This article raises several interesting questions, one of which is whether exec comp should be linked to non-GAAP metrics.

This one’s about ESG measurement and related issues.

This one’s about Big 4 accounting firms now laying off partners. Ouch.

Why pay CEOs and other members of top management so much equity when there is a change at the top?

Why are so many CPAs leaving the profession? What could/should be done about it?

When would you use EBITDA as a primary metric in assessing a firm’s results versus other measures?

What do you think about ESG reporting in general, and in particular, how to capture qualitative data?