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And the winner ... isn't: Insiders remember Oscars' biggest flub
By the next morning, Damien Chazelle (the “La La Land” director who had Hollywood’s ultimate accolade snatched from his hands) and Barry Jenkins (who helmed “Moonlight” and was the proper...
PwC must pay FDIC $625M for failing to uncover fraud scheme
A federal judge on Monday said PricewaterhouseCoopers must pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $625.3 million in damages for failing to uncover a fraud scheme between its client Colonial Bank...
Lax oversight allowed ex-regulators to jump to firms they oversaw
The “revolving door” for Wall Street’s number-crunchers appears to be greased. Each of the Big Four accounting firms has hired former regulators — and the accountants have jumped immediately into...
Academy institutes new rules to avoid another Best Picture gaffe
Reforms will focus on envelope rituals.
Oscars keeping accounting firm despite epic screw-up
Someone at the Oscars believes in second chances.
PwC settles $3B lawsuit with MF Global over collapse
A Manhattan federal jury has been robbed of its chance to decide whether the collapse of financial firm MF Global was the fault of its CEO Jon Corzine or his...
Corzine plays the blame game on stand in MF Global trial
Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine channeled his inner farm boy on the stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday as he tried to place some of the blame for...
Lawyer says Corzine was 'mastermind' behind MF Global's risky scheme
Former NJ Governor Jon Corzine was the "mastermind" of a risky scheme that sank the financial firm he took over after he lost the governor's mansion to Chris Christie, a...
Best Picture flub may cost Oscars producer CEO gig
Oscars producer Michael De Luca has been buzzed about as a replacement for Brad Grey as Paramount Pictures CEO.
Oscars stage manager: CPAs should have grabbed mic from Beatty
Academy Awards protocol required that Pricewaterhouse Coopers' Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz take Oscar law in their owns hands and correct any presenter who names the wrong winner.
Corzine to testify as a witness in MF Global trial
Former NJ Gov. Jon Corzine is expected to be in Manhattan federal court as soon as next week to testify in the upcoming trial of MF Global, the commodity brokerage...
PwC Oscar accountants receive death threats
Brian Cullinan and his PwC cohort Martha Ruiz have been inundated by threats and online abuse.
Accountants fired from Oscars after Best Picture fiasco
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' relationship with PwC, the accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the awards, remains under review.