Parmalat Cuts The Cheese On Grant Thornton
By Francine • Jan 8th, 2008 • Category: Pure ContentMore to come on these recent developments .
I am still reviewing other reports. I didn’t believe that 10 billion figure at first. Thought it was a typo. Are we sure they’re not talking Italian Lira?
In the meantime, read my prior posts about Parmalat, GT and the ability or lack thereof of the “next tier ” firms to make a serious play at supplementing the Big 4 when it comes to doing more public company audits.
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Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, 
I have follwed this story for years. The $10 billion is dollars, not lira. Italy uses Euros and has for about nine years. There are no more lira.
Lighten up GW. The Lira crack was a joke.
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