Grant Thornton LLP

10 Tips to Ensure Year-End Charitable Contributions Can Be Deducted [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 1 hour 22 minutes ago
The year-end charitable giving season is upon us, and Grant Thornton LLP wants to make sure Americans don’t miss out on the federal tax rewards available for their charitable contributions.

Grant Thornton LLP to Host Stock Markets Structure and Primary Capital Formation Debate: Is Stock Market Structure Exacerbating Unemployment? Dec 3rd at Markets Media Global Markets Summit 2009 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 20 hours 59 minutes ago
Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, today announced that the firm will host a two-part debate on equity capital markets structure and primary (IPO) capital formation at the annual Markets Media Global Markets Summit to be held December 3, 2009, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

Lou Grabowsky named Chief Operating Officer of Grant Thornton LLP [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Grant Thornton LLP announced today that Lou Grabowsky will be the new Chief Operating Officer for Grant Thornton LLP effective Jan. 1, 2010. Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the Global Six accounting organizations.

Grant Thornton LLP Offers 10 Year-End Tax Planning Tips [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 1 hour 22 minutes ago
Grant Thornton LLP wants to remind America that it’s the perfect time to consider some holiday season tax planning strategies as 2009 winds down.

Steep Decline in U.S. Listings Attributed to Existing Market Structure [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 23 hours 22 minutes ago
A study released today by Grant Thornton LLP, A Wake-Up Call for America, demonstrates that market structure changes implemented beginning in the late 1990s are leading to a dramatic long-term decline in the number of publicly listed companies in the United States. According to the study, SEC actions over recent decades have encouraged the development of markets that favor the most technologically sophisticated traders. The rise of high-frequency trading is the natural consequence of regulati...

88% of Senior Financial Executives Believe Positions of CEO and Chairman of the Board Should Be Separate [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 1 hour 22 minutes ago
In a national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, the vast majority (88%) believe that the positions of CEO and chairman of the board should be separate and more than half (52%) report that they would like to be CEO of a company one day.

Grant Thornton LLP Offers Businesses and Individuals Year-End Tax Planning Guide [Press Release]
Business Wire | 28 days 19 hours 30 minutes ago
Grant Thornton LLP’s National Tax Office created the Year-end tax guide for 2009 to help individuals and business owners make sure they do not pay any more than they have to on their 2009 tax bills. The guide provides a tax strategy overview and gives taxpayers action steps to jump-start the planning process in the form of Grant Thornton’s top 20 tax planning opportunities.

Grant Thornton and the Association for Corporate Growth Announce The Release of Private Equity in the Post-Boom Era: What s Next? [Press Release]
Business Wire | 29 days 22 minutes ago
Grant Thornton LLP and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) today announced the release of Private Equity in the Post-Boom Era: What’s Next?, a white paper that examines the current fundraising market and where liquidity opportunities exist in a changed deal landscape fashioned by the credit crisis and U.S. recession.

Grant Thornton LLP Launches Integrated Case Solutions Practice to Speed Companies Through the Bankruptcy and Workout Process [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 111 days 16 hours 21 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Grant Thornton LLP's Corporate Advisory and Restructuring Services (CARS) team today announced the launch of Integrated Case Solutions (ICS), a service providing information and claims management services to distressed middle-market and large companies involved in bankruptcies or negotiated workouts.

Winston & Strawn Scores Major Win For Grant Thornton in Parmalat Bankruptcy Estate's Suit [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 63 days 21 hours 18 minutes ago
...against its client, US audit firm Grant Thornton LLP. The lawsuit was filed by Enrico...result of a massive fraud. Grant Thornton LLP, the US member firm of Grant...Bondi's lawsuit sought to hold Grant Thornton LLP responsible for audits of Parmalat...

National Survey of Senior Financial Executives Finds Majority to Reduce Bonuses [Press Release]
Business Wire | 36 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
In a national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, the majority say their company is reducing bonuses (55%) and a quarter (26%) say their company is reducing its 401(k) match.

71% Of Senior Financial Executives Say That FASB Should Set U.S. Accounting Standards, Not IASB or U.S. Congress [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
In a national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, the majority (71%) believe that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) should set U.S. accounting standards, not the SEC, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) or the U.S. Congress.

40% of U.S. Senior Financial Executives Don t Want IFRS to Replace GAAP [Press Release]
Business Wire | 29 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
In a national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, 40 percent said that they do not believe that U.S. companies should ever have to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), while another 39 percent said that U.S. companies should start using IFRS in 3 to 5 years. Only 7 percent want to start using it immediately.

Additional Gaming Bankruptcies Imminent, Says Grant Thornton LLP [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 24 days 15 hours 25 minutes ago
...Bankruptcies Imminent, Says Grant Thornton LLP Industry is Paying the Price...according to distress experts at Grant Thornton LLP's Corporate Advisory and Restructuring...at lower revenue levels. Grant Thornton LLP's Corporate Advisory and Restructuring...

Possin Elected to Madison Gas and Electric and MGE Energy Boards [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 16 hours 26 minutes ago
James L. Possin has been elected to the Board of Directors of Madison Gas and Electric and MGE Energy effective immediately.